All Ports and terminals articles – Page 573

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    Forwarders see volumes up, but profits down

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Two of the world's largest transport and logistics companies, both with a significant presence in the movement of heavy and OOG project cargoes have reported significant increases in transport volumes in the third quarter of 2009 compared to

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    Vessel piracy increases insurance costs

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - At the recent Breakbulk Transportation Conference in New Orleans, an executive from the marine insurance industry said that the surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean is causing ocean carriers, cargo interests and insurers to ta

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    ADM team Heavy Weight boosts online presence

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - ADM team Heavy Weight has a new website which gives greater details on the company's overland transport services by road, rail and inland waterways

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    Flinter returns boats

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Flinter has completed the round trip carriage of some Dutch flat-bottomed daggerboard yachts.

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    Donjon Marine digs archaeology

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Well known for its heavy lift services, Donjon Marine has been awarded two separate contracts for salvage work on archaeological sites in Texas and New York.

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    Panalpina and Atlas Air remain in the land of Dixie

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air have renewed their cooperation agreement.

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    SRT awaits delivery of super heavy rail car

    2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - In the United States, Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) is awaiting delivery of a specially-commissioned 20-axle railcar which boasts a total freight capacity of 450 tonnes.

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    AirBridgeCargo adds Amsterdam - Tokyo option

    2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines is launching a new weekly B747 freighter service from one of its European gateways at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Narita in Tokyo, Japan.

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    Zagrebtrans moves a monster crane

    2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - Zagreb-based Zagrebtrans has relocated a 725 tonne crane at the container terminal of Port Rijeka, Croatia to its final quayside location.

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    UAL reaches halfway point of key cement contact

    2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - UAL-SA, the local subsidiary of global heavy lift line Universal Africa Lines (UAL), has reached the halfway point of a six-month contract to carry cement from Cape Town to Soyo, Angola where a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is under

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    Breakbulk Asia roars into the Lion City

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Singapore will be the location for the 2nd Annual Breakbulk Asia Conference & Exhibition. This event will take place between January 26-27, 2010 and will be held at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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    Goldhofer names Swiss area sales manager

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Robert Venier has joined Memmingen-based Goldhofer as a field sales executive with responsibility for growing business in Switzerland.

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    Project forwarder network expands into heart of Africa

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Specialist project cargo forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group, is building its profile in the central African countries of Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger with the appointment of Afriglobe shipping lines as the network's repres

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    Collett invests

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Collett Transport has recently taken delivery of a new, bespoke 110-tonne lift capacity straddle carrier at its MISTRAL Point, Heavy Lift Terminal at Goole in the UK.

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    BBC Chartering offers upright shipping for wind turbine towers

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Wind turbine towers destined for the world's biggest offshore wind park are being transported upright on board a BBC Chartering and Logistic ship in an innovative project aimed at improving on similar methodology used when the towers are ship

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    Busy time in Asia for Mammoet jack ups and mega load-outs

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - While 2009 has provided some of the hardest business conditions for a generation, Mammoet reports that it has enjoyed a bullish period of activity for its jack ups and mega load outs.

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    Wheely big adventure for Ahlers India

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Project cargo forwarder, Ahlers India has undertaken a complex movement of dump trucks from Bangalore through Chennai port to Algiers, overcoming some unusual legal and regulatory issues in delivering the trucks to the quayside for export for

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    Heavy lift seminars in 2009 and 2010

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - After the success of many previous heavy lift seminars related to safety in heavy lifting, Richard L Krabbendam, an expert in the field, has announced that many more seminars are yet to be held over the next few months in 2009 and 2010, write

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    Cost control boosts Dockwise profits

    2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Dockwise recorded a 83.6 0ncrease in net profit to USD8.1 million for the third quarter, thanks to tighter cost control as revenue growth slowed amid subdued market conditions. Compared to the third quarter of 2008, revenue grew 12.4% to USD1

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    Kenworth T800s help Bigge make big moves

    2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - When your last name is Bigge, it's hard to imagine that you'll do anything small.