All Ports and terminals articles – Page 492

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    Octogenarian Otto blows out his birthday candles

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - German industrialist Otto Rettenmaier who has, since the 1950s built a number of industrial companies, including the heavy-duty and special vehicles manufacturer the TII Group, has celebrated his 85th birthday.

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    Alliance in the city of brotherly love

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - The US arm of Dubai-based logistics company GAC has formed a strategic alliance with a 30-year old shipping agency based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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    Vanguard transports and installs monoblock press

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Heavy lifting and plant relocation specialist, Vanguard, has handled the transport, rigging and installation of one of the largest monoblock blanking presses fabricated to date, for a leading South African steel supplier, Aveng Trident Steel.

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    DHL Global Forwarding has new head of Industrial Projects in Germany

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Rainer Bechler becomes the new head of Industrial Projects in Germany for DHL Global Forwarding from August 1st, 2011. He will be based in Bremen.

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    Toll Group buys German forwarder

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Toll Group is expanding its global forwarding business with the purchase of German ocean forwarder Andree & Wilkerling (AWG). Toll says that AWG

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    Heavy lift aircraft join forces to deliver Sukhoi flight simulator

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - A flight simulator for training Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight crews has been delivered onboard AN-124 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Ch

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    GAC strengthens marketing presence in Europe

    2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - GAC is expanding its regional Shipping Marketing team with the appointment of Niko Steindamm, as marketing manager, shipping, based in Bremen, Germany.

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    UTC Overseas names project director

    2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 -The Houston-based Project Division of UTC Overseas Inc has appointed Brent Patterson as a project director to oversee project development of industrial and global capital projects and services to engineering and procurement companies.

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    Harwich welcomes wind farm vessel

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Harwich International Port has welcomed the maiden operational call of MPI Adventure.

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    Liebherr delivers dynamic duo to Schlamann Autokrane

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - The managing director of German crane operator Schlamann Autokrane travelled personally to take delivery of the latest additions to the company's crane fleet from manufacturer Liebherr-Werk Ehingen.

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    Gandhi appointed JNPT trustee

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Nailesh Gandhi, director of India's Express Transport Pvt Ltd, has been appointed a trustee on the board of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for a two-year term.

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    ALS powers locomotive delivery to Mozambique

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - An effort to equip an African railway with new locomotives from Europe has been helped by ALS (Belgie).

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    Jumbo Shipping delivers 51 monopiles

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Over the course of seven voyages, Jumbo Shipping has transported 51 monopiles from EEW's manufacturing plant in Rostock, Germany, to Barrow-in-Furness in the UK. The monopiles' final destination was DONG Energy's Walney Offshore Windfarm 2.

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    PCN awarded ISO certification

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - UK-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems certification, one of the first project cargo networks to be granted this accreditation.

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    Rail siding rebuilt for high and heavy load

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - A combined rail and road shipment of a 292.1 tonne transformer by Spring, Texas-based rail project shipment forwarder Colossal Transport Solutions (CTS) brought more than just issues with regulatory and official freight transport laws

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    First contract for Dockwise newbuilding

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Dockwise has confirmed the first contract for its new 'Type 0' ship which is due to be delivered at the end of 2012 from the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea.

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    SRT has been working on the railroad

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Just weeks after Houston-based high and heavy rail transport forwarder Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) celebrated its seventh anniversary, the company has revealed that it has undertaken two significant shipments of heavy industrial equipment.

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    Giant bearing rings takes flight thanks to Ruslan

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Ruslan International has loaded a 6.74 m diameter bearing ring into an Antonov An-124 and flown it from Germany to Australia.

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    Amarcon supplies software package to two German lines

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Dutch-based freight industry software house Amarcon has supplied software to two German shipping lines, which has led managers to consider that the German heavy lift sector is strengthening.

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    CSAL adds Charleston-Africa service

    2011-07-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Canada States Africa Line (CSAL) is adding Charleston to the port rotation for its bulk, breakbulk and ro-ro service between North America and southern Africa.