All Ports and terminals articles – Page 454

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    Drewy and CargoSmart to deliver new box shipping KPIs

    2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Drewry Maritime Research and CargoSmart Limited have entered into a cooperation agreement that will introduce a wider range of container Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to help importers and exporters benchmark their carriers' service levels.

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    Chartersphere seeks development in Spain and South America

    2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Following the recruitment of Nacho Carretero, UK-based air charter broker, Chartersphere says it is seeking further development in Spain and South America.

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    HLPFI to attend Multimodal 2012

    2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - HLPFI will be attending Multimodal 2012 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, UK from 1st to 3rd May.

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    TT Club underwriting performance holds fast despite challenges

    2012-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - The TT Club, a leading provider of insurance and related risk management services for the international transport and logistics industry, has announced an 8.5 percent growth in premium income, resulting from new business, increase in volumes an

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    Maersk patriarch passes away

    2012-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, who transformed his Danish family shipping business into the world's biggest container shipping company and arguably the most important force in world shipping, passed away yesterday at the age of 98.

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    WA Government cuts red tape to assist heavy haulage industry

    2012-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - According to a statement from Government of Western Australia, the heavy haulage industry will benefit from a new 'one stop shop' for heavy vehicle permit matters and a AUD250,000 (USD259,020) State Government initiative to bury power lines ove

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    AirBridgeCargo Airlines gains IATA operational safety certification

    2012-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been listed in the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) register after successfully completing an audit.

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    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics on track with emissions reduction target

    2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) says it is on track to reduce its relative green house gas emissions with 30 percent by 2015, compared to a 2005 baseline.

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    First female chair for Stockton's Board of Commissioners

    2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - Dr Elizabeth "Liz" Blanchard, pictured below, has been elected chair of the Port of Stockton Board of Commissioners.

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    SBM Offshore selects Blue Water Shipping

    2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - SBM Offshore has chosen Blue Water Shipping, a company with which it already holds a longstanding business relationship, to undertake the task of providing logistics for materials and equipment to China and Brazil, where the conversion of the f

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    Tarros upgrades in Med

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Tarros, the specialist regional container line and multi-transport operator specialising in the Mediterranean Region, has upgraded its Great Pendulum Service which connects ports in the eastern and western Mediterranean via La Spezia, where the

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    Mediaco Maxilift relies on Terex carne for port crane lift

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Marseille, France-based, crane services provider Mediaco Maxilift relied on a Terex CC 2800 lattice boom crawler crane during a recent lift of a dockside crane tour from its base in the French port of La Rochelle so maintenance work could be un

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    Intermodal South America is an unqualified success

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Despite a torrential downpour and thunderstorms, the Intermodal South America trade show was an unqualified success and the heavyflooding of roads in Sao Paulo did not prevent too many people from reaching the TransAmerica convention centre des

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    Fairstar releases its 2011 audited financial statements

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Fairstar Heavy Transport's audited financial statement for 2011 reveals a net loss after tax of USD14 million.

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    Buy, buy, the Brazilian pie

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Everybody, it seems, wants a piece of the Brazilian economic pie, and some who already have a small slice want a bit more, writes HLPFI's correspondent from the Intermodal South America event, Robert Ward.

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    WWPC partners combine efforts to move boiler

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Albacor Shipping (USA) Inc, the US member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has worked in conjunction with the project forwarder network's Vienna-based Austrian partner, Procargo Spedition, to handle the transport of parts of a biomass

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    Energy contract between CEVA and Petroamazonas renewed

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Supply chain company CEVA Logistics has renewed and expanded its contract with Ecuadorian state-owned oil company Petroamazonas, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    TIACA condemns judge's decision to uphold Frankfurt night-time flight ban

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - The decision by a judge at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig to uphold a night-time flight ban at Frankfurt Airport will damage the city's reputation as one of the world's premier gateways for international trade and harm the local an

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    ALE replaces ceramic filters

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - ALE Heavylift has carried out the replacement of two ceramic filters in the ELCOGAS thermal plant gasifier in Puetollano, Spain.

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    Scheuerle helps Voser put some wind into sails

    2012-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Voser Transport, a Swiss based transportation company, moved three rotor blades and other components of an ENERCON E82 wind power plant through wooded terrain using transportation equipment from Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik, writes Charlotte Mathes