All Middle East articles – Page 105

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    Jumbo Shipping completes Pearl GTL Project

    2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - Jumbo Shipping has completed a two-year project for Qatar Shell GTL's Pearl GTL project.

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    WWL opens in St Petersburg

    2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has opened its own office in Russia.

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    GAC handles racing yacht duo

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - On behalf of Team Pindar, one of the world's leading independent sailing teams, GAC has successfully delivered two Volvo yachts to Bahrain, marking the first phase of the Sail Bahrain project. The two Volvo 60s, which weigh in at 30 tonnes,

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    Weatherford International selects K + N

    2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Global oil and gas industry services provider Houston-based Weatherford International has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a two-year contract to manage its North American export activities to 18 countries across Europe, the Middle East and West Afric

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    Significant growth leads to senior promotion at Air Partner Freight

    2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

    November 18 - International charter broker Air Partner has promoted freight manager Richard Smith to director of Group Freight.

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    Strong reaction from PWC / Agility over US indictment

    2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

    November 18 - The Public Warehousing Company, better known these days as Agility, has issued a strongly worded statement following indictments in the USA on multiple charges of alledged conspiracy and fraud relating to three major contracts to supply food

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    Bahwan Wagenborg sets sail in Oman

    2009-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Established just last month, Bahwan Wagenborg Heavylift & Oilfield Services LLC is a strategic alliance between the Suhail Bahwan Group, one of Oman's foremost business houses and Royal Wagenborg from The Netherlands, a strong multi-discipli

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    Toll completes hat-trick of 2009 acquisitions

    2009-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Australian-based Toll Group has acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), one of the leading privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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    Hat-trick for Magdenli

    2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

    November 6 - Magdenli Transport and Trade Co, a specialist heavy haulage and crane operator based in Turkey and a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, has arranged the movement of three different industrial projects.

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    Heavy lift buoys Manitowoc

    2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Reports in the international business media suggest that the heavy lift segment of Manitowoc's crane business is holding up well, mainly helped by considerable spending on infrastructure and energy in markets such as the Middle East, Brazil,

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    Maximus highlights Middle East cargo advantages

    2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Fathi Hilal Buhazza, president and CEO of Maximus Air Cargo (pictured below), has predicted that freight traffic will triple in the Middle East over the next 20 years and says that "a sound business model mean that Maximus Air Cargo is confid

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    Sarjak launches into Europe and Russia

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Mumbai-based Sarjak Container Lines is set to start a new service via Riga, Klaipeda and St Petersburg, with the aim of entering the Russian import/export market for project and oversize cargoes.

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    UTC Overseas opens for business in Australia

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Secaucus-based, UTC Overseas Inc has established a new office in Tullamarine (Melbourne), Australia, headed by newly appointed country manager, Hagen W. Pusch.

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    Success for project forwarders conference

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - A record number of 120 delegates from 40 countries attended the 3rd annual WCA Projects Network (WCAPN) Conference 2009 in Istanbul, writes HLPFI's Oliver Ward who also attended the event.

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    New additions for Derrick Offshore

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Derrick Offshore has appointed two new shipbrokers to its Guildford and Aberdeen-based teams.

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    Projects group strengthens supply chain networks

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) is getting a positive response from supply chain service providers to an initiative to expand membership categories.

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    UK freight forwarders alerted about US sanctions against Iran

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The British International Freight Association (BIFA) - www.bifa.org - is urging its membership which includes most of the UK's freight forwarding companies to be aware that new sanctions being taken by the United States against Iran may make

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    DSV drops interim name to return to old identity

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Just 13 months after the corporate merger of DSV Air & Sea and ABX Logistics Air & Sea, described at the time by mangers as "the perfect match", the expanded company will now officially be known, with immediate effect, as DSV Air & Sea GmbH.

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    Lift & Shift claims Indian record

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Lift and Shift India Pvt. Ltd (LSPL), part of the Natvar Parikh Group, claims to have transported India's largest and heaviest module.

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    Genel on the move

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Genel Transport Forwarding & Trade has a new HQ in Istanbul.