All Asia articles – Page 259

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    Staffing agency points to potential future staff shortages

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - An employment and staffing agency that specialises in supplying hoisting and lifting, heavy lift and specialised transport personnel has passed its third anniversary and noted continuing industry trends that could lead to staff shortages in the n

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    Speaking up for project cargo

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has announced two key industry speakers for its 2011 Annual Summit, which will be held from 19-20 November at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London.

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    PCN recruits Canadian member

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its first member in Canada.

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    Austral Asia Line sets up Projects and Tramp Shipping Division

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Austral Asia Line (AAL) has established a dedicated Project and Tramp Shipping division, based at its head office in Singapore, and engaged a team of four project shipping, chartering and heavy lift cargo specialists, headed by Namir Khanbabi who

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    Jumbo Shipping handles Vijay Tanks project

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - In India, Jumbo Shipping has handled two significant modules for Vijay Tanks and Vessels Ltd, an international engineering, procurement, fabrications and construction company and one of the world's leading service providers for storage and proces

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    Steel structure transport specialist Daewon Logipia joins GPLN

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Daewon Logipia Company Ltd based in Seoul, Korea, is the latest company to join established project forwarder network, Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Super heavy Chinese takeaway for Hanjin

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Korean logistics company, Hanjin Transportation Co Ltd has utilised the Hanjin Pioneer, a self-propelled barge, to transport significant ship assemblies from China to India.

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    Air charter specialist enters second year with new airline

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Chartersphere is seeking to expand its business and recruit new staff after a brisk first year of trading.

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    TBS International takes delivery of sixth Roymar Class multipurpose

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - TBS International has taken delivery of the newly-constructed vessel Maya Princess from China Communications Construction Company Ltd./Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd.

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    WWL appoints India MD

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has appointed Gur Prasad Kohli as managing director for India.

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    Air Charter Service on the move in Paris as Smith moves in

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Air Charter Service's Paris operation has moved to much larger offices and welcomed Stuart Smith from the company's New York office, to head up the expanding cargo department.

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    PCN grows in new territories

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - The Project Cargo Network has broken ground in two new territories and expanded in an existing territory as it grows its global reach.

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    Four project movements display industry's variety

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A quarter of heavy lift and project cargo operations undertaken by members of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) demonstrate the wide variety of operations in this industry.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift launches tomorrow

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - The newly formed, Bremen based maritime shipping company, Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the international investment enterprise Oaktree Capital Management, which commences its business operations tomorrow, has revealed its f

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    Combi Lift handles anchor handling tug supply vessels

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels are currently being discharged in Lagos, Nigeria from Combi Lift's multipurpose vessel, Combi Lift IV, having been safely transported from Singapore.

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    Fairstar satisfied with Forte's progress

    2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - Just a month after HLPFI reported the keel laying of Fairstar Heavy Transport's 50,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel Forte (April 21) at the Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) facility in Qidong, China, senior Fairstar executives are more t

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    Roll up, roll up as RollDock doubles up

    2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - The semi-submersible RollDock Sea has been delivered by her builders to Dutch heavy lift shipping company RollDock, doubling the Ijssel-based company's current fleet.

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    Jade Cargo International selects Traxon Europe

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Chinese all cargo airline Jade Cargo International has signed an agreement with the e-communications provider Traxon Europe for the implementation of the AWB Data Capture application.

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    Brazil hosts project cargo training

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - A training course for project forwarders that focuses on interactive real-world scenarios will be held in Brazil for the first time from June 13-14, 2011.

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    Fairstar wins fertilizer plant contract

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has won a USD 28 million multi-voyage transportation contract to provide the marine transportation of 111 modules and 70 containers from the Agrium Fertilizer Plant in Kenai, Alaska to a greenfield site in Ossiomo, Nigeri