All Asia articles – Page 244

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    Project Cargo Network doubles up in Iran

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Saadat Sor'At International Transport has become the second official representative of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Iran, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    Hartmann Asia Line adds fourth ship

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - H.S.A Chartering has added a fourth ship into the round-the-world (RTW) service operated by Hartmann Asia Line.

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    Successful tow for Fairmount Marine

    2011-12-31T00:00:00Z

    December 31 - Fairmount Marine's super tug, Fairmount Sherpa has successfully towed the jack-up drilling rig Baharia I to its new position in the Zeit Bay oil field in the Gulf of Suez.

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    Second time on the podium for Express Transport

    2011-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - Mumbai-based OOG and heavy lift project forwarder Express Transport (ETPL), a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has added 10 additional equipment items, including two 250-tonne Kobelco crawler cranes.

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    Turkish Cargo offers freighter service to Libya

    2011-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - From January 8, 2012, Turkish Cargo is planning to launch scheduled freighter flights from Istanbul to the Libyan airport Mitiga, 8 km from Tripoli.

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    Tiong Woon in rights issue

    2011-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon Corporation Holding (TWC), an integrated services specialist and provider of infrastructure businesses, supporting oil and gas, petrochemical, power and construction sectors through the planning and design of heavy

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    Fairstar wins contract for rig transport

    2011-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a USD2.6 million contract by Hercules Offshore to transport the jack-up drilling rig Hercules 185 from Pascagoula, Mississippi to West Africa in the first quarter of 2012 onboard Fairstar's open ster

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    Clipper Projects appoints commercial agent in South Korea

    2011-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Clipper Projects has appointed JWJ Logistics Co Ltd as its commercial agent in South Korea, effective January 1, 2012.

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    SBS Group acquires stake in Atlas Logistics

    2011-12-23T00:00:00Z

    December 23 - Japan's SBS Group has acquired an 80 percent stake in Atlas Logistics, a leading Bangalore, India-based provider of integrated and comprehensive global transportation solutions.

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    Nice dozen for Dockwise

    2011-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Dockwise has revealed 12 new awards totaling USD55 million, of which six, to the value of more than USD15 million, are for execution in Q4 2011. The remaining contracts are for execution in 2012 and 2013.

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    Logitrans 2011 exhibition exceeds expectations in Istanbul

    2011-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - The fifth transport logistics exhibition, Logitrans held this month in Istanbul, has exceeded the expectations of its organisers, with more than 12,000 visitors, which represented an increase of 37 percent over 2010.

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    CalibRa wins logistics contract for second phase of Bangladesh project

    2011-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Turkish project forwarder CalibRa has been awarded a project logistics contract for the second phase of the Bangladesh Redevelopment project following the successful completion of the first tranche of shipments earlier this year.

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    ABP establishes new funding platform

    2011-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - In the UK, Associated British Ports (ABP) has established a new funding platform to enable it to access a variety of funding markets over time. ABP has raised GBP2.36 billion (USD3.67 billion) of senior bank and bond debt to refinance the pr

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    Parts for the 1,000th Boeing 777 move through the Port of Everett

    2011-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - Boeing and the Port of Everett recently celebrated the arrival of the first shipment of parts for Boeing's 1,000th 777 from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima, Japan.

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    Shipping confidence picks up despite eurozone fears

    2011-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Overall confidence levels and the likelihood of major new investments in the shipping industry in the next 12 months picked up marginally in the quarter ended November 2011, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from accountant

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    ALE loads-out and floats-off Vietnam's first jack-up rig

    2011-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Vietnam's first jack-up rig was successfully loaded-out and floated off to sea by heavy transport and lifting company, ALE.

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    Generation industry powers Ahlers business

    2011-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - The needs of the global generating industry, both electricity generating and oil and gas production, are creating good opportunities for project cargo forwarder Ahlers, the company has revealed.

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    Logwin goes for growth in China

    2011-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - The global logistics service provider Logwin is expanding its operational network in China.

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    Ahlers loads with Singapore slings

    2011-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Global project cargo forwarder Ahlers has seen two key project movements through the quay sides of Singapore, both inbound and export from this island state, as well as number of smaller movements.

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    Air Partner says emerging markets will drive business in 2012

    2011-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Looking back on 2011, Air Partner's Freight division said it had grown its industrial and commercial sector client base by 19 percent in the 12 months ending 31 July 2011.