All Middle East articles – Page 82

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    ETAL invests in fleet expansion

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Egyptian Transportation and Logistics (ETAL), a subsidiary of Egytrans, has recently doubled its fleet with the acquisition of a new Scheuerle hydraulic low-bed with 40 axles, three MAN tractors and two Scheuerle turn tables.

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    Massive cargoes for King Fahd Industrial Port

    2012-11-26T00:00:00Z

     October 1 - King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia has handled two huge adapters carried from Korea onboard Hanjin Pioneer and belonging to the Marafiq company.The general director of King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Captain Abdullah Al-Zami, stated that these pieces are among the largest pieces received ...

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    Agility achieves AEO-F status in Hungary

    2012-11-26T00:00:00Z

    November 26 - Agility, the Kuwait-headquartered logistics services providers, has been achieved Authorized Economic Operator full (AEO-F) status in Hungary.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - It's Friday afternoon in a windswept London and so it must be time for this week's edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, delivering a neat snapshot of news from the last week for your to enjoy with your afternoon tea and slice of cake - lemon dri

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    APM Terminals reveals Nigerian mega-port proposal

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - APM Terminals and a number of consortium partners, has revealed plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria's Lagos State, some 55 km west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Ex

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    Jenkinson on the double

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Jenkinson Logistics, the member in Ireland of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), reports being extremely busy with project work to Africa and Saudi Arabia.

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    Pipe dream of a job for IGS Qatar

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Doha, Qatar based Intergroup Shipping (IGS Qatar) has handled the delivery of a large shipment of pipes moved on special trailers from Doha port to a downtown construction site in the Qatari capital.

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    Heavy lift master class

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Having presented his two-day 'Heavy Transport & Lifting' seminar to more than thousand people in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the UAE and Singapore.

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    Qatar pulls out of Cargolux

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Luxembourg based freighter operator Cargolux Airlines International today confirmed that Qatar Airwaysintends to exit from its 35 percent shareholding in Cargolux.

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    WWPC partners handle Turkey to USA move

    2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Albacor Shipping Mahwah of New Jersey, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for the USA, has arranged for the transport of 3,000 cu m of cement-making equipment from the Turkish port of Izmir to Kansas, USA.

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    Agility posts strong increase

    2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Global logistics provider Agility reports a net profit of KWD9.75 million (USD3.5 million) for the third quarter of 2012. Compared to a net profit of KWD8.05 million (USD2.9 million) in the same quarter of 2011, this is an increase of 21 per

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    NEO opens in Turkey

    2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

    November 13 - NEO Air Charter - the European member of the Global Charter Alliance - has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey, headed by Mrs Ahu Ozturk (pictured below), as sales manager - Turkey.

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    Syon Logistics joins PCN in Dubai

    2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

    November 13 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has named Syon Logistics as the third and final member in Dubai, replacing Heavy Load Freight Services, which is no longer a PCN member.

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    Borusan Logistics acquires Balnak Lojistik

    2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - According to a statement issued by Borusan Logistics, it has agreed a deal to acquire Balnak Lojistik, and says this will create Turkey's leading logistics service provider in terms of staff numbers and revenues.

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    GAC names new president

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group has appointed Bengt Ekstrand as its new group president.

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    Geodis Wilson sponsors Qatari defence logistics forum

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Global multimodal service provider Geodis Wilson is to be one of the sponsors of this year's Defence Logistics & Support Forum, which takes place at the Oryx Rotana Hotel, Doha, Qatar from November 11-13, 2012.

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    Damco recruits specialist to expand global mining footprint

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Damco has appointed Ivan Thuynsma as global head for its mining division to be responsible for the global development of customers in and around the mining industry.

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    Armin joins PCN grouping

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Armin Shipping & International Transport has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) as the grouping's third member in Iran.

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    IAG Cargo targets forwarders through GLN

    2012-11-05T00:00:00Z

    November 5 - IAG Cargo, the single business created following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Global Logistics Network (GLN), a US headquartered network of 421 small and mediu

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - And so, it's time for another edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, giving you a round-up of news from the last week, together with a few comments from the editorial team.