All Asia articles – Page 222

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    DHL Freight opens in Almaty

    2012-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - DHL has opened a new terminal in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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    DHL ships historic Vietnam War maps

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - DHL Global Forwarding - a sub-division of Deutsche Post DHL - participated in the transport of commemorative Vietnam War maps between Chicago and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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    FPS Melbourne steels itself for coil cargoes

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The Melbourne, Australia branch of Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS), has been awarded a contract to handle the import, unpacking and delivery of 52 containers loaded with 1,138 tonnes of steel coil.

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    Shipowners say too little time to install ballast treatment systems

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 percent of the world's merchant tonnage, has said that there is too little time to retrofit tens of thousands of vessels with ballast water treatment systems to comply with Uni

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    Ejar adds to crane fleet

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Ejar Cranes & Equipment LLC - the Dubai-based crane rental company - has strengthened its fleet with the addition of Liebherr crawler cranes through the course of 2012: two LR 1300, six LR 1280, and two LTM 1130-5.1 mobile cranes.

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    Conquest unloads hulls at Flushing

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Conquest Offshore - a Dutch joint venture between Concordia Offshore BV and Zwagerman Offshore Services BV - has used its Conquest MB I, 1,500 tonne offshore heavy lift crane barge to unload six ship hulls at Flushing, the Netherlands.

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    Rickmers-Linie to build two new multi-purpose ships

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Rickmers Linie - the Germany-headquartered provider of breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo transportation - has commissioned two 20,000 deadweight tonne newbuilds.

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    Move One supports Kit Out Kids in Uganda

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Dubai-headquartered forwarding concern Move One Logistics is working with charity - Kit Out Kids - to bring some holiday spirit to the children of Uganda.

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    NYK-Hinode and NYK Global Bulk to merge

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Tokyo-headquartered shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has announced that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries - project and heavy cargo shipping line NYK-Hinode Line (Hinode), and bulk carrier NYK Global Bulk Corporation (NGB) - have a

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    Airline boss sees exit of European carriers from long haul freighter market

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Larry Coyne, ceo of Coyne Airways, speaking on the eve of his airline's 20th anniversary noted that the future for niche carriers in the long run is a positive one - and that "a new air cargo world order will emerge over the next five years"

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    THE FRIDAY FLYER - DECEMBER 14TH 2012

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    As 2012 draws to its close, HLPFI staff and Friday Flyer readers around the world are wondering what 2013 will bring in the business of heavy lift and project cargo.

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    STX Pan Ocean stake up for grabs?

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - According to reports on the Bloomberg website, South Korea's STX Group is considering the sale of its shareholding in STX Pan Ocean Co, South Korea's largest dry bulk ship operator, as part of a scheme to raise finance via asset sales to red

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    Samson appoints new vice president sales and marketing

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - US-based high-performance rope manufacturer, Samson, has appointed Joe Mazzacano as vice president of sales and marketing, effective January 1, 2013.

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    Air Charter Service expresses confidence in Kazakhstan

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - At the end of November, UK-headquartered international charter broker, Air Charter Service (ACS), opened a new branch in Almaty to serve Kazakhstan and the CIS region.

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    Dockwise reports USD60 million in new contracts and letters of intent

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Breda-based shipping company Dockwise has been awarded six new contracts, letters of intent and contract extensions totalling USD60 million.

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    Western Gulf joins Project Partners

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Project Partners - an association of heavy lift and project forwarders around the world - has welcomed Doha, Qatar-based Western Gulf Agency (WGA) to its network.

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    Sightseers go quackers as giant duck sails Thames

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Sightseers in London were shocked to see a 15 metre high rubber duck sailing up the River Thames yesterday.

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    COSCOL confirms price paid for Guangzhou Ocean Shipping

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Further to our report from earlier this week, COSCO Shipping Company (COSCOL) has advised that its acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Guangzhou Ocean Shipping from China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company on December 5, was completed wi

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    COSCOL confirms price paid for Guangzhou Ocean Shipping

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Further to our report from earlier this week, COSCO Shipping Company (COSCOL) has advised that its acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Guangzhou Ocean Shipping from China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company on December 5, was completed wi

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    WWPC members collaborate to ship paper equipment worldwide

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - Mercator Transport - French representative of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) - has completed the movement of several heavy and out-of-gauge components for the paper manufacturing industry.