Russia and CIS news – Page 13

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    ABC poised for record 2016

    2016-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) says that 2016 is already a record-breaking year for the company, following a 30 percent year-on-year growth in tonnage during October to 57,608 tonnes.

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    Crushing move for Volga-Dnepr

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown an 88-tonne jaw crusher for the gold mining industry across Russia from St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport to Sokol Airport in Magadan on board one of its AN-124-100 freighters.

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    Baltic ports up capacity

    2016-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Liebherr Maritime Cranes has delivered three LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes to ports on the Baltic Sea - one to the Swedish Port of Helsingborg and two to the Port of St Petersburg in Russia.

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    Factory travels with M&M

    2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

    November 7 - Militzer & Münch has coordinated the delivery of an entire factory that will produce float glass (plate glass made by allowing it to solidify on a layer of molten metal) from various locations in North America, Europe and Asia to a site in Ky

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    ABC begins Oslo flights

    2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

    November 7 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is commencing twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter operations from Oslo to cater for Norway's oil and gas and seafood industries.

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    GW expands Memmingen site

    2016-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Gebrüder Weiss has invested EUR4 million (USD4.4 million) into expanding its facility in Memmingen, Germany by over 5,000 sq m.

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    Ruscon adds Novorossiysk warehouse

    2016-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - Russian multimodal operator Ruscon has opened a new warehouse in Novorossiysk on the Black Sea.

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    Mustonen named NR Rail head

    2016-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - Harri Mustonen has been appointed managing director of NR Rail - the newly created company jointly owned by Finland's Nurminen Logistics and Russia based Rustranscom.

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    BOCS makes Bilbao home

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - According to Uniport Bilbao, German shipowner BOCS (Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping) has made Bilbao its home port for Spanish operations.

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    Peter the Great travels with Combi Dock

    2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Combi Lift's semi-submersible vessel Combi Dock III has successfully delivered the floating backhoe dredger, Peter the Great, from Zeebrugge, Belgium to Kaliningrad, Russia.

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    Cosco wins huge Kazakh contract

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - China's Cosco Shipping has been awarded a major transportation and logistics contract by a large Kazakhstani oil and gas partnership.

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    Hili acquires Allcom

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Hili Company, the logistics division of Malta-based Hili Ventures, has acquired Gdynia-based freight-forwarder and customs agency Allcom, allowing it to gain an important foothold in the Polish market.

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    Antonov gets US flight exemptions

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Ukrainian operator Antonov Company (Antonov Airlines) has been granted broad air charter exemptions for flights to and from the USA by the US Department of Transportation (US DOT).

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    Blue Water secures third TCO contract

    2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Oil exploration company Tengizchevroil (TCO) has exercised an option for two additional module carrier vessels (MCVs) for its TCO FGP project in Kazakhstan.

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    AN-22 back in business

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Antonov's renewed AN-22 aircraft has flown a coil reel from Zurich, Switzerland to Abu Dhabi in the UAE for DB Schenker subsidiary Karpeles Flight Services on behalf of Hyundai.

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    NR Rail established

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Finland's Nurminen Logistics and Russian Rustranscom have agreed to form a jointly owned company, NR Rail.

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    Volga-Dnepr on patrol

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered four Mangust patrol boats built at the Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Far East of Russia, on board two AN-124 freighter flights.

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    ABC adds Seattle flights

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has launched twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services from Moscow, Russia to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the USA.

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    Sarens wins record contract

    2016-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - Sarens has been awarded what it claims is the largest contract in its history by Tengizchevroil (TCO) for its Future Growth Project and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP) in Kazakhstan.

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    More moves for PCN members

    2016-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - Turk Logistics and Heavy Transport - member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Bahrain - has signed an agreement to become Gulf Air's cargo sales agent, and been awarded a logistics services contract by Olayan Kimberly Clark Bahrain.