All News articles – Page 802

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    GAC oils up (despite low prices)

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - GAC UK is sharpening its focus on the oil and gas sector with the appointment of two managers to serve clients with offshore operations.

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    Hamburg sees fall in project and heavy cargoes

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Whilst the total throughput of cargo at the port of Hamburg was up 4.8 percent at 145.7 million tonnes in 2014 - its best-ever result - project and heavy cargoes fell by 5 percent to 610,000 tonnes, made up of 134,000 tonnes of imports and 4

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    Offshore cargo handling guide launched

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - A cross industry workgroup has published the latest edition of the 'Best Practice for the Safe Packing and Handling of Cargo to and from Offshore Locations' handbook.

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    Racing boats speed through Jaxport

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Portus has helped moved seven H1 Unlimited Hydroplane racing boats and eight specialty boat trailers through Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal.

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    Noronha joins Shipping Australia

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Shipping Australia Limited (SAL) has appointed Captain Melwyn Noronha as general manager technical services and industry policy.

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    CEA appoints Deurwaerder

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Alain Deurwaerder has joined CEA Project Logistics as its new director of business development, based in Thailand.

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    UASC expands in South America

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has appointed the Ultramar Group as its local liner shipping agency partner in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

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    Heroic launch for WWL

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has welcomed the first of its new generation of post-Panamax HERO (high-efficiency ro-ro) PCTC vessels, Thermopylae, into operation.

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    Pieter Schelte gets new name

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Allseas Group has confirmed that its platform installation and decommissioning vessel Pieter Schelte is being renamed Pioneering Spirit.

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    Dockwise takes giant Goliat onboard

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has advised that the ENI Goliat FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel) has been loaded onboard the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard.

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    School of thought for Davies Turner

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - UK-based freight forwarder Davies Turner & Co has coordinated the delivery of an entire primary school from the UK to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

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    Van der Vlist keeps construction on schedule

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Van der Vlist coordinated the delivery of five out-of-gauge piling rigs used in a Volkswagen factory construction project from northeastern Germany to Poznan in Poland.

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    Do US West Coast ports face shut down?

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Following a weekend which has seen the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) temporarily suspend vessel loading and unloading operations at US West Coast ports, it remains to be seen if the PMA will carry out its threat to lockout dockers and sh

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    Bimco warns of renewed piracy threat

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - The Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco) is urging seafarers to exercise extreme caution when sailing in the Gulf of Guinea, following a spike in piracy activity in the region.

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    Barloworld Transport launches cranes division

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Manline - a part of the Barloworld Transport group - is enhancing its abnormal load transportation, project cargo, rigging and lifting services to clients in the mining sector.

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    Record year for Abu Dhabi Ports

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Abu Dhabi Ports handled more cargo in 2014 than ever before, with a 37 percent year-on-year rise in general and bulk cargo.

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    Aircraft rises above highway

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Sarens South Africa has lifted a Boeing 737-300 aircraft across the R21 highway in Kempton Park, Gauteng for aviation company Comair.

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    Able breathes 'sigh of relief' at ABP step down

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Associated British Ports (ABP) has decided to abandon its attempts to challenge the government's approval of plans for the development of the Able Marine Energy Park on the south bank of the Humber.

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    Wagenborg makes way to UK

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Wagenborg has transported three giant compressor units from Breda in the Netherlands to the UK's Bacton Gas Terminal, with the help of its partner Collett Transport.

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    SC&RA helps promote industry careers

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), KHL Group and the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) are jointly organising a new event - Lift & Move USA - to promote careers in the US crane, rigging