All Asia articles – Page 84

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    Indiana considers new port site

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Indiana Michigan Power has sold its recently retired Tanners Creek coal plant in Lawrenceburg to a brownfield development company that is working with the Ports of Indiana to evaluate the site for use as the state's fourth port.

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    FOX Brasil on the boil

    2016-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Project logistics provider FOX Brasil has coordinated the door-to-door delivery of a 56-tonne boiler from the USA to Salvador, Brazil.

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    ALP Maritime gets striking new tug

    2016-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - ALP Striker, a DP2 Anchor Handling Salvage Tug (AHST), which was delivered in September to ALP Maritime Services, achieved an impressive bollard pull result of 309.6 tonnes during its sea trials.

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    TransInvest strengthens Iranian foothold

    2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - PTB Perse International Forwarding - a subsidiary of Switzerland headquartered TransInvest Group - has won a tender for the concession to develop and operate the Aprin Terminal in Iran, 20 km from Tehran.

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    Ruslan delivers to Zimbabwe

    2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Ruslan International has flown a 79-tonne shipment of switchgear equipment from Dubai, UAE to Harare in Zimbabwe for power provider Aggreko.

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    Target arrives at Jaxport

    2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Jaxport has welcomed Höegh Autoliners' pure care and truck carrier (PCTC), Höegh Target, to its Blount Island Marine Terminal.

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    First for UECC

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - United European Car Carriers (UECC) has taken delivery of the world's first LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) from the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China.

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    Downturn sees Hansa shift focus

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift is responding to difficult market conditions by focusing on specialised transport and installation projects, rather than bread-and-butter project shipments.

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    New chairman at Jurong

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Jurong Port has appointed Ng Chee Keong as its new chairman effective October 1, 2016.

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    Bahri looks to US expansion

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Bahri intends to develop and expand its business in the American market, with the opening of a second US office in Houston, Texas.

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    New CEO for Baltic Exchange

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - The Baltic Exchange Limited (Baltic Exchange) has named Mark Jackson as its next ceo.

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    "K" Line denies bankruptcy allegations

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) has issued a statement that dismisses claims that it is facing bankruptcy.

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    Six shipping lines raided in South Africa

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - South Africa's Competition Commission has conducted a search and seizure operation at the premises of six cargo shipping companies operating in the Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal provinces.

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    Hanjin Shipping: sale just one option

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Reports in the international business media suggest that the South Korean court that is overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership process is considering multiple means of rehabilitating the world's seventh-largest container shipping line, w

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    SAL in Damen delivery

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - SAL Heavy Lift's Svenja has departed from Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, loaded with 14 Damen Stan pontoons and tugs destined for Rotterdam.

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    Bahri secures Qualship 21 accreditation

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Saudi Arabia headquartered shipping line Bahri has been enrolled into the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) Qualship 21 programme.

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    Blue Water secures third TCO contract

    2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Oil exploration company Tengizchevroil (TCO) has exercised an option for two additional module carrier vessels (MCVs) for its TCO FGP project in Kazakhstan.

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    "K" Line considers 'drastic structural reform'

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - In its 2016 report, "K" Line has said that its heavy lift shipping business, which is conducted by SAL Heavy Lift, is "striving to improve earnings by implementing various cost-cutting measures in addition to pursuing efficient fleet alloca

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    AN-22 back in business

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Antonov's renewed AN-22 aircraft has flown a coil reel from Zurich, Switzerland to Abu Dhabi in the UAE for DB Schenker subsidiary Karpeles Flight Services on behalf of Hyundai.

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    Reduced income for marine cargo insurers

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - The International Union of Maritime Insurers (IUMI) said that global cargo premiums fell by 9 percent between 2014 and 2015 to USD15.8 billion.