All Ports and terminals articles – Page 442

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    Dockwise urges Fairstar EGM

    2012-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Having increased its control over the outstanding shares in Fairstar Heavy Transport (Fairstar) to 93.63 percent, through its wholly owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin bv, Dockwise has applied to a Dutch court for authority to convene an extr

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    Rotor blades spin with Prangl

    2012-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Prangl recently transported three wind turbine rotor blades, each almost 50 m long and four metres at the widest point, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Atlantic walrus digs his tusks into trouble

    2012-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - When Russia's finest walrus found itself in need of urgent dental work AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) flew to the rescue, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.

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    Libyan aviation services company expands to Athens

    2012-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Atheka Aviation, one of Libya's first private and independent aviation services company, has opened an office and international hub in the European Union.

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    Pressure vessels are no problem for SCS

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - SCS Heavy Lifts & Transports from Ootmarsum, the Netherlands, was contracted to jack up, transport and ship several high pressure vessels weighing more than 225 tonnes each, from Germany to Korea, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    LaRue will represent the Texas Ports

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) selected executive director, John P. LaRue, Port Corpus Christi (POCCA), to represent the Texas ports in the newly formed Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    New operations head for Rotterdam

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Effective September 2012, Ronald Paul will succeed Thessa Menssen as chief operating officer of Infrastructure and Maritime Affairs at the Port of Rotterdam Authority, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.

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    Peregrine flies into the Lion City's jaws

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Sherpa has delivered the drillship Peregrine 1 owned by LaPatagonia Offshore from Salvador in Brazil to Singapore, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.

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    Sochi cargo port development completed

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Basic Element Group, a diversified business group from Russia, has completed construction of the Imeretinskiy cargo port in Sochi in a investment of more than USD200 million.

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    Project Partners adds Precision Specialized Division

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Precision Specialized Division Inc has joined the Project Partners network as a member in Canada.

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    Urmila handles 1,000 tonnes for Godrej & Boyce

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Urmila Project Services recently handled a 1,000 tonne DHDS reactor using a newly-built Goldhofer self-propelled modular trailer (SPMT), writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Peel Ports seeks Vestas replacement at Sheerness

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Peel Ports Group, owner of the UK's Port of Sheerness, has moved quickly to pledge a major effort in securing a replacement for Vestas, following the latter's decision not to take up the option to locate a major wind turbine manufacturing facilit

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    Intertransport hits the road to China

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - A road recycler being transported from Germany to China has been handled by Intertransport Hohnholz of Germany, a member of the Project Cargo Network.

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    Intertransport hits the road to China

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - A road recycler being transported from Germany to China has been handled by Intertransport Hohnholz of Germany, a member of the Project Cargo Network.

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    Turk Heavy Transport offloads a bending machine

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Bahrain-based Turk Heavy Transport (THT) has organised the movement of a 10 m long bending machine weighing 155 tonnes at Khalifa Bin Salman Port for RMA Middle East SPC from the ship's hook onto its 12-axle hydraulic lowbed.

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    Agility extends Gorgon business

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Agility has a new scope of work to support the Gorgon natural gas project in Western Australia, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Disruption in prospect for US ports

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Contract negotiations between the ILA (International Longshoremen's Association) and USMX (United States Maritime Alliance) continued last week and are expected to resume again on July 18.

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    Dockwise gets closer to complete control of Fairstar

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Dockwise has announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin bv, it now controls 80.4 percent of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport, having bought shares over the weekend from various shareholders includi

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    Spanish step up for Clipper Projects

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Clipper Projects and Maritima del Oriente have entered into an agreement covering commercial and port agency representation in Spain, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Panama Canal delays toll hike

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has published a revised tolls proposal that defers the implementation date of new Canal tolls to October 2012 and October 2013.