All Ports and terminals articles – Page 575

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    Felbermayr invests in Nooteboom windmill transporters

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - The aerospace teams of SDV, a brand of the French service provider Bollor

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    Prinsen off to Abu Dhabi

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    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.

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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.