Shipping news – Page 284
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Cory Logistics delivers steel production line to India
March 9 - Cory Logistics is concluding the first phase of a three month assignment to transport an entire steel production plant to India from the UK. The movement has entailed loading and shipping 140 feus plus 4,500 tonnes of breakbulk cargo and OOG ite
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Project cargo team ensures success in Libya
March 9 - Members of the Project Professionals Group (PPG) have teamed up to deliver a consignment of 18 transformers and associated equipment to remote desert locations along the Libyan, Tunisian and Algerian borders.
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Sloman Neptun launches Italy-Algeria link
March 8 - A new shipping link between Italy and Algeria is set to launch later this month, operated by Sloman Neptun Shipping and Transport, writes Kirsten Shepherd.
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napa service adds direct calls at Osaka and Shanghai
March 7 - The companies which operate the napa service have announced that with the sailing of the Silverstone Express from Los Angeles on April 25th and Grays Harbor on April 28th, regular direct calls will be added at Osaki and Shanghai to the triangula
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BIMCO Reflections 2010 announced
March 4 - The compelling need to prevent shipping regulation becoming fragmented, the importance of recognising IMO as the agency to govern shipping's response to greenhouse gas emissions, the contribution of the human component and the need for positive
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Stockton remains faithful to heavy lift cargoes despite box move
March 4 - California's Port of Stockton is making a strategic move into serving box lines thanks to an USD18 million TIGER discretionary federal grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery).
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Allseas Global Logistics has joined AOP Project Partners
March 1 - Allseas Global Logistics has joined the AOP Project Partners network.
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UK companies look to offshore wind turbine opportunities
March 1 - A strategic investment of up to USD150 million in the UK offshore wine turbine R&D could lead to significant opportunities for offshore and onshore heavy lift operators and project cargo forwarders in the coming years, industry observers predict
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Cory in Brazilian partnership tie-up
February 26 - Cory Brothers Shipping Agency has signed a partnership agreement with Brazilian-based Unimar Agenciamentos Mar
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Vanguard moves wax filtration units for SA export
February 26 - South African project forwarder Vanguard worked with Lovemore Bros to transport two wax filtration units in modular sections for a gas-to-liquids project.
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CTS set set to lift 400 tonne cable reel
February 25 - Ravenna-based Compagnia Trasporti e Spedizioni (CTS) is set to lift what it claims is the heaviest-ever cable reel produced by the manufacturer - 397 tonnes - at the end next month.
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TIGER fails to roar for Aker Philadelphia
February 24 - Reports in the financial press indicate that Aker Philadelphia could eye wind turbine installation ships after its current contract to construct a series of product tankers is completed in 2012.
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GPLN adds Pakistan member
February 22 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has added Karachi-based Star Shipping (PVT) Ltd as a member.
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Rotterdam targets more feeder cargoes
February 19 - Whilst Rotterdam is well known as a hub for container traffic, the port is keen to increase this concept for the breakbulk and project cargoes sector.
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Plate Logistics has joined AOP Project Partners
February 19 - Buenos Aires, Argentina-based Plate Logistics has joined AOP Project Partners.
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Grieg Star Shipping mines project traffic from Rotterdam
February 19 - In early February a shipment of hydraulic mining shields was loaded at the Interforest terminal, Rotterdam on Norwegian line Grieg Star Shipping's Star Evviva.
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Change of agency for Austral Asia Line in Malaysia
February 17 - Austral Asia Line has a new agent in Malaysia.
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Port of Hamburg expects moderate growth for 2010
February 16 - With 110 million tonnes of seaborne cargo handled in 2009, Germany's biggest universal port fell short of the previous year's result by around 30 million tonnes (- 21.4 per cent).
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VN Navigacion chooses sea over road for journey from Spain to Scotland
February 12 - Vital equipment for a wind power generating project in Scotland was shipped by coastal shipping from its Spanish manufacturer as a cheaper and easier method than trucking.
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Lion Chartering & Shipping has joined AOP Project Partners
February 11- Constanta, Romania-based Lion Chartering & Shipping has joined AOP Project Partners.