All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 489

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    Boskalis revises Dockwise offer

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has revised its voluntary offer for all remaining shares in Dutch shipping company Dockwise - upping its bid by 5 percent to EUR18 per share.

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    French association reveals its 'Port of the Year'

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - HAROPA - a French grouping of ports from Le Havre, Rouen and Paris - has been named 'Port of the Year' by association BP2S - the French Bureau for Promotion of Short Sea Shipping and Intermodality.

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    Move One supports Kit Out Kids in Uganda

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Dubai-headquartered forwarding concern Move One Logistics is working with charity - Kit Out Kids - to bring some holiday spirit to the children of Uganda.

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    Peel Ports secures refinancing deal

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - UK port group, Peel Ports has successfully completed a GBP1.6 billion refinancing deal in order to fund its future growth plans.

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    NYK-Hinode and NYK Global Bulk to merge

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Tokyo-headquartered shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has announced that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries - project and heavy cargo shipping line NYK-Hinode Line (Hinode), and bulk carrier NYK Global Bulk Corporation (NGB) - have a

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    CH Robinson bids farewell to senior vice president

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Global multimodal logistics services provider CH Robinson has announced that its senior vice president, Jim Butts, will retire after 34 years of service at the company.

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    Airline boss sees exit of European carriers from long haul freighter market

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Larry Coyne, ceo of Coyne Airways, speaking on the eve of his airline's 20th anniversary noted that the future for niche carriers in the long run is a positive one - and that "a new air cargo world order will emerge over the next five years"

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    Clipper Steel Services celebrates its 20th anniversary

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Since it was formed In November 1992, Clipper Steel Services has made more than 800 voyages and says that 2012 will be a record year with more than 70 sailings from Europe to USA/Mexico.

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    THE FRIDAY FLYER - DECEMBER 14TH 2012

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    As 2012 draws to its close, HLPFI staff and Friday Flyer readers around the world are wondering what 2013 will bring in the business of heavy lift and project cargo.

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    STX Pan Ocean stake up for grabs?

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - According to reports on the Bloomberg website, South Korea's STX Group is considering the sale of its shareholding in STX Pan Ocean Co, South Korea's largest dry bulk ship operator, as part of a scheme to raise finance via asset sales to red

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    Heavy heat exchangers moved to Tartastan

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - V Alexander International Logistics - an international project forwarder and German member of the Cargo Equipment Experts network (CEE) - has successfully delivered two oversized heat exchangers from Berlin to Nizhnekamsk, Tartastan, 2,000 k

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    Order for second jack-up vessel cannot currently be filled

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - The proposed deal for Netherlands-based shipbuilder VeKa Group to take over financially troubled Sietas shipyard, Hamburg, first mooted in June this year, has failed to be completed.

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    Intermarine reveals special consultant

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Intermarine LLC, the New Orleans-headquartered marine logistics provider, has reported that John O Bomer IV will serve as special consultant to the ceo. His role will focus on the expansion of Intermarine's Africa service.

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    Panama Canal expects one more expansion

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Speaking in Newark, NJ at the Containerization and Intermodal Institute annual luncheon, Alberto Alem

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    Samson appoints new vice president sales and marketing

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - US-based high-performance rope manufacturer, Samson, has appointed Joe Mazzacano as vice president of sales and marketing, effective January 1, 2013.

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    Air Charter Service expresses confidence in Kazakhstan

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - At the end of November, UK-headquartered international charter broker, Air Charter Service (ACS), opened a new branch in Almaty to serve Kazakhstan and the CIS region.

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    Dockwise reports USD60 million in new contracts and letters of intent

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Breda-based shipping company Dockwise has been awarded six new contracts, letters of intent and contract extensions totalling USD60 million.

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    USD420 million contract for Keppel in Mexico

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Marine manufacturer Keppel FELS - a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited - has won a USD420 million contract to build two KFELS B Class jackup rigs for PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion, a subsidiary of Mexico's national oil company P

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    Western Gulf joins Project Partners

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Project Partners - an association of heavy lift and project forwarders around the world - has welcomed Doha, Qatar-based Western Gulf Agency (WGA) to its network.

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    Golden shipments for Volga-Dnepr

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines, the Russian-based oversize and heavy cargo specialist, has transported more the 300 tonnes of gold mining equipment between Ostrava, Czech Republic and Nairobi, Kenya.