All Shipping articles – Page 287
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Andersen Shipping and CF Sharp Malaysia forms ASC-Sharp Shipping
November 10 - Singapore-based Andersen Shipping Company Pte Ltd has entered into a joint venture to be branded ASC-Sharp Shipping (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, with CF Sharp Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
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Flinter and Oy Nordic Chartering merge
November 9 - Oy Nordic Chartering has been merged into Dutch shipping company, Flinter in a move which the latter said would strengthen its position in European markets.
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Beluga Recognition transports huge reels for offshore project
November 9 - Four ports, three countries and four reels with diameters up to 12.5 m and weighing up to 377 tonnes represented a challenge for Beluga Shipping.
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Toll completes hat-trick of 2009 acquisitions
November 9 - Australian-based Toll Group has acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), one of the leading privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Seamanship manual published by The Nautical Institute
November 4 - A new book on seamanship detailing new advances in safety equipment, survival procedures and best practice has been published in the UK.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen sees slight rise in cargo as Q3 net profit stumbles
November 4 - Norway's Wilh. Wilhelmsen group had a Q3 2009 net profit of USD30.1 million compared to USD37.6 million in Q3 2008.
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Strategic alliance for PB Sea-Tow and Bok Seng Group
November 3 - The Singapore-based Bok Seng Group and Auckland-based PB Sea-Tow have created a strategic alliance to offer one-stop project and heavy lift cargo transportation solutions in South East Asia.
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Racing yachts move through Valencia
November 2 - The port of Valencia witnessed the loading of two racing yachts for the Mascalzone Latino team.
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BBC box comes full circle
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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Forwarders see volumes up, but profits down
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
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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Breakbulk Asia roars into the Lion City
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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Project forwarder network expands into heart of Africa
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
October 15 - Derrick Offshore has appointed two new shipbrokers to its Guildford and Aberdeen-based teams.