All Asia articles – Page 241

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service appoints operations manager for Asia Pacific

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    March 6 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has appointed a new regional operations manager for Asia Pacific.

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    Damen tugs hitch ride on heavy lift vessel to Morocco

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - Recently, two Damen stan tugs 2608, the Ibrahim 1 and the Jacques, were shipped from the anchorage of Halong Bay, Haiphong, Vietnam to Casablanca, Morocco by Atlantic Winter, a heavy lift ship with 800 tonne lift capacity chartered by Danish shi

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    Fairstar wins Ichthys LNG Project contracts

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded two contracts by the JKC Joint Venture (JKC) consisting of JGC and Chiyoda of Japan and KBR of the United States, to provide marine transportation services for the Ichthys LNG Project in Darwin, Australi

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    Chartersphere on the move

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - Air Charter specialist, Chartersphere has unveiled ambitious expansion plans following its recent move to new and larger premises in London, UK, following impressive growth over the previous year.

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    Van der Vlist on the move in the UK

    2012-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Van der Vlist UK Ltd, part of the Dutch-owned Van der Vlist Transport Group, has relocated to a purpose-built site in Hull, UK.

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    Tokyo MOU highlight perils of poor maintenance warns Cargo Care

    2012-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - A recent state inspection campaign that raises concerns over multiple problems with hatch openings should be welcomed by the industry, is the message from Peter Peltenburg, group director of Cargo Care Solutions.

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    Fairmount Summit delivers drilling rig

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Fairmount Summit has delivered the newbuild drilling rig ODN Delba III from the Middle East Gulf to a location offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in a voyage of more than 10,625 miles (17,099 km) performed at an average speed of six knots.

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    Rickmers-Linie expands its China coverage

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Rickmers-Linie is expanding its market coverage in China and is enhancing sales and marketing activities into central and southern China.

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    Jade Cargo in deal with UniTop

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Jade Cargo, which grounded its fleet in January, came closer to flying once more after its owners agreed to work with UnitTop Group, a Chinese transportation company, to restructure the troubled carrier.

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    Chinese market coming of age

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - US management consulting firm A.T. Kearney is "very optimistic" about the prospects for China's breakbulk market, saying important structural changes in the country's economy and a growing sophistication among Chinese shippers suggest opportunit

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    Four companies line up to ship stone

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - A new service has been launched by four companies, Stonetrans, Rickmers-Linie, Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies and DP World Breakbulk, to ship rough blocks of granite and sandstone from India to Antwerp.

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    Chinese Customs improving

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    February 28 - By Colum Murphy at Breakbulk China in Shanghai

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    Modularisation boom predicted

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    February 28 - By Colum Murphy at Breakbulk China in Shanghai

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    Drewry Maritime Research opens for business in Shanghai, China.

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Drewry, one of the leading independent advisory and analytical research organisation in the maritime sector, and a regular editorial contributor to HLPFI, has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai.

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    VGG transports 54 wind turbines

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Vasco Gallega Group (VGG), the Spanish member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has arranged the transport of 54 complete windmills from Vigo, Spain to Ethiopia, through Djibouti.

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    Holleman on the boil

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Holleman Bulgaria, a member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has completed the delivery of a large boiler measuring 16.16 m x 3.60 m x 3.84 m, with a weight of 83 tonnes, from Bucharest, Romania to Rousse, Bulgaria and rel

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    Four into seven for Tuscor Lloyds

    2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - The UK's Tuscor Lloyds has handled the shipment of four items of breakbulk cargo on seven out of gauge flat racks, as well as one standard freight container, from Felixstowe, UK to Haifa, Israel.

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    Indian takeaway for cranes

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - V.Alexander of Germany and InterMax Logistic Solutions of China, both members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, successfully cooperated in a shipment of two cranes from China to India.

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    Georgia on Caterpillar's mind

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The ease of accessing the major ports of Savannah and Charleston on the US East Coast has been cited by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar as a major factor in its decision to site a new manufacturing facility in Georgia.

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    Industry recommendations for ECDIS training

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - The Nautical Institute has published Industry Recommendations for ECDIS Training to address confusion in regard to Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) training.