All Australasia articles – Page 53

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    Toll takes on Perkins

    2009-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - The Toll Group has reached agreement for the purchase of 1000f the shares in Perkins Group Holdings Pty Limited, the parent of the Perkins Shipping Group. The conditions for the transaction include competition clearance.

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    New Wallenius Wilhelmsen ship named

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Tijuca, the latest edition to Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet of car and truck carrying vessels, has been named in Melbourne.

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    BBC Chartering reinvigorates presence in Asia Pacific markets

    2009-06-11T00:00:00Z

    June 11 - Following the earlier announcement that Asia Project Chartering Pte Ltd (APC) will be dissolved from the beginning of July, Leer-based BBC Chartering is undertaking a number of developments to reinvigorate and enhance its presence in Asia Pacifi

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    Swire Shipping retonnages and restructures round-the-world service

    2009-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - From July, Swire Shipping will start to replace the vessels employed in its long established westabout round-the-world service (formerly known as the Bank Line) which links Europe with the Pacific region starting.

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    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

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    Gottwald strengthens sales and service organisation in Oceania

    2009-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Gottwald Port Technology (Gottwald) has appointed Clark Equipment Australia Pty Ltd. (Clark Equipment), based in Sydney, Australia, as its new sales and service representative for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands.

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    Shipping lines form Heavy Lift Club

    2009-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Meeting prior to the start of the Breakbulk Europe Conference in Antwerp, ocean carriers involved with the international transport of project and heavy lift cargoes announced the founding of the International Council of Heavy Lift and Project Car

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    Bollore Logistics sets sail

    2009-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - French Industrial and transport organisation, the Bollore Group has created the Bollore Logistics brand to assist the group's commercial brands in their development.

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    Agility to work on Australia gas project

    2009-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - Agility Project Logistics says it has entered into an agreement with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide supply base operations and transportation services for the Gorgon Project - a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (

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    Asia Project Chartering set to close

    2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Effective July 1st, BBC Chartering and Logistic (BBC) and Clipper Projects (CP) has announced its intention to dissolve its joint venture Asia Project Chartering Pte Ltd (APC) which was established five years ago to provide commercial management

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    ASCO Enters Asia Pacific Market

    2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - ASCO, the Aberdeen based oil and gas logistics specialist, has entered the Asia Pacific market with the opening of ASCO Freight Management in Singapore.

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    Northern Stevedoring Services makes strategic acquisition down under

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    May 8 - Queensland stevedoring company Northern Stevedoring Services (NSS) has acquired equipment hire company S. Colborne Equipment Hire. NSS has sourced equipment from S. Colborne for over a decade.

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    Shortage of capacity hinders tide and wave energy projects

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Industry observers have said that the potential of marine power as a future source of renewable energy is being undermined by a shortage of vessels that are able to deploy marine devices.

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    Partner Shipping and Praxis Logistics launch Pacific service targetting high and heavy cargoes

    2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Partner Shipping AS of Norway and Praxis Logistics of Australia has agreed to charter two pure car and truck carriers, currently nearing completion, from Vroom, a Dutch shipowner, to operate a triangular shipping service linking the West Coast

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    Success Down Under for Volga-Dnepr first

    2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - Volga-Dnepr's first IL-76TD-90VD flight from Australia has successfully completed an emergency shipment of 10m pipes bound for Noumea in New Caledonia. The charter required a 72 hour response over the course of a weekend and called for the use

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    Columbia Helicopters celebrates 40 years of tandem rotors

    2009-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Columbia Helicopters, a world leader in heavy lift helicopter operations, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the operation of tandem-rotor helicopters.

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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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    Babcock & Brown Infrastructure seeks to reassure users

    2009-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March -16- Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI), the ports and terminals owner, which has around 20 bulk, breakbulk and project cargo terminals in various ports across Europe, has sought to reassure its users that it is operating normally despite the appo

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    Toll Global Forwarding completes BALtrans integration

    2009-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 03 - Australian-based Toll Global Forwarding (TGF) has completed the integration of BALtrans Logistics Worldwide and will use its new Asian forwarding and logistics operations as a platform to strengthen the TGF network in the Middle East, South Afr

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    Jumbo's 23 moves to support Australian LNG project

    2009-01-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Two of Jumbo Shipping's heavy lift ships have completed transport work for the first stage of the multi-million dollar Pluto LNG project in Western Australia.