Ports and Terminals news – Page 382
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WWL ALS opens South Africa office
August 26 - WWL ALS - a division of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - has opened its first representative office in South Africa.
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Ro-ro refurb at Kiel
August 26 - The Port of Kiel, Germany, has completely refurbished its ro-ro facility at Berth No.1.
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Jumbo Fairlift completes Pasajes project
August 23 - Netherlands headquartered heavy lift maritime company Jumbo has successfully completed a complicated project at the port of Pasajes, northern Spain, using its vessel Fairlift.
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Dragon Dream passes government tests
August 23 - California, USA headquartered Aeros - developer of Aeroscraft, an innovate rigid air vehicle capable of transporting heavy cargoes - has seen its prototype aircraft Dragon Dream pass all Pentagon and NASA tests, set out under the Project Pelic
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Intermax delivers hoppers
August 23 - Intermax Logistics Solutions Ltd, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in China, was contracted to deliver 200 hopper railcars to Venezuela by CSR Meishan Co Ltd.
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Huge gates arrive at Panama Canal
August 23 - Four new lock gates have arrived at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal, a major milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion programme.
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HANSA HEAVY LIFT names interim boss
August 23 - Just one year after he was appointed ceo, HANSA HEAVY LIFT has announced that Tomas Dyrbye has left the company and will be replaced by Roger Iliffe its interim ceo.
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Westlink completes railcar project
August 23 - Project Cargo Network member representing Australia, Westlink Logistics, has completed a huge project shipment between China and Australia.
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The Friday Flyer - August 23rd 2013
For generations, children have enjoyed pirate stories - with romantic and thrilling tales of desert islands, gold bullion, walking the plank - leading to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series over the last few years. The reality, however, as experience
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Entec acquires Terex lift
August 22 - Manaus, Brazil based crane and heavy machinery rental firm Entec Longhi & Cia has taken delivery of a new Terex AC 500-2 all-terrain crane (ATC).
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ILO 2006 Convention ratified
August 22 - The International Labour Organization's (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 came into effect on August 21, 2013 across 30 states, with other ILO member states scheduled to bring it into force over the next 12 months.
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Suez Canal Authority issues assurance
August 22 - The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has denied reports that maritime traffic would be suspended and ensured full security to ships transiting the canal, according to a news item on the Japan Intermational Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) webs
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Damco sees red in H1 2013
August 22 - Freight forwarder and logistics services provider Damco has posted revenues of USD1.53 billion for the first half of 2013, up 0.6 percent year-on-year.
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Kuehne + Nagel names new boss
August 22 - Kuehne + Nagel International has appointed Dr Detlef Trefzger as its new ceo, with immediate effect.
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UK logistics firms miss tax breaks
August 21 - UK headquartered business advisory Baker Tilly says that smaller transport and logistics firms operating in the UK may be missing out on tax breaks resulting from research and development (R&D).
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YCF Group makes senior changes
August 21 - The YCF Group has named Carsten Gierga its managing director responsible for the company's activities in Germany.
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Liebherr sees Oceania success
August 21 - 2013 has been a strong year so far for Liebherr Maritime Cranes in Oceania, with the delivery of mobile harbour cranes, ship-to-shore container cranes and straddle carriers to the region.
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Africa's largest crane built in Angola
August 21 - According to reports in the international media, Africa's largest crane has been commissioned in the Angolan province of Kwanza Sul at Porto Amboim.
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Tandem lift for cylinder in Brake
August 20 - In the port of Brake, Germany, two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes - a LHM 550 and a LHM 500 - were used to offload a 150-tonne cylinder destined for a new paper production line at Alfeld in Lower Saxony.
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Erickson wins maintenance contract
August 20 - Oregon, USA headquartered Erickson Air-Crane has received a contract from Helicopter Transport Services to perform modifications and upgrades on seven CH54B tail boom and pylon assemblies.