All Asia articles – Page 306

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    Heavy lift helps Agility to weather economic downturn

    2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Kuwait-based forwarder Agility enjoyed strong financial results in Q1 2009 despite the global financial slowdown, says Tarek Sultan, Agility chairman and managing director. Net profit before non-recurring items was KD 39.2m / USD 134.7m, a gain of

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    Swiss celebration for KOG

    2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Project forwarder KOG Transport AG is celebrating its 25th anniversary with clients, carriers and major suppliers.

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    Sea trials for Jumbo Jubilee

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Jumbo Shipping's new J-1800-class heavy lift vessel, Jumbo Jubilee, has left the Damen shipyard in Galatz, Romania, for sea trials, prior to delivery very soon.

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    Shortage of capacity hinders tide and wave energy projects

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Industry observers have said that the potential of marine power as a future source of renewable energy is being undermined by a shortage of vessels that are able to deploy marine devices.

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    MACS clarifies Alphaliner story

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Following a report by AXS Alphaliner that MACS has removed two ships from its Europe-South Africa multi-purpose and breakbulk service, a spokesman for MACS has moved to reassure customers that there will be little impact on the frequency or spa

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    Expert panel canvases Transhipment Markets in Northern Europe

    2009-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Transhipment volumes and initiatives to improve supply chain relay services between the Baltic region and northern Europe will be a key point of discussion during the 4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Conference and Exhibition from 26-28 May, in Antw

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    Agility roars in Lion city

    2009-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Agility has established an Asia Pacific HQ in Singapore and opened another RDC in the Lion City, strengthening its presence and providing a platform for further growth in the region.

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    Project cargo experts demonstrate logistics solutions for renewable energy industry

    2009-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - Heavy and oversize cargo network, Project Professionals Group, will showcase its international reach and expertise to the renewable energy sector during the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Exhibition in Chicago from May 4-7, 2009, with

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    Mann Lines launches new service between Spain and Germany

    2009-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - Mann Lines has introduced a new weekly ro-ro service between Santander and Cuxhaven, utilising multi-purpose ro-ro vessels and roll trailers.

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    WWPC members combine sources for SMART Flood Mitigation Project

    2009-04-22T00:00:00Z

    April 22 - CNC Freight Services, the Malaysian-based member of the World Wide Project Consortium (WWPC) has worked with German-based LS-Cargo International in a reverse logistics movement of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) parts which had been involved in the

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    India's Economic Times claims deficient logistics services plague project cargo imports from China

    2009-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - According to a report in India's Economic Times, an increasing number of Indian project cargo importers including power plant buyers from China are learning the hard way the inefficiency of the logistics and supply chain management prevalent ou

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    Survey highlights worries over trade protectionism

    2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - A new survey conducted by conducted by BDP's Centrx supply chain consulting unit; Adler Research of Bethlehem, USA; King's Road Consulting, USA; and Rubicon Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore, indicates that 84 percent of manufacturers' supply chain

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    The Eagle lands windpower components as US wind energy market sees more home manufacturing

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - Intermarine's Industrial Eagle has called at the US West Coast port of Olympia, Washington to discharge wind turbine components from Brazil. When discharge was completed, the ship was positioned to the Far East to join the line's intra-Asia ser

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    Focus on civil engineering

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - In the upcoming May / June edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding, we will analyse developments in the civil engineering environment that are impacting on the demand and supply of heavy lift shipping capacity.

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    Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.

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    Columbia Helicopters celebrates 40 years of tandem rotors

    2009-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Columbia Helicopters, a world leader in heavy lift helicopter operations, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the operation of tandem-rotor helicopters.

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    Round-trip transformer for Express Transport

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - India's Express Transport has successfully completed the round-trip shipment of a 315 MVA transformer weighing 173 tonnes for ABB.

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    Durban awaits gantry cranes

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - The specialist Chinese heavy lift vessel, Zhen Hua 23 is scehduled to enter Durban harbour on Friday morning loaded with two rail mounted gantry cranes for the South African port's Pier 1 rail terminal.

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    Advance International Transport cements heavy shipment

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - International project freight forwarder, Advance International Transport has undertaken the shipment of a cement-making machine and ancillary equipment from the United States to Turkmenistan.

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    Sri Lanka project lifts FPS outlook

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (FPS) is seeing significant volumes of cargo beginning to move following its appointment as the preferred local freight partner by Danish contractor MT H