Ports and Terminals news – Page 485

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    LCL Logistix India Pvt Ltd joins PCN in India

    2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) now has four members in India with the appointment of LCL Logistix India Pvt Ltd, further strengthening its representation in the region.

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    Air Charter Service now open in Los Angeles

    2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Air Charter Service, a leading aircraft charter specialist, continues its global expansion as it opens the cargo department of its second US office in Los Angeles - to complement its established operation in New York.

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    ALS ships demolition equipment to Kiwi earthquake zone

    2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - The Abnormal Load Services (International) Ltd project team in Hull, UK, has organised the first export charter shipment of a demolition machine for UK demolition company Coleman & Company.

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    Holleman moves heavy turbine

    2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Holleman Bulgaria OOD, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) and Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) networks, has transported a heavy water turbine measuring more than 10.5 m long and over five metres in height and width, destined

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    Fairstar wins rig transport contract

    2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a new transportation contract by Hercules Offshore to transport the Hercules 185 jack-up rig from Port Gentil, Gabon to either Pascagoula, Mississippi or Bahrain using the Fairstar semi-submersible

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    Philco International joins Project Cargo Network

    2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has its first official member in France - Philco International.

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    Grimaldi newbuild reinforces Hamburg-West Africa connections

    2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Earlier this week, the port of Hamburg saw the first sailing of Grimaldi's newbuilding, Grande Sierra Leone, from the Unikai terminal on the line's West Africa service.

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    GPLN drives into oil and gas logistics training sector

    2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) recently completed training sessions at two of the most important oil and gas industry events: SPE Offshore Europe 2011 and Indonesia Oil & Gas Expo 2011.

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    Shuttlelift reveals new DB Series gantry cranes

    2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Shuttlelift has announced the launch of a newly developed series of double-beam mobile gantry cranes designed to provide state-of-the-art material handling and operational efficiency at an exceptional value.

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    Liebherr extends mobility of narrow-track crawler chassis

    2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Liebherr says that it has extended the on-site mobility of its LR 1600/2-W narrow-track crawler crane and the machine can now become operational with a main boom up to 108 m in length, with a 12 m fixed jib.

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    Keel laid for Fairstar's Finesse

    2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - The keel for the 50,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel Finesse has been laid in Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI)'s Qidong shipyard, China where GSI is constructing both the Forte and the Finesse for Fairstar Heavy Transport.

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    GAC's new team to boost presence in Brazil

    2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - GAC is strengthening its logistics and oil & gas services in Latin America, with the announcement of two new appointments at GAC Brazil.

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    Dredging set to start at Corpus Christi

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Today, Port Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, is set to commence dredging operations for La Quinta Channel Extension project.

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    Century for Project Cargo Network

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has reached a major milestone in its development with 100 companies now on its membership roster.

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    Confidence dips to all-time low as uncertainty fuels overtonnaging

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to their lowest level for three and a half years in the three months ended August 2011, according to the latest shipping confidence survey by accountant and shipping adviser Moore Step

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    PCN adds new member in Thailand

    2011-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has broken new ground in Thailand with the approval of Centran International Corporation (Thailand) Ltd as its first member in the region.

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    Liebherr crawler working hard on wind farm

    2011-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - The Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane operated by US crane rental company Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. has been hard at work on a wind farm in Ohio.

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    Lufthansa Cargo Charter helps fight oil well fire

    2011-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter Agency GmbH, together with its general sales agent (GSA) Platinum Air Cargo in Houston, has organised the emergency transport via a charter aircraft of six tonnes of specialised well fire fighting equipment from Hous

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    Barnhart VP gives rigging workshop a lift

    2011-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Shaun Sipe, VP of human capital at Barnhart Crane & Rigging, is to join the panel of speakers at the Maritime Lifting Solutions Workshop, which takes place from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    Fairstar's Forte achieves scheduled floatation milestone

    2011-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - Fairstar Heavy Transport reports that its 50,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel Forte was floated away from the flooded drydock facility in Qidong, China on schedule, earlier this week.