All Asia articles – Page 307

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    Historic UK shipyard equipment sails for India

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - The end of era is truly at hand, with the UK's Port of Tyne witnessing the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which Fairstar Heavy Transport, working with Offshore Heavy Transport AS (OHT) successfully loaded at the weekend, al

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    StatoilHydro and Statkraft have awarded a major contract to Master Marine of Norway.

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Scira Offshore Energy Limited, with its 50/50 partners StatoilHydro and Statkraft, has awarded a contract to Master Marine ASA for the planning and installation of 88 wind turbines and 2 substation modules for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind

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    Successful cooperation for WWPC members

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - WWPC members, Maxlines International and Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping have cooperated during the shipment of a ship's steel block from Jiangyin port, China to a shipbuilding yard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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    Almajdouie moves evaporators for Marafiq Project

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Almajdouie Heavy Lift Transport and Engineering (MHL) has transported super heavy and oversize evaporator modules from Bilfal Heavy Industry to Marafiq IWPP Project Site in Jubail.

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    What's happened to trade credit? asks International Chamber of Commerce

    2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - The International Chamber of Commerce is urging the G20 nations to take action to fight protectionism and support trade finance to keep trade flowing.

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    SAL opens representative office in Italy

    2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - A SAL Italy representative office has been established based in the Genoa office of "K" Line (Europe) to provide marketing, sales representation and direct communication with SAL's clients in the country.

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    SAL opens representative office in Italy

    2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - A SAL Italy representative office has been established based in the Genoa office of "K" Line (Europe) to provide marketing, sales representation and direct communication with SAL's clients in the country.

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    SBS Worldwide meets over-dimensional challenge

    2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Independent forwarder and logistics company, SBS Worldwide rose to the challenge when an existing client in Scotland advised of an over-dimensional consignment that needed to be moved to Singapore.

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    Paradip port expects more project cargoes

    2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - According to reports in the Indian media, Paradip port, Orissa's only major port, is anticipating increased volumes of project cargoes.

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    Mediterranean Project Chartering on the move

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Chartering & Logistic, is moving head office in Genoa.

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    Commercial team boosted

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Feedback from our readership, which includes over 7,000 shippers, shipping lines, ports and project freight forwarders all over the world, indicates that Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International is establishing itself as the must-read publ

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    Singapore Harbour shows sign of the times as capacity laid up

    2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - A colleague was taken aback when he saw the images of the ships laid up at Singapore Harbour because falling demand has made them unprofitable to operate.

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    Agility revenues up

    2009-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Agility has reported profits of US$526 million in 2008, compared to US$531 million in 2007, while revenue rose 16 percent to US$6.8 billion.

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    New trailer from Tiandi

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - China's Tiandi Heavy Duty Industrial Group, which specialises in the research, development and manufacture of heavy duty transport and construction equipment, has recently introduced its new platform-type modular trailer with higher gross loadi

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    New cranes for Salalah

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Four super post panamax quay cranes have been delivered to the port of Salalah, bringing the total to eight cranes received in 2009 and completing the superstructure for the port's existing six berths.

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    Regional reps strengthen Cargo Equipment Owners network

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The newly founded network for cargo equipment owners, Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd has appointed two regional representatives.

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    First female co-pilot for Indian Air Force Ilyushin-76

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - What better way for HLPFI to mark the recent International Women's Day, than with the news that the Indian Air Force's (IAF) Squadron Leader, Veena Saharan has become the first co-pilot to fly one of the IAF's largest aircraft, an Ilyushin-76.

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    SAL delivers for Liebherr

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - SAL has undertaken a shipment of four LHM 500 mobile harbour cranes, two

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    BME joins SmartWay environmental initiative

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Georgia-based heavy lift and over-dimensional trucking firm Bennett Motor Express (BME) has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry to increase energy

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    Dockwise secures nine contracts

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Dockwise Shipping has been awarded nine near-term contracts to the value of approximately USD42 million.