All Australasia articles – Page 22

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    Höegh names number three

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The third vessel in Höegh Autoliners' New Horizon class of pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) has been named Höegh Tracer during a ceremony at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China.

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    Pacific Forum in Polynesian merger

    2016-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Polynesian Shipping Line (PSL), which is owned by Neptune Pacific Line, has concluded an agreement to merge with Pacific Forum Line (PFL) with effect from January 31, 2016.

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    Posh inks Prelude tow deal

    2016-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Posh Terasea secured the contract to tow and position the Shell Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform from South Korea to Australia.

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    ALE wraps up Ichthys project

    2016-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - ALE has completed the final module load-out in Thailand for the Ichthys LNG project's onshore facilities.

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    ALE widens trailer range

    2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - ALE has worked together with trailer manufacturer Goldhofer to develop a new range of widening trailers that can be mechanically widened from 3 m up to the desired width for a certain project.

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    Uganda bridge rises with Emirates

    2016-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - Emirates SkyCargo has flown heavy and oversize equipment and machinery for a new bridge over the Nile River from Japan to Uganda.

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    AAL heads to Port Hedland

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    December 23 - AAL has loaded a 410-tonne air cooled condenser (ACC) unit on board its vessel AAL Nanjing in Changsu, China destined for Australia's Port Hedland.

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    Westlink tracks mining move

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Westlink Logistics has completed the initial shipment of 120 rail wagons out of a total consignment of 562 wagons from China to Pilbara, Western Australia for a large mining company.

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    Swire links China to Pacific

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Effective January 1, 2016, Swire Shipping is enhancing its Bali Hai service from North Asia to the South Pacific.

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    The Freight Co boils over

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - The Freight Co has coordinated the transport of a boiler from its manufacturing plant in Thailand's Chachoengsao province to the Port of Sri Racha in Chonburi.

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    Jumbo in Prelude pile up

    2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Jumbo's heavy lift vessels Jumbo Jubilee and Fairpartner have shipped 16 piles for the Prelude field from Aviles in Spain to Batam, Indonesia.

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    Universal bridges gap in tandem lift

    2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Universal Cranes has used a 450-tonne capacity Grove GMK7450 all-terrain crane and a 275-tonne capacity Manitowoc M-250T lattice boom truck crane to install a new bridge over Duck Creek in New South Wales, Australia.

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    Terex quartet heads down under

    2015-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has strengthened its position in the Asia Pacific with the delivery of four mobile harbour cranes to the region.

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    AAL in Swire tie-up

    2015-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - Effective December 14, AAL is entering a space sharing agreement with Swire Shipping that aims to further strengthen its breakbulk liner service between Asia and the East Coast of Australia.

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    Carisbrooke doubles up

    2015-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Carisbrooke Shipping has appointed Heiko Hinrichs, formerly of Ocean 5, and Joschka Boeddeling, most recently of Jumbo Shipping, to its chartering desk.

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    Australian cabotage reforms rejected

    2015-11-26T00:00:00Z

    November 26 - Australia's senate has rejected proposed changes to coastal shipping laws that would have allowed foreign-flagged vessels more access to the country's ports.

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    Tutt Bryant raises game

    2015-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift & Shift has taken delivery of Australia's first Manitowoc MLC650 crawler crane, equipped with variable position counterweight (VPC) technology.

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    Townsville inks Indonesian tie-up

    2015-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Australia's Port of Townsville has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC) to strengthen trade and development opportunities between the respective countries.

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    Kennards Hire and Modulift partner

    2015-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - A new partnership with Modulift aims to expand the equipment range and value offering of all Kennards Hire Lift & Shift branches across Australia and New Zealand.

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    CP Ships' Ray Miles dies

    2015-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Raymond R Miles, who during his 43-year international transport career helped steer the course of container shipping as it evolved through its second generation, died on Friday November 6, 2015 after a brief illness. He was 71.