All Ports and terminals articles – Page 428

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    Albacor ships Metro gear from the USA to Russia

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Houston-based Albacor Shipping USA and Albacor Shipping Russia - both members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) forwarder network - have together successfully delivered tunnel boring machinery between the Albany, New York port of Coe

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    FONASBA publishes ship agents' guidance

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - The Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents (FONASBA) has published the Port Procedures Survey, an ambitious project that aims to provide shipowners, port users and regulators with a comprehensive and detailed overview o

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    Volga-Dnepr adds third maintenance base in Moscow

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Heavy lift and outsize air cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr says its Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT) division has obtained approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to open a line maintenance station at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.

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    ACLA - a new logistics event for Asia

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - The STAT Media Group of India and Singapore based VFPR & Media Consultants have announced the launch of a new regional trade event for the air cargo and logistics industry in Asia and the Middle East.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Staff in HLPFI's London office awoke this morning to the first sub-temperatures of Winter and a malfunctioning office heating system. Typing in an overcoat and mittens is no fun, but the author of this week's Friday Flyer delivers a neat sna

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    Boskalis offer undervalues Dockwise, says Board

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Some 25 percent of Dockwise shareholders are dissatisfied with the price offered by Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) earlier this week, says the company that has gone from diner to dinner.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift appoints Berndt R Olesen to drive Australian growth

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift

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    Terex launches 650 tonne capacity crawler crane

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Terex Corporation, the American-based diversified equipment manufacturer, has announced the launch of its Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane.

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    ETAL invests in fleet expansion

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Egyptian Transportation and Logistics (ETAL), a subsidiary of Egytrans, has recently doubled its fleet with the acquisition of a new Scheuerle hydraulic low-bed with 40 axles, three MAN tractors and two Scheuerle turn tables.

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    Port of Corpus Christi promotes Frank Brogan to managing director

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - The Port of Corpus Christi - the fifth-largest port in the United States - has announced that Frank Brogan, former deputy port director - engineering, finance and administration services, has been installed as managing director, effective im

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    Chapman Freeborn expands into Argentina

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering - the UK-based provider of aircraft charter brokerage services - has established a new commercial presence in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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    Atlas Tubular appoints MIQ as North America logistics partner

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - MIQ Logistics, the Kansas USA-headquartered global logistics provider, has announced a multi-year service agreement with Atlas Tubular - a supplier of oil pipeline tubing and related oilfield equipment to the energy industry.

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    PCN adds SAMMA to network

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has continued to expand its scope with the addition of Mauritiana-based SAMMA to its project forwarder network.

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    Steam power generators moved into Pakistan

    2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Aaras Project & Logistic Pakistan, one of Pakistan's leading shipping agents and member of the Worldwide Project Consortium, has completed the movement steam power generators and auxiliary equipment weighing 582.8 tonnes.

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    UKMPG chairman damns red tape

    2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - In a speech made last week, UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) group chairman and Forth Ports CEO, Charles Hammond, criticised excessive regulation that has been imposed on the industryfrom the UK and the European Union.

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    Allcargo moves power plant equipment

    2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Novermber 28 - Allcargo Logistics, the India-based integrated forwarding services provider, has won a contract from Reliance Infrastructure Ltd to transport 66 units of super over dimension cargo (SODC) from points across India to its subsidiary, Sasan Po

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    Reporting heavy lift crane accidents

    2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Heavy lift specialist Richard Krabbendam draws attention to a recent crawler crane accident in Vungtau, Vietnam, which left three men dead and two badly injured.

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    Next phase of world's largest lock underway

    2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - The first concrete has been laid for the Port of Antwerp's EUR340million (USD440.3million) 'Deurganckdocklock' - the world's largest lock due to open in spring 2016.

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    Georgia Ports Authority invest in RCC paving project

    2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has approved an infrastructure development project that will aid the handling of high and heavy cargo at the gateway.

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    Massive cargoes for King Fahd Industrial Port

    2012-11-26T00:00:00Z

     October 1 - King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia has handled two huge adapters carried from Korea onboard Hanjin Pioneer and belonging to the Marafiq company.The general director of King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Captain Abdullah Al-Zami, stated that these pieces are among the largest pieces received ...