All Ports and terminals articles – Page 572
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Best in class project forwarders vie for UK Forwarders award
November 5 - Four project cargo forwarders are vying for the honour of taking away the Project Forwarding Award at the 2009 Freight Service Awards organised by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) - www.bifa.org.
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Kuehne + Nagel wins Parker Drilling contract
November 4 - Houston-based Parker Drilling, a contract drilling and project management company in the global energy industry, has entered into an agreement with Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) to manage comprehensive logistics requirements for Parker's international
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Heavy Lift Group meets in Barcelona
November 4 - Members of The Heavy Lift Group (THLG) are gathering for their 45th Conference at the Grand Marina Hotel in Barcelona starting with a reception and dinner on 6th November, writes Oliver Ward.
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines wins BACA award
November 4 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted 'Best Cargo Charter Airline of the Year 2009' by the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen sees slight rise in cargo as Q3 net profit stumbles
November 4 - Norway's Wilh. Wilhelmsen group had a Q3 2009 net profit of USD30.1 million compared to USD37.6 million in Q3 2008.
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Last chance to book for Rio heavy lift mini-seminar
November 3 - A last minute invitation to join a mini-seminar in Brazil this coming Friday (Nov 6) covering safety issues around heavy lift operations has been made by its organiser.
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Strategic alliance for PB Sea-Tow and Bok Seng Group
November 3 - The Singapore-based Bok Seng Group and Auckland-based PB Sea-Tow have created a strategic alliance to offer one-stop project and heavy lift cargo transportation solutions in South East Asia.
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Agility Americas moves headquarters
November 3 - Agility has moved its Americas regional headquarters to a new, improved facility located in Irving, California.
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Racing yachts move through Valencia
November 2 - The port of Valencia witnessed the loading of two racing yachts for the Mascalzone Latino team.
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Heavy lift buoys Manitowoc
November 2 - Reports in the international business media suggest that the heavy lift segment of Manitowoc's crane business is holding up well, mainly helped by considerable spending on infrastructure and energy in markets such as the Middle East, Brazil,
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Maximus highlights Middle East cargo advantages
November 2 - Fathi Hilal Buhazza, president and CEO of Maximus Air Cargo (pictured below), has predicted that freight traffic will triple in the Middle East over the next 20 years and says that "a sound business model mean that Maximus Air Cargo is confid
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Vanguard undertakes turnkey transport project
October 30 - Vanguard, South Africa's heavy rigging and lifting specialist, is currently completing a turnkey contract to transport transformers, reactors and accessories from port to various sites throughout the country. The items were shipped from manuf
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Geodis Wilson launches new projects division in Houston
October 30 - Geodis Wilson has launched the US headquarters of its specialist Industrial Projects Division in Houston. The 40-strong team is led by Managing Director George Abreu, head of projects business in the US, and Houston Branch Manager Frank Abreu
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Zagrebtrans handles transformer for South Africa
October 30 - Croatian heavy lift transport specialist, Zagrebtrans has successfully handled the shipment of a 500 MVA transformer from Zagreb through Port Rijeka to South Africa.
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Felbermayr invests in Nooteboom windmill transporters
October 29 - Felbermayr has expanded its transport fleet with a significant number of vehicles for the wind energy industry.
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Heavy cargoes pose challenge for Mombasa
October 29 - According to a report in the Daily Nation, Kenya's leading newspaper, the arrival of huge steel imports at Mombasa port for Uganda's World Bank-funded hydro power project is posing a huge challenge on how the cargo will be delivered to Uganda
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BBC box comes full circle
October 29 - Whilst HLPFI focuses on heavy and OOG cargoes, its worth remembering that a sizeable proportion of project cargo moves in standard containers.
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Ambitious project for SDV's aerospace team
October 29 - The aerospace teams of SDV, a brand of the French service provider Bollor
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Prinsen off to Abu Dhabi
October 29 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service's project logistics team has assisted in the loading of the Oslo-Nesodden ferry, the Prinsen, onto the Beluga Foundation for transport to its new home in Abu Dhabi.
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Sarjak launches into Europe and Russia
October 28 - Mumbai-based Sarjak Container Lines is set to start a new service via Riga, Klaipeda and St Petersburg, with the aim of entering the Russian import/export market for project and oversize cargoes.