Ports and Terminals news – Page 583
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Unlucky 13 for falling airfreight demand
August 6 - Maindeck and bellyhold project airfreight suffered a double-digit fall year-on-year in June as the global economic crisis continues to hurt high and heavy project activity.
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Results show times are tough
August 6 - A raft of Q2 and H1 2009 results published in the last few days has demonstrated a very clear trend in the industry that has reflected the wider global picture: while all companies are down, US-based companies are more down than the rest.
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Fleet additions lift Fairstar Heavy Transport
August 5 - In its second quarter results, Fairstar has reported continued increases in revenue and profitability, and reduced debt.
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Jacobs to receive private sector employer of the year award
August 5 - Jacobs Engineering Group has been named Private Sector Employer of the Year by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) of Northern California.
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Serving the Caspian
August 5 - The St Petersburg-based North Western Shipping Company is, according to reports in the Russian media, towing a new non-propelled barge from St Petersburg to Ravenna in Italy where it will load equipment destined for the construction of an oil a
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Beluga carries world's largest buoy
August 5 - It took the combined skills of shipping line, client and manufacturer to move a buoy some 27 metres high and weighing more than 1100 tons from Indonesia to an offshore location in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Success for first PPG conference in USA
August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week
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DB Schenker adds to shipment monitoring options
August 4 - DB Schenker has launched the DB SCHENKERsmartbox service, a satellite-aided real-time shipment tracking solution which transmits a shipment's current GPS co-ordinates and any deviations from the predetermined route, and provides information on
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BDP acquires UK forwarder
August 3 - US-based BDP International, a privately-owned global logistics company, has acquired the UK forwarder Rostrum Forwarding Ltd but declined to reveal the terms of the transaction.
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SAL expands in Australasia
August 3 - Heavy lift carrier Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has opened a new office in Fremantle, western Australia, in an expansion of its Australasian operations.
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Panalpina delivers for Voith Hydro
July 31 - The staff of Panalpina Vienna's project department have managed a very challenging shipment from St. P
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Pacer offloads its heavy haul trucking operation
July 31 - Concord, California-based road haulier Pacer International has sold Pacer Transport, its specialised heavy-haul trucking operation, to Universal Truckload Services and UTS Leasing. The deal is expected to be concluded in August.
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Co-hosted conferences for high and heavy operators
July 31 - Two key co-hosted freight industry conferences with great relevance to high and heavy project operations are to be held at the World Trade Centre, Barcelona at the end of October.
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Ainscough promotion for Kesterton
July 31 - UK crane hire company, Ainscough Crane Hire intends to combine its national sales effort under the leadership of George Kesterton, previously sales director with responsibility for the Northern Region.
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Dockwise Yacht Transport to join forces with Yacht Path International
July 30 - Dockwise's wholly owned subsidiary Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) is to merge with Yacht Path International Inc to create a new force in premium yacht transport.
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Platform installed on Jumbo Javelin to deliver TPs
July 30 - One of Jumbo Offshore's heavy lift and installation ships, Jumbo Javelin, is preparing to deliver installation services for offshore wind farms, thanks to the installation of a specialised ship-based, self-stabilising platform.
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Volga-Dnepr assists Russian space programme
July 30 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has assisted the Russian Space Programme by delivering Meteor-M satellite to its launch pad in Baikonour. The satellite together with its launch equipment amounted to a total cargo weight of 50 tons.
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Terex finalises Fantuzzi deal.
July 29 - Terex Corporation has completed the acquisition of the port equipment businesses of Fantuzzi Industries and Noell Crane for around Euros 155 million.
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New shareholders for EUROPORTS
July 29 - Luxembourg-based port operator EUROPORTS has two new shareholders.
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CH2M HILL VP to deliver key Breakbulk conference address
July 29 - John F. Mika, senior vice president Procurement at CH2M HILL, will deliver the keynote speech at the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition which will take place between October 13th and 15th at the Ernest N. Morial Conve