All Ro-ro shipping articles – Page 2

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    IUMI flags insurance concerns

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) said that insured losses resulting from last year's explosion at Tianjin Port are likely to amount to USD5-6 billion.

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    CP Ships' Ray Miles dies

    2015-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Raymond R Miles, who during his 43-year international transport career helped steer the course of container shipping as it evolved through its second generation, died on Friday November 6, 2015 after a brief illness. He was 71.

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    Höegh extends SCH deal

    2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Southampton Cargo Handling (SCH) has signed a new contract with ro-ro shipping line Höegh Autoliners to continue servicing its vessel calls at the UK gateway for a three-year period.

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    Höegh heads to Haropa

    2015-09-04T00:00:00Z

    September 4 - Höegh Autoliners' new pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Höegh Target is scheduled to make its first French port call at the ro-ro terminal at Haropa's port of Le Havre on September 7.

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    Record volumes move across Georgia terminals

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - The Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) terminals in Brunswick and Savannah moved a combined amount of 2.79 million tonnes of cargo in October - a record for the authority.

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    Sevenstar appoints Caren

    2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

    September 10 - With the demand for yacht transport expanding between North America and Asia, Sevenstar Yacht Transport has appointed Kris Caren as its new West Coast representative.

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    RORO 2014 discusses sulphur

    2014-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - The topic of sulphur emissions regulations in the shipping industry will be widely covered through a number of conference sessions at the RORO 2014 exhibition being held from June 24-26 in London.

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    Deep sea ro-ro trades: An overview

    2014-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - At the forthcoming RORO 2014 event in London, which takes place alongside TOC CSC Europe from June 24 to 26, an overview of worldwide deep sea ro-ro trades will be presented, .

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    Transfennica adds Portsmouth to ro-ro schedule

    2014-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Effective May 13, ro-ro shipping line Transfennica Iberia will extend its Bilbao - Zeebrugge service with the addition of twice-weekly direct calls to Portsmouth.

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    Dynamar says PCC/PCTC fleet is growing while conventional ro-ro lags

    2014-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - A new study from Dynamar, "Deepsea Ro/Ro Shipping - Operators, Ships & Trades (2014), detailing conventional ro-ro vessels and vehicle carriers operating in the sector, found that while the conventional deep sea ro-ro fleet is contracting, the

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    PowerLogistics Asia and Downstream Asia co-locate in Singapore

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - PowerLogistics Asia 2013 and Downstream Asia will be co-locating at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, October 30-31, 2013.

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    New car carriers for WWASA

    2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WWASA) and South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries have signed an agreement for two post-Panamax car carriers, set for delivery in 2014 and 2015.

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    Ignazio Messina introduces first of four new vessels for Africa trades

    2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Italian ro-ro shipping line Ignazio Messina is set to introduce one of the largest ro-ro vessels in the world, the 3,100 teu or 6,350 linear metre ro-ro containership Jolly Diamante, on its African services.

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    Terra firma provides business for Plate Logistics

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Buenos Aires-based project forwarder Plate Logistics has undertaken a number of contracts that highlight the importance of underground exploration to the project cargo sector.

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    Breakbulk Asia keynote address speakers revealed

    2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Mark Marian Siegert, managing director Asia-Pacific at Agility Project Logistics, and Thomas Kim, executive director, Regional Transportation Research at Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, will be the keynote speakers on January 26th and 27th, respecti

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    DSV buys stake in DFDS

    2009-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Through an agreement with investment company JL-Fondet (which owns tanker and reefer shipping line J. Lauritzen), fast-expanding Danish global forwarder and logistics service provider DSV has purchased a quarter of Scandinavian ro-ro shipping