Ports and Terminals news – Page 576
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A less rosy future for project cargoes?
October 15 - Having escaped the headline-grabbing drop in traffic levels suffered by the container shipping lines over the last two years, the prospects for the multipurpose, heavy lift cargo shipping is looking a little less rosy, writes James Graham.
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20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference & Exhibition
October 14 - All eyes are now focused on New Orleans where many of the world's heavy lift and project forwarding community is gathered for the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition.
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Projects group strengthens supply chain networks
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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Logistics giants join forces with WFP to respond to Asian crises
October 13 - Three of the biggest corporate names in global logistics - Agility, TNT and UPS - have joined international efforts to expedite supplies to hundreds of thousands of people affected by natural disasters in Asia.
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WWL boosts China Express Service
October 13 - Sailings on China Express, WWL's dedicated Japan-Korea-China ro-ro (PCTC) service, have been upped to three sailings a month because of a resurgence in trade between the three countries in vehicles, rolling equipment and non-containerised car
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DSV drops interim name to return to old identity
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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Hola for BDP Project Logistics in Mexico
October 12 - In order to serve the growing Latin American project market, BDP Project Logistics has opened an office in Mexico City.
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Agility Europe names Joerg Roehl senior VP Business Development
October 14 - Agility Europe has appointed Joerg Roehl as new senior vice president Business Development, reporting directly to Beat Simon, CEO Europe.
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Antwerp welcomes dredging go-ahead
October 12 - Antwerp Port Authority has given a warm welcome to the Dutch government's implementation of the treaty on deepening the Scheldt estuary, hailing it as an important step. However, managers are keeping the Champagne on ice until the dredging is
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Boeing approached with large B747-8F order
October 12 - Global HeavyLift Holdings a Florida-based, US Defense Logistics Agency-listed air transport provider with offices in Michigan and Chicago, is putting forward the submission of an RFP (Request For Proposal) to Boeing outlining a requirement fo
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Russia grounds cargo planes after accident
October 9 - The Press Association has reported that the Russian air force has grounded all its Ilyushin Il-76 heavy lift cargo planes for checks, after an accident in which an engine broke off the wing of an aircraft just before take-off.
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Canadians sail in for PD Ports
October 9 - PD Ports is to be bought by a Canadian asset management company as part of an AUD1.5bn-plus recapitalisation by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI), which has been under pressure to sell assets to reduce its debt.
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Leipzig-Halle Airport to host TIACA
October 8 - Leipzig-Halle Airport is to host The International Air Cargo Association's (TIACA) Executive Summit and Annual General Meeting, which will take place on May 16-18, 2010. The German airport is served by 24 airlines flying to 17 countries and of
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SeaMetric cancels contracts for heavy lift vessels
October 8 - SeaMetric International AS has cancelled the contracts for the construction of two heavy transport vessels in China.
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Lift & Shift claims Indian record
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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Model shipment for Kuehne + Nagel
October 8 - K + N handled the logistics of a full size model of the AVE train that, in 2015, will link the capital of Grand Canaria with the South of the island in the first phase and the North in the second.
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Canadian truckers buy heavy lift haulage specialist
October 6 - Challenger Motor Freight, of Cambridge, Ontario and has acquired most of the assets of Sandrock Specialized Carriers, a special commodities carrier focusing on transporting heavy equipment and over-dimensional freight, established ten years ag
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Maximus Air Cargo carries UAE relief to Indonesia
October 5 - Maximus Air Cargo has carried the UAE Urban Search and Rescue Team to Padang in Sumatra in response to the devastating earthquake suffered on the island
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Conference focuses on heavy lift airships
October 5 - Heavy lift cargo airships are the focus of the fifth annual Airships to the Arctic conference, to be held this week in Calgary.