All Asia articles – Page 84

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    Global fleet growth expected

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - The heavy lift and multipurpose (HL/MPV) shipping sector is under extreme pressure. With desperately low commodity prices laying waste to new capital projects, and increasing competition from other shipping modes for cargoes, the HL/MPV sector

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    Malaysian contract win for Mammoet

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Mammoet has been awarded the heavy lift contract for a petrochemical complex expansion project in Johore, Malaysia by a Korean engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor.

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    Hansa makes Brazilian FPSO move

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Hansa Heavy Lift has shipped five pipe racks and three oversize modules, weighing a total of 1,871.51 tonnes, for a new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit off the coast of Brazil.

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    Huisman wins heavy lift orders

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around EUR300 million (USD338 million) from various contractors, including two 900-tonne capacity heavy lift ship cranes for BigLift Shipping.

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    Fednav claims ballast water first

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbour has welcomed Fednav's oceangoing laker, Federal Caribou, which is one of seven new ships equipped with a ballast water treatment system.

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    ALE navigates Atyrau streets

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - ALE has completed the transport of the heaviest out-of-gauge components for the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan.

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    Ningbo Zhoushan gets ro-ro ready

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - The new ro-ro and bulk cargo terminal at the Meishan area of China's Ningbo Zhoushan port has been officially opened to foreign vessels.

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    Long load for Combi Lift

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Combi Lift's multipurpose vessel Palabora has loaded an oversize vacuum column and cooker fractionator in Masan, South Korea for delivery to the Mina Abdullah and Mina Al Ahmadi refineries in southern Kuwait.

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    China eyes logistics industry development

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - China's Ministry of Transport has issued a guideline to promote “the intensified, intelligent and standardised development of the logistics industry” and make efforts to reduce costs and enhance efficiency in the sector.

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    Agility appoints management duo

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Agility has named Richard Strollo as managing director, Malaysia, and Frank Guerra as chief executive officer for Australasia, giving him responsibility for operations in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

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    JAXPORT gets heavy lift of its own

    2016-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - In the USA, JAXPORT's ongoing investment could be seen as three container cranes arrived at the port's Blount Island Marine Terminal aboard the ZPMC semi-submersible ship, Zhen Hua 14, which departed from Shanghai, China in early June. They wi

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    Pan Ocean back in the black

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - South Korean shipping company, Pan Ocean has reversed the loss it recorded in the first half of 2015, turning in a profit for the same period of this year.

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    More mergers and acquisitions says Drewry

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Poor first half results in container shipping in the first half make it more likely that more merger activity can be expected, says London's Drewry Maritime Research.

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    Manser in at Hunt & Palmer

    2016-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Steve Manser, a 40 year veteran of the air cargo industry, has joined UK air charter broker, Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters Ltd.

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    Another Kazakh contract for Blue Water Shipping

    2016-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Blue Water Shipping will lead a consortium which has been awarded a USD 154 million contract by Tengizchevroil (TCO).

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    ALE stays on the rails in Doha

    2016-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - ALE has moved 1,470 heavy items to successfully complete the first phase of its work on the new Doha metro project.

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    Summer record for ACS

    2016-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - July saw aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, book 1,114 charter contracts, making it the company's best month on record.

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    Crowley names strategy VP

    2016-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted Eric Evans to vice president of strategy, a newly-created position that will focus on facilitating long-term growth through external business partnerships, including mergers and acquisitions.

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    BBC returns to Denmark

    2016-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - BBC Chartering has re-launched its presence in Denmark, opening a representative office in Esbjerg.

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    Worldwide success for PCN members

    2016-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Poland, Scandinavian Express has completed the transport of six bridge sections, each measuring 7.5 m wide, from Poland to Sweden.