All Ports and terminals articles – Page 429

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    Boost for WPA membership

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - Now Global Logistics of Adelaide, Australia has joined the Worldwide Partners Alliance (WPA), a network of independent transportation and logistics providers that specialise in air and ocean freight forwarding as well as niche/specialised ma

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    Allcargo transports power plant equipment

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - Allcargo Logistics - part of the Avashya Group and member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network for India - has won a contract from Reliance International to handle and transport 66 units of super over dimension cargo (SODC) from port

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    Cosco Shipping confirms acquisition plans

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - COSCO Shipping Company (COSCOL) has confirmed that it plans to acquire full equity of Guangzhou Ocean Shipping from COSCO Group.

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    Qatar adds another C-17

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 -Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has delivered a fourth heavy lift C-17 Globemaster cargo carrier to the Qatar Emiri Air Force.

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    GAC Logistics named official logistics partner of Gulf 12 Hour Race

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - Dubai headquartered GAC Logistics has for the second time been appointed official logistics partner for the Gulf 12 Hour Race.

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    Felbermayr and Terex keep production going

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Hilden, Germany headquartered crane service provider Felbermayr recently replaced four gigantic whey tanks at the Leppersdorf facility of dairy company Sachsenmilch, where a Terex AC 1000, the world's most powerful all-terrain crane, proved

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    Exhibition celebrates shipping of mighty structures

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Anyone visiting Melbourne, Australia this month might want to drop in to a new exhibition taking place at the city's Mission to Seafarers at 717 Flinders.

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers satellites from Canada to Russia

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Two IL-76TD-90VD freighters operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines have safely delivered highly-sensitive Express AM5 and Express AM6 satellites from Montreal in Canada, to Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

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    ALE Mega Jack raises the roof

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - UK headquartered heavy lift and transport specialist ALE has completed its first project with the use of its Mega Jack System, utilising it to install a building roof at 4,000 metres above sea level in Argentina.

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    Panama and Long Beach renew agreement

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Officials from the Port of Long Beach and the Panama Canal Authority have renewed an agreement that promotes more trade between Latin America and the US and facilitates the exchange of ideas for seaport engineering, dredging and environmenta

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    China Merchants acquires Jiangsu Haixin

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - China Merchants Group has signed an asset transfer deal with Jiangsu Haixin Heavy Industries to fully acquire the shipyard as a leading offshore centre in China.

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    Gianti covers Georgia for PCN

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Tbilisi, Georgia based Gianti Logistics has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) grouping of freight agents as the organisation's member in the country which is an important hub in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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    World's largest heavy lift ship christened

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Dockwise Vanguard - an ultra-large semi-submersible heavy lift ship constructed for Dutch shipping company, Dockwise was christened at the end of last week.

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    Living quarter barge delivered to Kashagan oilfield

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Last month, Wagenborg Offshore - the Dutch-based provider of offshore heavy lift services to the oil and gas industry - in cooperation with Wagenborg Kazakhstan B.V. and Ersai Caspian Contractor LLC, delivered the living quarter barge 'Vivald

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    Allcargo powers inland with huge loads

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - India's Allcargo Logistics, part of the Avashya Group, is currently handling a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea for the heavy lift movement of seven transformers and accessories from Mumbai port to a power grid substation in Bina

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    Volga-Dnepr aims for space

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Heavy lift and outsize air cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been awarded a license by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to perform transport operations for rockets, space mechanisms and rocket fuel.

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    Jumbo transports 1,125 tonne shiploader crane

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Jumbo Shipping, the Netherlands-headquartered provider of heavy marine transport, successfully completed the transport of a 1,125 tonne shiploader crane between Sines, Portugal and Nouadhibou, Mauritania.

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    Barnhart expands with four new branches

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Barnhart Crane and Rigging, the Memphis-headquartered heavy lift and transportation organisation, has continued to develop its US network with the opening of four new branches: Charleston, South Carolina; Owensboro, Kentucky; Richland, Washin

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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