Ports and Terminals news – Page 577

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    AirBridgeCargo Airlines to serve Almaty from Amsterdam

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, is launching a new Boeing 747 freighter service from Amsterdam, one of its European gateways, to Almaty in Kazakhstan.

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    PD Ports sees positive results from safety suggestion scheme

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - PD Ports is seeing positive results from a group-wide safety suggestion scheme launched last year and aimed at finding practical and cost effective solutions for further improving the safety of the company's working environment.

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    New website design for the Port of Hamburg

    2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - The website of the port of Hamburg has recently been completely re- designed, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    Rickmers-Linie and Eastern Car Liner expand Trans Pacific cooperation

    2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Rickmers-Linie and Eastern Car Liner will expand their cooperation in the Trans Pacific trade.

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    Hedge funds twice rebuffed by BBI

    2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - A refinancing proposal from a group of international hedge funds has been rejected by the board of Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI), the majority shareholder of Luxembourg-based Euroports, writes James Graham.

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    Crane order proves right for Ainscough

    2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Ainscough Crane Hire has reported consistent demand for its recently increased fleet of heavy lift crawler cranes, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    RMR Shipping rolls into Dublin

    2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - RMR Shipping has added the port of Dublin to one of its services between Europe and West Africa, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    New port director for Houston

    2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Alec G. Dreyer is the new executive director of the Port of Houston Authority.

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    C.A.T.T secures electricity supply to SFAX power plant

    2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Tunisian specialised transport company C.A.T.T, a member of the global network Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE), has been selected to arrange transportation of a turbine weighing 205 tonnes, a 201 tonne alternator and 54 tonnes of auxiliary eq

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    Project Forwarders off to Kuala Lumpur

    2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - The Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) will be celebrating its 10th Annual conference at the Westin Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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    Success for Tiong Woon

    2009-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Tiong Woon Corporation subsidiary, Tiong Woon Oil & Gas Services Pte Ltd, has successfully completed its portions for the construction of a 146.3 metre derrick pipelay barge for the owner and operator, NorCE Offshore Pte Ltd (NorCE), at its

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    European Commission adopts new Block Exemption Regulation

    2009-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - The European Commission has adopted a new Block Exemption Regulation revising the current exemption for liner shipping consortia from the EC Treaty's ban on restrictive business practices (Article 81).

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    Wind energy fuels Longview's increase in laydown space

    2009-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Increased breakbulk handling and a recent rise in customer demand, particularly for the movement of cargoes relating to the wind energy industry, have spurred the Port of Longview to develop an additional 15 acres of laydown space just yard

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    Fairstar signs loan agreement, wins contract from Saipem

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed a loan agreement with Fortis Bank Nederland for a USD15 million, four year facility secured by a second mortgage over the company's two vessels Fjord and Fjell.

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    DHL hits 40

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - Today marks DHL's 40th birthday.

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    Heavy Transport & Lifting Seminar - SOLD-OUT

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - The Heavy Transport & Lifting Seminar which will take place in the Netherlands at the end of October is sold-out.

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    Cory Logistics gets arty

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - Anish Kapoor's new sculpture, "Tall Tree and the Eye" is to be newly displayed in the courtyard of London's Royal Academy of Arts thanks to some carefully planned transport by Cory Logistics.

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    BBC adds South America service

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - BBC Chartering USA is starting a new service from Florida to northern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

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    Forwarders should invest in training, says PPG

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - The skills shortage in specialised parts of the freight forwarding industry will not be overcome unless businesses invest in training their employees. Without training, companies will also not be poised to maximise growth opportunities as e

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    First multipurpose tweendeck newbuild for TBS

    2009-09-24T00:00:00Z

    September 24 - TBS International Limited has taken delivery of the newly-constructed vessel Rockaway Belle from Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Co.