All Australasia articles – Page 41

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    Chapman Freeborn marks 15 years in Belgium

    2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Global broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is celebrating 15 years of chartering success through its office in Belgium.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - With HLPFI staff returning from the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and Houston's Breakbulk America event, it's all hands now back on deck at the office. Tales of joint ventures, takeovers and mergers throughout the industry have dominated this we

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    Damco acquires Pacific Network Global Logistics

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Damco is set to acquire PacNet, a leading freight forwarder in China and Australia, with almost 400 employees and a turnover of USD180 million in its last financial year (2011), as well as offices in Italy, India, the UK and the USA.

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    Bati ships crane from Turkey to Australia

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Afghanistan-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) member, Bati Project & Heavy Lift Logistics Ltd (an affiliated company of Bati Group) successfully moved a heavyweight Manitowac 16000 crawler crane with all its rigging equipment to Brisbane, Aust

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    Dockwise notes benefits of Fairstar acquisition

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Headquartered at Breda, in the Netherlands, heavy marine transportation specialist Dockwise has posted revenues of USD216 million for the half-year period ended June 30, 2012, compared to USD198 million in the first half of the previous fiscal

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    Dockwise notes benefits of Fairstar acquisition

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Headquartered at Breda, in the Netherlands, heavy marine transportation specialist Dockwise has posted revenues of USD216 million for the half-year period ended June 30, 2012, compared to USD198 million in the first half of the previous fiscal

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    Swire Shipping strengthens Pacific liner services

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - Swire Shipping, the liner shipping division of The China Navigation Company, has strengthened its Pacific network with the launch of the new Asia Pacific Australasia ("APA") service operating between North, East and South-East Asia, Australia

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    Peter Dohle appoints agent

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    July 30 - Effective August 1, Peter Doehle Schiffahrts will be represented in Singapore by Orient Project Shipping, as its exclusive commercial agent for all the ASEAN nations, as well as Australia and New Zealand.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Welcome to the Friday Flyer, bringing you a round-up of news from the heavy lift and project forwarding sector which has caught the eyes of the editorial team over the last week.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Welcome to the Friday Flyer, bringing you a round-up of news from the heavy lift and project forwarding sector which has caught the eyes of the editorial team over the last week.

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    Agility extends Gorgon business

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Agility has a new scope of work to support the Gorgon natural gas project in Western Australia, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Mining equipment imports remain strong for Australia

    2012-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - In its latest monthly shipping index, Skelton Sherborne reports that mining equipment imports remain resilient, whilst the import of smaller civil works equipment is down somewhat in some sectors.

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    Damen Shipyards launches longest pontoon and new crane barge design

    2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Damen Shipyards has launched the first of its newly designed Stan Pontoon (SPo) 12032 units.

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    Damen Shipyards unveils new tug type

    2012-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - A new tug suitable for offshore and deep sea heavy lift towage operations was unveiled by Damen Shipyards at the International Tug and Salvage Convention (ITS) in Barcelona, Spain.

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    Australia sees significant fall in April machinery import volumes

    2012-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - In its latest monthly shipping index, Skelton Sherborne reports that machinery import volumes in Australia in April decreased significantly by 12 percent to 2,351 units.

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    Skelton Sherborne opens for business in New Zealand

    2012-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - Skelton Sherborne's Philippa Stokes has opened up the company's New Zealand operations based in Auckland.

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    Jumbo transports Gorgon caissons

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    May 22 - Jumbo Jubilee has transported and discharged 14 of the 25 Material Offloading Facility (MOF) caissons for the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project on Barrow Island, Australia.

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    Aussie construction sector under pressure says report

    2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

    May 15 - The most recent figures in an index tracking machinery imports paint a bleak picture of the construction sector in Australia, says freight forwarder Skelton Sherborne.

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    Australia Pacific LNG awards upstream logistics contract

    2012-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Australia Pacific LNG has awarded DHL with the contract to manage all the transportation logistics involved in the upstream gas gathering component of its CSG to LNG project.