All Ports and terminals articles – Page 493

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    Equipment owners network outlines expansion plans

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Wolfgang Karau, director of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) used a recent visit to Finnish member, Nurminen Logistics to outline some of the network's plans for future development.

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    Kita delivers for Turkish energy

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Turkey's Kita Logistics has delivered the components of a new 775 MW combined cycle power plant located in Denizli, Western Turkey, considered to be one of the two largest investments in the power industry to be transported in 2011.

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    Etihad Rail signs deal with Emirates Steel

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Etihad Rail, the master developer and operator of the UAE's national railway network, and Emirates Steel, the largest integrated steel manufacturer in the UAE, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use rail as the primary method fo

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    Search for investors for Offshore Terminal

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The search for investors for a new Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) has entered the next phase.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift sets sail for Hamburg

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The recently launched shipping line, Hansa Heavy Lift has revealed plans to move from Bremen to Hamburg at the beginning of 2012, stating that "the many good reasons substantiating this decision to move outweigh those arguments for remaining in

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    Traffic down slightly for Seaports of Niedersachsen

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Whilst overall volumes were down three percent in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period of 2010, a number of ports in the Seaports of Niedersachsen saw double digit growth, with wind energy components showing particularly strong i

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week.

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    Alabama to host first training event on critical lifting and load handling

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - The Alabama State Port Authority is to host its first training event from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    Jumbo appoints Tecnoil as Brazilian agent

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Dutch heavy lift shipping and offshore installation company Jumbo has appointed Tecnoil Comercio e Representacoes Ltda as its agent in Brazil.

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    Famous Pacific Shipping goes for gold in Olympic train trials

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, has donned its best sporting kit to start deliveries of railroad equipment from China to Brazil to support fans of the world's greatest sporting festiva

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    Lift & Shift claims a world record with India move

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - India's Lift & Shift is claiming another record, having shipped what it says is the world's largest coke drum and vacuum column.

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    Project Cargo Network celebrates first birthday

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN), the fast growing association for heavy and OOG forwarders, is celebrating its first birthday today

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    New IMO armed guarding guidelines underline the need for vetting

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Gray Page, a leading specialist maritime intelligence, investigation and crisis management company, has said that the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee's (MSC) recently approved interim guidance on the employment of privately contracted armed sec

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    Humanitarian aid flown to Horn of Africa

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering's worldwide offices are involved in the effort to transport humanitarian relief supplies to help people affected by famine in the Horn of Africa.

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    Demag Cranes supplies more floating cranes for the Mississippi

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Gottwald Port Technology GmbH (Gottwald), a subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG, has been awarded a contract to supply two more Floating Cranes to St. James Stevedoring Partners, Llc, Louisiana, USA, to enter service on the Mississippi river this aut

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    Rising star in China sees fourth office opening

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Global Star Logistics (China), which recently changed its name from Global Star Logistics, has opened its fourth office in the country with a new location in Chongqing covering for west of China.

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    Deep-water jack-up rig to start journey to new Bentley field

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - A deep-water jack-up rig vital for the development of the Bentley oil discovery located in Block 9/3b in the North Sea, 160 km east of Shetland Isles on the western edge of the Viking Graben, has been delivered on time by the Keppel FELS shipya

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    ESTA marks RUD's ICE-CURT tensioner with safety award

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - The European Association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) placed German materials handling manufacture RUD's ICE-CURT tensioner in its safety category.

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    Sugar is sweet for ALE

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Global heavy lifting and transport company, ALE has successfully completed the transportation of two CO2 vessels to the UK's biggest sugar supplier, British Sugar. The 28 metre long vessels were required as part of a site upgrade at the firm's