All Asia articles – Page 302

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2009-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week

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    SAL expands in Australasia

    2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Heavy lift carrier Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has opened a new office in Fremantle, western Australia, in an expansion of its Australasian operations.

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    Co-hosted conferences for high and heavy operators

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Two key co-hosted freight industry conferences with great relevance to high and heavy project operations are to be held at the World Trade Centre, Barcelona at the end of October.

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    Volga-Dnepr assists Russian space programme

    2009-07-30T00:00:00Z

    July 30 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has assisted the Russian Space Programme by delivering Meteor-M satellite to its launch pad in Baikonour. The satellite together with its launch equipment amounted to a total cargo weight of 50 tons.

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    CH2M HILL VP to deliver key Breakbulk conference address

    2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - John F. Mika, senior vice president Procurement at CH2M HILL, will deliver the keynote speech at the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition which will take place between October 13th and 15th at the Ernest N. Morial Conve

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    Chipolbrok adds port calls and anticipates new ships

    2009-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Chipolbrok has recently added monthly calls at the ports of Haiphong and Singapore to its sailings from Northern Europe.

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    Maximus inks Etihad Airways deal

    2009-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Abu Dhabi-based heavy lift and project cargo airline Maximus Air Cargo has started operating seven cargo flights a week for Etihad Airways between the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent and East Africa.

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    WCAPN's 3rd annual conference heads to Istanbul

    2009-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - WCA Projects Network (WCAPN) will host its 3rd annual conference in Istanbul on 17-19 September.

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    Dockwise secures more contracts

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Dockwise Shipping has secured eight new near-term contracts for the transportation of jack up drilling rigs, plus port and marine infrastructure, as well as a long-term contract for transport and installation on the Bonkot project in Thailand.

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    Heavy machinery flies into Kabul

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Two members of the Worldwide Project Consortium, a leading global franchise network for project cargo forwarders, have worked together to move three trucks and three telescopic handlers from Turkey to Afghanistan.

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    Dockwise Yacht Transport's Largest Vessel "Sinks" to Service Cargo of Yachts

    2009-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - Dockwise Yacht Transport's (DYT) Yacht Express will visit the the US Northeast for the first time ever when it stops in Newport, R.I., for two days next week. According to DYT, Yacht Express is the first and only purpose-built yacht transport ve

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    AirBridgeCargo Airlines adds Kabul

    2009-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines has launched a charter freighter service to Kabul, Afghanistan, operating every Tuesday using Boeing 747-200/300 cargo aircraft and offering some 100 tonnes of capacity. The city will be used as a connection to ABC's exis

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    Jack-Up Barge installs first German offshore wind turbine

    2009-07-16T00:00:00Z

    July 16 - Jack-Up Barge BV, a leading supplier of jack-up services for the oil and gas, energy and wind turbines, as well as heavy civil construction markets, has recently taken delivery of two newbuild jack-up barges - JB-114 and JB-115 from Indonesia.

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    Almajdouie named best land transport company

    2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

    July 15 - At the annual Middle East Logistics Awards (MELA) 2009, held recently in Dubai, Saudi Arabia's Al Majdouie Logistics scooped the award for "Best Land Transport Company".

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    Nordana adds Sagunto to Intramed service

    2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

    July 15 - Nordana has added port calls at Sagunto to the itinerary of its iMED service.

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    PPG and Shippingchina link up

    2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - Project freight forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group and Shippingchina have announced an informal strategic alliance.

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    Ahlers in seventh heaven in China

    2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - In China, Ahlers, the international logistics service provider, has set up a new office in Xiamen, bringing its total number of offices in China to seven.

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    AOP Project Partners adds Medden Shipping as a new member

    2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - Medden Shipping & Trading SA in Turkey is the latest company to join the AOP Project Partners network.

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    Record breaker for Lufthansa Cargo Charter

    2009-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Working with Geodis Wilson and Jade Cargo International, Lufthansa Cargo Charter has airfreighted an intermediate shaft weighing 45 tonnes and measuring nine metres in length and two metres in height and breadth from Helsinki to Seoul.

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    Sai Maritime claims another Indian record

    2009-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Sai Maritime & Management, the exclusive agent of SAL in India, is claiming a record for the single heaviest item shipped through the port of Mumbai on behalf of the Logistics Division of Larsen & Toubro Hazira.