All Asia articles – Page 257

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    Perth says aye, aye Cap'n to DB Schenker

    2011-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - DB Schenker has been appointed exclusive international transport and logistics services provider for the world sailing championships in Perth, Australia later this year.

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    Largest boat to date for Peters & May's Australian operation

    2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Marine logistics company, Peters & May, has shipped a Monte Fino from the Kha Shing yard in Taiwan to Newcastle, Australia.

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    Paradip's largest cargo to date

    2011-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Continuing its march forward in handling of projects and heavy lift cargo, Direct Logistics India moved a heavy lift shipment weighing 262 tonnes for the Indian Oil Corporation as a part of the company's refinery project near Paradip, India, writ

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    Saudi Arabia plans trans-desert railways

    2011-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Rail projects planned for Saudi Arabia could bring significant business for project forwarders and shipping lines.

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    China set to tap shale gas

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Senior managers from the world's leading oil companies are set to descend on China this summer, as the country holds its first licensing round for the production of shale gas, which could be good news for project logistics companies focussing on

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    Bennett DriveAway launches upgraded website

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Georgia-based high and heavy vehicle transport company Bennett DriveAway has launched a new website for corporate customers.

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    Full steam ahead for project cargo forwarders from UAE rail project

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Project cargo forwarders could be on track to win lucrative contracts to move sleepers for the Gulf region's first major rail network.

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    The Italian job fails to defeat Tuscor Lloyds

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - A perfect storm of public holidays, unsafe and illegal material handling equipment as well as road works along the projected route greeted global project cargo specialists Tuscor Lloyds when it handled a significant high and heavy load after disc

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    Super Freight claims a record with ship hull moves

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Super Freight, a Mumbai-based project freight forwarder, arranged the delivery of two ship hull sections in a move it describes as a "first of its kind in India".

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    Largest crane yet for Bin Quraya

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Bin Quraya Est has taken delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane from the Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH plant. The 500-tonne crane is now the largest unit in the 250-strong crane fleet of the Saudi Arabian company, writes Jamie May.

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    Project cargo powers double-digit growth at Bilbao

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - General conventional goods at Bilbao port, helped by project cargo activity, rose by 14 percent in the first three months of the year. Project cargo at the Spanish Atlantic port includes machinery, wind energy equipment, rail carriages, buses, pa

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    InterMax busy with China projects

    2011-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Shanghai-based InterMax Logistics Solution (ITM) is busy with various project cargo shipments, handling construction cranes, gantry cranes and windmill equipment.

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    New ship deal for NSCSA

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia has signed a 'murabaha' financing agreement with the Saudi British Bank (SABB) and the National Commercial Bank for SR822.6 million (USD219.3 million) that will finance 80 percent of the cost to construc

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    Cruz doubles up IL-76TD flights for significant client

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Almaty, Kazakhstan-based project cargo forwarder Cruz Logistics recently required two IL-76TD journeys on consecutive days to move four load banks from Fujairah, UAE to Uralsk, Kazakhstan for a significant customer.

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    To Russia with love through Novorossiysk

    2011-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - Novorossiysk Port Terminal, in Russia's main port on the Black Sea, has recently played host to two significant high and heavy movements.

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    Dockwise to convert contract backlog to firm orders

    2011-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A backlog of multi-million dollar contracts worth more than USD40 million for the moving of offshore equipment and heavyweight barge movements will be completed by Q3 2011, says Dutch leading marine contractor Dockwise.

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    Cargotec to deliver MacGregor equipment to South Korean

    2011-06-27T00:00:00Z

    June 27 - Cargotec has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, South Korea to deliver MacGregor ro-ro equipment for four con-ro ships to be built for a Saudi Arabian owner, with delivery scheduled for 2012 - 2013.

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    Broekman Group opens new head office

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Broekman Group has centralised its different operations within a new head office in 'PortCity 1', the Waalhaven, Rotterdam.

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    Allcargo Laxmi on its maiden call at Mumbai Port

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Allcargo Global Logistics is celebrating the first call of its new coastal shipping service at Mumbai port.

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    TTS International in UAE nitrogen tank move

    2011-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Dubai-based project cargo forwarder Transport Technics and Services International (TTS International) has completed the shipment of a 49 m nitrogen tank.