All Ports and terminals articles – Page 431

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    Green light for super heavy container

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - The super heavy 40 ft steel coil container offered by Langh Ship Cargo Solutions is now classified for a 100 tonne payload, says Markku Yli-Kahri, product manager of Langh Ship Cargo Solutions.

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    HANSA handles Chile lift

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Heavy lift and project cargo shipping line HANSA HEAVY LIFT has transported two ship loading systems from Bremen to Punta Lackwater in Chile.

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    GAC supports Burundi exploration logistics

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - GAC UK & GAC-Seaforth have overcome challenges to complete the successful delivery of a complex collection of cargo to Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, to support explorations by Surestream Petroleum (UK).

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    APM Terminals reveals Nigerian mega-port proposal

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - APM Terminals and a number of consortium partners, has revealed plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria's Lagos State, some 55 km west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Ex

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    SDV provides logistics for Eurocopter's X3 American tour

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Logistics provider SDV has handled the transportation of the Eurocopter X3 from France to the USA, as well as providing local logistics support during its recent Demo Tour.

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    Jenkinson on the double

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Jenkinson Logistics, the member in Ireland of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), reports being extremely busy with project work to Africa and Saudi Arabia.

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    Surcharges loom as US port negotiations continue

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) has called for full master contract wage scale meetings with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) beginning on December 10, 2012.

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    Cargotec makes staff cuts

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Equipment manufacturer Cargotec has made 33 of its staff in Finland redundant. In addition, 72 people will be made redundant in global support functions and other areas.

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    Blansjaar invests in Terex Challengers

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Netherlands based transport and heavy lift business Blansjaar has acquired three Terex Challenger 3160 all-terrain cranes.

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    UK P&I Club welcomes S&P upgrade

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda), generally known as the UK P&I Club, has welcomed an improvement of its Standard and Poor's (S&P) rating from 'Stable' to 'Positive'.

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    St Lawrence sets closing date

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System has issued a notice stating that a portion of the Seaway will close to navigation at 2359 hours on December 29, 2012.

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    Baltimore improves on last year

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Business remained strong for the Port of Baltimore through the third quarter of 2012, ahead of last year's pace in several cargo categories.

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    ALE handles Cumbria power lift

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Global heavylift and transportation specialist ALE has completed the transportation of a 26-tonne cable reel for a local utilities company to restore power to a village near Wastwater Lake, Cumbria, UK after ten months without power due to a

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    London International Shipping Week 2013

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - The UK capital London is to host its own International Shipping Week in 2013, when maritime industry leaders from across the globe will gather during the week of September 9 to 13, 2013, for meetings and events, concluding in a day-long gove

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    Pipe dream of a job for IGS Qatar

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Doha, Qatar based Intergroup Shipping (IGS Qatar) has handled the delivery of a large shipment of pipes moved on special trailers from Doha port to a downtown construction site in the Qatari capital.

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    Mississippi closures threatened

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - The American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national trade association representing the US tugboat and barge industry, is calling on Congress to address a developing situation on the Mississippi which could effectively bring commerce on the

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    Heavy lift master class

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Having presented his two-day 'Heavy Transport & Lifting' seminar to more than thousand people in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the UAE and Singapore.

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    Cargotec launches powerful terminal tractors

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Cargotec has introduced the new Kalmar TR626i and TR632i fully CAN-Bus controlled heavy terminal tractors - which are the most powerful models available in the industry.

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    Maersk plans to back off shipping

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - The UK based Financial Times newspaper has reported that Danish oil and shipping group AP Moller-Maersk will not invest significantly in its shipping business over the next five years and will focus on its oil, drilling rigs and ports.

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    Air Charter Service responds to Sandy

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, global broker Air Charter Service has been arranging aircraft charters to provide vital support to thousands of New Yorkers trying get their lives back to normal.