All Ports and terminals articles – Page 462

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    WSS Middle East wins WCA award

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has won the title of 'Best Partner 2011 - Middle East', presented this month by the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) at its annual conference in Bangkok, Thailand, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    New GACAG website provides updates for air cargo industry and regulators

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Companies across the air cargo supply chain and regulatory bodies can now obtain updates on the lobbying activities and views of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) online following the launch of its new website - www.gacag.org

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    Yahsat oversees transport of second satellite

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has overseen the transportation of its second satellite, Y1B, from EADS Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with part of the journey involving carriage

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    Charleston to get new heavy lift crane

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - With increased demand in the South Carolina Ports Authority's non-container business, the SCPA Board has authorised contract negotiations with Charleston Heavy Lift on the construction of a new, barge-mounted heavy lift crane.

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    Nuclear recycling transport first for ALE

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Global heavy lift and transport company ALE has successfully jacked, skidded and loaded five redundant boilers from the UK's inaugural nuclear power station prior to onward transportation.

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    German duo for Demag

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Demag Cranes will supply a Gottwald G HMK 6407 mobile harbour crane to Heilbronner Versorgungs GmbH for use in the Neckar port, as well as a G HMK 8610 and G HMK 3405 to Rendsburg Port Authority GmbH for its port in Osterr

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    BACA chairman back for second term

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Dick Gilbert, chairman of BACA (Baltic Air Charter Association) for the past three years, has been re-elected for another year. Although now retired, his involvement in the aviation industry dates back to 1965.

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    Dockwise signs for six

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Dockwise Ltd has revealed six contracts totalling USD57 million, for execution in 2012 and 2015.

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    Discharge in US Waters finalised by USCG

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - The U.S. Coast Guard announced publication in the Federal Register of a final rule for standards for living organisms in ships' ballast water discharged into waters of the United States.

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    Latest order takes Konecranes to dozen HSHI deals

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Konecranes has received an order for the design and components of a Goliath gantry crane from Korean Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HSHI).

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    China Navigation orders four handysize bulk carriers

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - The China Navigation Company Pte Ltd (CNCo), the deep seashipping arm of the Swire group, has placed a order for four B.Delta37 handysize bulk carrier ships of 39,500 dwt each at Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd, Jiangyin, China, to be delivered betwee

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    Buffers to distribute Cargotec's MacGregor and Allset brands

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Effective April 1, 2012, Cargotec has appointed Buffers USA Inc as the distributor for its MacGregor and Allset brands of ship lashing equipment for the US East and Gulf coasts, Canada and Mexico.

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    ICS says shipping needs global legislation not unilateral measures

    2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - Balancing environmental aspirations with economic realities, but also with political realities is not easy, International Chamber of Shipping chairman Spyros M Polemis is set to tell delegates at the influential CMA Conference in Connecticut th

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    Porteu is CEO at Nicolas Industrie

    2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - Within the TII Group (Transporter Industry International), S

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    S & B Schwertrans invests in Terex crane

    2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - S & B Schwertrans GmbH has acquired a Terex Challenger 3160 all-terrain crane.

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    Project Cargo Network welcomes Al-Masar Al-Iraqi

    2012-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added Al-Masar Al-Iraqi Co to its network, as its second representative in Iraq.

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    21.5 percent contract growth for Ruslan International

    2012-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Ruslan International - the company which markets and manages the combined Antonov An-124 fleets of its shareholders Volga Dnepr and Antonov Airlines - has reported its provisional performance for 2011.

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    Terex quartet lift drilling support module

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Four Terex CC 2800-1 units owned by Turkish crane service provider Hareket were used to lift a drilling support module (DSM) for the West Chirag oil platform (WC-PDQ), which is part of the Chirag Oil Project being carried out in Baku, Azerbaija

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    Liebherr hits mobile harbour crane milestone

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Liebherr-Werk Nenzing is celebrating an order for its thousandth mobile harbour crane, which will be delivered in the second half of 2012 to Montoir Bulk Terminal in France.