All Logistics articles – Page 248

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    Trafinsa becomes Agility in Mexico

    2009-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Agility Logistics has acquired its longstanding partner in Mexico, Trafinsa, plus the company's US affiliate, Trafinsa International, to strengthen its presence in the country.

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    ASCO acquires Seletar

    2009-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - ASCO Marine, a subsidiary of the Aberdeen-based international oil and gas logistics specialist ASCO Group, has acquired Seletar Shipping, which is also Aberdeen-based and provides ships agency and related services to clients in the offshore, frei

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    Magnificent seven for SDV in India

    2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - In India, SDV International Logistics has managed the transportation of various items of power plant equipment for a leading company in the power and automation technologies.

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    WWPC names Tunisian exclusive member

    2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Heavy lift and project forwarder network, WWPC, has appointed UMA Tunisie as its exclusive member for Tunisia.

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    Project cargo falling at Chennai

    2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - According to a report in the Hindu Business Line, the slowdown in the manufacturing sector is hitting throughput of project cargoes at Chennai, one of India's largest project cargo handling ports.

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    New transport solution for 2 MW nacelles

    2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Nooteboom Special Products has invented a system for loading and unloading the extremely heavy generator units of large wind turbines, which avoids the need for a mobile crane. The first three systems have been delivered to the specialised windmi

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    Global logistics group trials new supply chain communications platform

    2009-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Members of heavy and oversize cargo network, Project Professionals Group, will trial new technologies designed to improve communications throughout the supply chain.

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    TT Club offers book on cargo law

    2009-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Specialist transport and logistics insurance company, the TT Club, has published a new handbook on the conventions for the international carriage of goods.

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    Peters & May acquires Complete Freight

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Peters & May, a significant customer for shipping lines that target over-dimensional cargoes, has acquired UK-based yacht and motorboat logistics provider, Complete Freight.

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    Bollore Logistics sets sail

    2009-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - French Industrial and transport organisation, the Bollore Group has created the Bollore Logistics brand to assist the group's commercial brands in their development.

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    Big turn on for Europe's largest operating onshore wind farm

    2009-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, has officially "switched on" the largest operational onshore wind farm in Europe.

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    Agility to work on Australia gas project

    2009-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - Agility Project Logistics says it has entered into an agreement with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide supply base operations and transportation services for the Gorgon Project - a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (

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    B&B's US port interests transfer to SteelRiver

    2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - In the face of the ongoing financial problems facing by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure, executives at Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Fund North America (BBIFNA), working with John Hancock Life Insurance, have acquired the fund's USD1.8 billion as

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    ASCO Enters Asia Pacific Market

    2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - ASCO, the Aberdeen based oil and gas logistics specialist, has entered the Asia Pacific market with the opening of ASCO Freight Management in Singapore.

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    Reactor parts landed at Gdansk

    2009-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - BigLift's Traveller has unloaded a consignment of heavy engineering items at the Oliwskie quay in the Port of Gdansk, which is keen to develop its involvement in handling over-dimensional and heavy cargoes.

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    Go-ahead for the London Array

    2009-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - In the UK, Gordon Brown's government has welcomed the fact that investors have given the go-ahead for the world's largest offshore wind farm to be constructed in the Thames Estuary. The 1GW London Array wind farm will generate sufficient electric

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    Growth of Renewables Transforms Global Energy Picture

    2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

    May 15 - According to Reuters, a report released by REN21 this week indicates that in 2008 for the first time, more renewable energy than conventional power capacity was added in both the European Union and United States, showing a "fundamental transition

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    GAC Marine Logistics takes the weight of oversized spares operation for Atlantic Bulk Carriers

    2009-05-14T00:00:00Z

    May 14 - Global ship spares logistics specialist GAC Marine Logistics (GML) has successfully completed a complex ships spares movement involving a 7.5-metre diameter, 28-ton propeller from Kobe , Japan, and 9-metre long, 13-ton shaft from Busan, South Kor

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    Braemar Shipping Services: Best year ever

    2009-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - In reporting its best ever annual results ending February 28th, Braemar Shipping Services identified its Cory Brothers, Fred Olsen and Freight Action business units for particular praise.

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    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics adds new ro-ro connections for South America's West Coast

    2009-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has introduced a new service offering monthly port calls at Guayaquil in Ecuador and Callao in Peru in the trade between North and South America.