All Shipping articles – Page 285

  • News

    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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    WWPC members unite for transatlantic shipment

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    October 17 - Albacor Shipping Inc, USA, through its joint venture with the Midship Group, has handled the shipment of a hydraulic forging machine from Bremen to the US in cooperation with LS-International Cargo.

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    Maersk wants over-dimensional cargoes

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - In a sign of its commitment to gaining a greater share of the breakbulk and out-of-gauge cargo market, Maersk has announced that it is purchasing more than 10,000 new flat-rack and open-top containers, increasing the size of its fleet of such

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    Antwerp upgrades port information system

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Antwerp Port Authority is currently developing a new version of APICS (Antwerp Port Information and Control System), an innovative software package which among other things supports vessel traffic controllers in drawing up the safest, most ef

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    A less rosy future for project cargoes?

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Having escaped the headline-grabbing drop in traffic levels suffered by the container shipping lines over the last two years, the prospects for the multipurpose, heavy lift cargo shipping is looking a little less rosy, writes James Graham.

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    New additions for Derrick Offshore

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Derrick Offshore has appointed two new shipbrokers to its Guildford and Aberdeen-based teams.

  • News

    Open positions from Jumbo Shipping

    2009-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Jumbo Shipping has the following open positions:

  • News

    Projects group strengthens supply chain networks

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) is getting a positive response from supply chain service providers to an initiative to expand membership categories.

  • News

    Varamar builds its presence

    2009-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Odessa based, Varamar is building its presence in the project and general cargo arena.

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    Canadian truckers buy heavy lift haulage specialist

    2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Challenger Motor Freight, of Cambridge, Ontario and has acquired most of the assets of Sandrock Specialized Carriers, a special commodities carrier focusing on transporting heavy equipment and over-dimensional freight, established ten years ag

  • News

    RMR Shipping rolls into Dublin

    2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - RMR Shipping has added the port of Dublin to one of its services between Europe and West Africa, writes Charlotte Matheson.

  • News

    Project forwarders help secure Vegas water supplies

    2009-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Albacor Shipping of USA and LS-International Cargo from Germany, both exclusive members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), have organised the shipment of 3,500 cu m of project cargo, including heavy lifts of up to 112 tonnes from G

  • News

    European Commission adopts new Block Exemption Regulation

    2009-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - The European Commission has adopted a new Block Exemption Regulation revising the current exemption for liner shipping consortia from the EC Treaty's ban on restrictive business practices (Article 81).

  • News

    DAL beats the drums

    2009-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group, known universally as DAL, beat the drums for the South African trade with an customer 'infotainment' evening in London.

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    Mighty Servant 1 escorted

    2009-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - The Dockwise semi-submersible, heavy-marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, has been safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden.

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    Cargotec expands global support for MacGregor products

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - Cargo handling equipment provider Cargotec has opened up new service stations in Zeebrugge, Esbjerg, Liverpool, Cadiz, Ferrol, Kaohsiung and Balboa.

  • News

    Project Arabia appoints Arbour Shipping

    2009-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Arbour Shipping, the recently-formed, Manchester-based NVOCC has been appointed sole North European sales agent for vessel charter and shipbroker, Project Arabia of Dubai.

  • News

    New Head of Market Development and Support at the Port of Hamburg

    2009-09-11T00:00:00Z

    September 11 - The marketing team at the Port of Hamburg has been strengthened by the recruitment of Axel Mattern.

  • News

    Coli Shipping to represent Condock

    2009-09-10T00:00:00Z

    September 10 - Coli Shipping (S) Pte Ltd has been appointed to serve as 'Owners Representative' for the Asia-Pacific and Australia operations of German shipowner Condock Befrachtungs -Gesellschaft mbH which is owned by Harren & Partner.