All Logistics articles – Page 249

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    WWPC members join forces to move giant modules

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - LS Cargo Logistics GmbH from Germany and Albacor Shipping Inc of Canada, both members of the World Wide Project Consortium (WWPC), arranged the road transport of nine convection units each about 12 m long, 7.40 m wide and up to 5 m high, each w

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    Survey highlights worries over trade protectionism

    2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - A new survey conducted by conducted by BDP's Centrx supply chain consulting unit; Adler Research of Bethlehem, USA; King's Road Consulting, USA; and Rubicon Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore, indicates that 84 percent of manufacturers' supply chain

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    Winder drums delivered

    2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - Project Management Logistics (Pty) Ltd, the South African member of the WWPC forwarding network, has undertaken the transport of over-dimensional winder drums for a mine hoist from Poland to a mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.

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    Charles Gee in heavy haulage division launch

    2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - UK transport company and freight forwarder Charles Gee Group is in the process of launching a specialist heavy haulage division, to be based at London Heathrow, in order to serve the complex project and out of gauge cargo markets.

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    Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.

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    Linde walks like an Egyptian at Legoland Windsor

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Thousands of years after the ancient Egyptians took two decades, thousands of man hours and brute force to build the Great Pyramid at Giza, logistics planners turned to more modern equipment when an Egyptian Pharaoh was required to stand guard a

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    Atlantic Street Capital Acquires EZE Trucking

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm with a focus on lower middle-market special situation and deep value investments, has acquired EZE Trucking, a leading provider of specialist logistics services for the infrastructure market.

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    Round-trip transformer for Express Transport

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - India's Express Transport has successfully completed the round-trip shipment of a 315 MVA transformer weighing 173 tonnes for ABB.

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    New face for Buss Group's corporate communications

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Melanie Moriz has been named as manager, Corporate Communications in the Buss Group, becoming responsible for internal and external communications of the Buss Group which includes Buss Ports, Buss Safelox and Ixocon.

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    Fairstar strengthens commercial department

    2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Fairstar Heavy Transport NV (Fairstar) has appointed Hans Woltman to work alongside Mario Kerssens in Fairstar's commercial department.

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    DSV in joint venture with LOS INKAS

    2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - In cooperation with the Santiago-based LOS INKAS group of companies, DSV Air & Sea is paving the way for expansion into the Central and South American markets.

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    SBS Worldwide meets over-dimensional challenge

    2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Independent forwarder and logistics company, SBS Worldwide rose to the challenge when an existing client in Scotland advised of an over-dimensional consignment that needed to be moved to Singapore.

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    New GAC logistics company to serve Norwegian energy sector

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - GAC Logistics (Norway) AS GAC has been established and new business development office opened in Oslo to focus on clients within the country's energy industry.

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    Two for Fairstar

    2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Fairstar Heavy Transport NV has signed a contract with Cantiere Navale Di Trapani S.P.A. (CNT) to transport and launch the chemical product tanker "Marettimo M".

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    BDP Project Logistics is quality accredited in Nuremberg

    2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The European regional headquarters office of BDP Project Logistics in Nuremberg has been certified to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System for project forwarding and transport engineering.

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    Agility revenues up

    2009-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Agility has reported profits of US$526 million in 2008, compared to US$531 million in 2007, while revenue rose 16 percent to US$6.8 billion.

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    Transy confirms presence at Multimodal

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Transy, an international transport contractor and global provider of transport and logistics services dealing with heavy lift and project cargoes, has confirmed that it will be participating in the forthcoming Multimodal show in the UK - http:/

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    Transy confirms presence at Multimodal

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Transy, an international transport contractor and global provider of transport and logistics services dealing with heavy lift and project cargoes, has confirmed that it will be participating in the forthcoming Multimodal show in the UK - http:/

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    Global and African freight forwarding networks form alliance

    2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - Project cargo network, Project Professionals Group (PPG) and Lagos-based African freight forwarding group African Cargo and Logistics Alliance (ACLA) have announced an informal strategic alliance.

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    SAL delivers for Liebherr

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - SAL has undertaken a shipment of four LHM 500 mobile harbour cranes, two