All Asia articles – Page 260
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Study shows mixed messages for container supply for project cargo
May 24 - Project cargo forwarders who rely on containerised traffic are facing mixed messages as to the supply of ocean containers - a decline in the manufacture of new containers, an excess of idle containers and a forecasted upturn in global trade that
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Faststream reports rising demand for technical shipping candidates
May 24 - The latest report by shipping industry recruiters Faststream reveals that there is a rising global demand for ex-seafarers in shore based positions.
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UK liner agency enters into administration
May 20 - Long-established UK liner shipping agency Johnson Stevens Agencies has entered into administration with the administrators, accountancy firm PKF, already agreeing deals shipping industry entrepreneur, Andrew Thorne to acquire certain assets from
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Harwich welcome largest jack-up ship
May 17 - Harwich International Port in the UK has welcomed the maiden call of MPI Adventure in readiness for its participation in operations at the London Array offshore wind farm project.
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Ethiopian Shipping Lines' vessels get MacGregor cranes
May 17 - Cargotec has confirmed a new order for 21 MacGregor variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes to be installed on seven 28,000 dwt multipurpose cargo ships being built at Huanghai Shipbuilding in China for Ethiopian Shipping Lines, with the c
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IGS handles Mumbai-bound consignment of construction equipment
May 17 - Qatari freight forwarder Intergroup Shipping (IGS), working with Mumbai-based Keel Logistics, has won an order to ship secondhand construction equipment and accessories from Doha to Mumbai for a Qatar-based Chinese company.
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Don't miss out on HEAVY Asia Pacific 2011 early-bird offer
May 17 - There are just three days left to take advantage of the early-bird registration discount of USD300 for the Heavy Asia Pacific 2011 event (July 26 - 27 in Singapore). The special discount closes on May 20.
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Freight Wings handles significant loadout
May 13 - Heavy lift transportation and erection company, Freight Wings has completed a project involving critical logistics and engineering after handling a significant loadout of over-dimensional cargo at the Kattupalli yard of Larsen & Toubro Ltd near E
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Fairmount delivers FPSO
May 12 - A specialised team lead by Fairmount Marine has completed successfully the tow, mooring and positioning hook-up of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Pazflor offshore Angola.
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DB Schenker debuts Eco Solutions for greener transport
May 12 - DB Schenker has exhibited its new portfolio of services at the Transport Logistic 2011 trade fair in Munich. This includes its Eco Solutions, the forwarder's range of climate-friendly transportation and logistics services.
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HLPFI partners industry conference
May 12 - HLPFI is continuing its partnership with Hanson Wade as official media partner for HEAVY Asia Pacific 2011, which takes place from 26-27 July in Singapore.
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SDV Horoz on the double
May 11 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) member for Turkey, SDV Horoz has completed the shipment of a transformer, pictured below, weighing over 170 tonnes to Germany from Turkey.
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Project Cargo Network names Conveyor Logistics in Bangladesh
May 11 - Dhaka-based Conveyor Logistics is the latest recruit to the fast growing Project Cargo Network, its first member in Bangladesh.
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WWPC's Albacor and Steder move chimneys
May 10 - Worldwide Project Consortium members Albacor Shipping and Steder Group teamed up to move two chimneys from Esbjerg, Denmark to a refinery in Whiting, Indiana in the USA.
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Allseas and Synergy relocate factory
May 9 - The relocation of an entire paper processing plant from the UK to Bangladesh gave heavy lift specialist Allseas Global Logistics the opportunity to demonstrate its experience and expertise in handling this type of complex project.
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Leading weather company acquires offshore forecasting technology business
May 9 - MeteoGroup has acquired Nowcasting International, a global weather forecasting company specialising in metocean solutions for the offshore industry.
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DHL set to boost Africa's oil and energy sector
May 6 - DHL Global Forwarding is to launch four oil and energy centres of excellence across Africa over the next 12 months in Cape Town, South Africa, Luanda, Angola, Accra, Ghana and Mombasa, Kenya.
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Cargolux in talks with Qatar Airways
May 5 - The international business media is awash with reports that Cargolux is in talks with Qatar Airways about a minority shareholding in the European all-cargo carrier, with the Middle East airline reported to to be close to agreeing to the purchase o
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Rickmers-Linie adds ships to upgrade Indian service
May 5 - Rickmers-Linie is upgrading its Indian service with the addition of new vessels.
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Express Transport moves pressure vessel
May 4 - Over at the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), Wolfgang Karau advises that Indian member, Express Transport has handled the transport of a 275-tonne pressure vessel utilising hydraulic axle trailers to move the module from the shipper's premises