All Ports and terminals articles – Page 437

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    Clipper Projects transports wire rope reel for offshore industry

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - At 340 tonnes, a wire rope reel which was shipped on Clipper Projects' Clipper Century was the heaviest item delivered by its manufacturer to date.

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    Volga-Dnepr Technics adds maintenance unit at Frankfurt

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT), part of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group, has opened an aircraft line maintenance station at Frankfurt Airport, Germany.

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    Cranes on route with Altius

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The Projects Division of Altius, has been responsible for transporting four ship-to-shore cranes from Amsterdam to Vigo and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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    Breakbulk event is all set for Houston

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - For only the second time in the event's 23-year history, the Port of Houston Authority will facilitate host port responsibilities for this year's Breakbulk Americas Conference and Exhibition at the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hil

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    Erickson Air-Crane buys back chopper

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated, a leading operator and the manufacturer of the powerful heavy lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, has bought back the Sun Bird Aircraft and associated spare parts inventory and accessories from San Die

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    130 photographers compete for Volga-Dnepr Group awards

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Over 130 professional and amateur photographers from 23 countries submitted entries to a special photographic competition organised by Volga-Dnepr Group to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Antonov AN-124 freighter's maiden flight.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - With three members of HLPFI staff at the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and two others heading to Houston for next week's Breakbulk America's event, it's been a little like the Marie Celeste in our head office this week.The news that Turkey, a key

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    Industrial Training International expands training and field services team

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Industrial Training International (ITI) reports a doubling of its employee head-count in the last 28 months adding instructors in the USA and Canada and business professionals at its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington.

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    Geodis Wilson leads logistics support for Panama Canal expansion

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Further to our report on August 31 (Sarens set to ship new Panama lock gates), Geodis Wilson, the freight forwarding and heavy lift specialist of Geodis, has advised that it is the lead contractor in the USD50 million contract awarded by steel

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    Artworks fly with IAG Cargo

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - IAG Cargo, the single business unit of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has transported 50 oil paintings belonging to the Fundaci

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    More storage space completed on Niedersachsenkai

    2012-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - The completion of the final asphalting at the J. M

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    Bati ships crane from Turkey to Australia

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Afghanistan-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) member, Bati Project & Heavy Lift Logistics Ltd (an affiliated company of Bati Group) successfully moved a heavyweight Manitowac 16000 crawler crane with all its rigging equipment to Brisbane, Aust

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    Call for standardised air freight security procedures

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Air freight top brass have called for global standardised security procedures across the industry, writes HLPFI's Emma Murray from the Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Atlanta, USA.

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    Breakbulk China 2013 to focus on developments, transport solutions

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Breakbulk China 2013 will attract 150 exhibitors and 5,000 qualified participants to the expo and two-day conference to network and discuss the future development of the industry and transportation solutions, say the organisers.

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers for the Silk Way Rally

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Once again, Volga-Dnepr Airlines' has supported the air unit participating in the Silk Way Rally 2012.

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    Container weighing delayed

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Last week saw two flag states raise concerns about container weighing proposals that will almost certainly delay efforts to bring in mandatory regulations, though not stop them altogether.

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    Liebherr crawler crane duo in complex tandem hoist

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - At the ABC-Halbinsel offshore terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany, a jacket representing the underlying substation platform structure of the "Borkum West II" offshore wind park was fitted using two 750 tonne Liebherr LR 1750 crawler cranes.

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    Massive cargoes for King Fahd Industrial Port

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

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    Buckerfield takes up Toll UK MD post

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Toll Global Forwarding has appointed Steve Buckerfield as managing director of its UK operation.