All Forecasts articles – Page 45

  • News

    TIACA backs WTO's call for trade facilitation

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    July 15 - A call by the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to include trade facilitation in a new package of multilateral trade negotiations has won the backing of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) which says the move wou

  • News

    China set to tap shale gas

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Senior managers from the world's leading oil companies are set to descend on China this summer, as the country holds its first licensing round for the production of shale gas, which could be good news for project logistics companies focussing on

  • News

    Project cargo powers double-digit growth at Bilbao

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - General conventional goods at Bilbao port, helped by project cargo activity, rose by 14 percent in the first three months of the year. Project cargo at the Spanish Atlantic port includes machinery, wind energy equipment, rail carriages, buses, pa

  • News

    Painting a better environment at Liebherr

    2011-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A new painting system has been put into operation at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen which the company considers sets new standards "with regard to environmental friendliness and efficiency."

  • News

    Study shows mixed messages for container supply for project cargo

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Project cargo forwarders who rely on containerised traffic are facing mixed messages as to the supply of ocean containers - a decline in the manufacture of new containers, an excess of idle containers and a forecasted upturn in global trade that

  • News

    Vancouver, USA secures funds for port improvements

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - The Port of Vancouver, USA is to receive a USD800,000 loan from the Washington State Community Economic Development Revitalization Board to improve port facilities.

  • News

    Ethiopian Shipping Lines' vessels get MacGregor cranes

    2011-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Cargotec has confirmed a new order for 21 MacGregor variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes to be installed on seven 28,000 dwt multipurpose cargo ships being built at Huanghai Shipbuilding in China for Ethiopian Shipping Lines, with the c

  • News

    Breakbulk Europe starts next week

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - 'Thinking Globally for the Long Haul' is the banner for the 6th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & Exhibition which will take place next week in Antwerp, Belgium, from May 17 - 19.

  • News

    Heavy lift specialist joins Tiaca board

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Volga-Dnepr's Vladimir Zubkov is one of four leading air cargo industry executives elected onto the board of directors of The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca).

  • News

    Leading weather company acquires offshore forecasting technology business

    2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - MeteoGroup has acquired Nowcasting International, a global weather forecasting company specialising in metocean solutions for the offshore industry.

  • News

    DHL set to boost Africa's oil and energy sector

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - DHL Global Forwarding is to launch four oil and energy centres of excellence across Africa over the next 12 months in Cape Town, South Africa, Luanda, Angola, Accra, Ghana and Mombasa, Kenya.

  • News

    APM Terminals acquires 80 percent shareholding in Black Sea port

    2011-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - APM Terminals has acquired an 80 percent shareholding in Poti Sea Port, located on Georgia's Black Sea coast, from the UAE's Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) of the UAE.

  • News

    At last - some good news from Beluga

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Edgar Gr

  • News

    "K" Line completes SAL Group takeover

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd ("K" Line), which has had a 50 percent stake in Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land GmbH (SAL Group) since 2007 has agreed to purchase the remaining shares in the SAL Group at the end of June 2011.

  • News

    Drewry analyses MPV prospects as industry emerges from gloom

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Drewry Maritime Research's latest Annual Multipurpose Market Review & Forecast details the state of the multipurpose (MPV) fleet, the demand for the cargo space on those ships and the outlook for the markets they trade in. Project carriers and h

  • News

    Dutch arbitrators rule against Fairstar

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - The final chapter in the long-running dispute between Fairmount Marine and Fairstar Heavy Transport would appear to have been written following yesterday's ruling by The Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) rejecting Fairstar's 2008 claim tha

  • News

    Cargo rallied in 2010 for Cargolux in year of 'comeback'

    2011-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Following the severe global economic disturbances of 2009, external environmental issues faced maindeck airfreight capacity provider Cargolux in 2010 just as the market's financial conditions gave the airline mixed messages, according to its re

  • News

    Ter Linden takes charge of more Liebherr cranes

    2011-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Ter Linden Craning bv has added a second Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 and two mobile cranes of the Liebherr LTM 1130-5.1 type to the LTM 11200-9.1 that was delivered in mid-2010.

  • News

    Etihad Rail on track with new identity

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Union Railway, the company behind UAE's rail development, has unveiled its new corporate identity and announced important updates on the implementation phases of the UAE's railway network. It will now be known as Etihad Rail.

  • News

    Hyundai ramps up in project forwarding

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is ramping up its exposure in the project forwarding business on the back of vast deals being concluded between South Korean construction firms in the Middle East. Sam Chambers reports from Seoul.