All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 590

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    Balnak Group names new board member

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - leading Turkish logistics company, the Balnak Group has named experience logistics and transport industry expert, Wolfgang W. D

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    Boskalis sees 2011 as a year of transition

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Dutch maritime services company, Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced a 36 percent increase in net profits for 2010 and cited the acquisition of Smit Internationale, an improved performance from its Dredging business and an exceptional gain

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    Thunderbolt Global Logistics joins GPLN

    2011-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Thunderbolt Global Logistics LLC is the latest company to join flourishing project forwarder network, Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Seaway Heavy Lifting wins Sheringham Shoal deal

    2011-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd has been awarded a contract by Scira Energy Offshore Limited for installation of the two offshore substations and the remaining number of foundations at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm operated by Scira L

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    Japan takes stock

    2011-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Reverberations across global supply chains are certain following last Friday's earthquake in Japan and the devastating impact of the resulting tsunami on the costal region north of Tokyo.

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    Pacific Logistics Group & Shipping joins Project Partners

    2011-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Project Partners has announced that Pacific Logistics Group, based in Istanbul is its latest member.

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    Wallenius Wilhelmsen opens Galveston facility

    2011-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has opened a heavy equipment processing facility at the Port of Galveston.

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    Beluga Chartering GmbH files for insolvency

    2011-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - The management board of Beluga Chartering GmbH ("Chartering") has announced that they were advised to petition for the opening of insolvency proceedings and have done so at the local court in Bremen, Germany, earlier today (March 16th).

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    Heavy steel for InterMax Logistics

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - InterMax Logistics Solution (ITM), a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in Shanghai, recently signed a long term contract to handle a customer's supply chain management of imported spare parts, as well as main sections for stee

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    Safmarine supports new Kakinada maritime and seafarer centre

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Safmarine recently celebrated the double opening of the Kakinada Maritime Community Centre and the ITF Seafarer Centre at Kakinada port. The centres aim to equip the local seafaring community with the necessary resources needed in the maritime

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    Swire orders second windfarm installation vessel

    2011-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - Swire Blue Ocean's parent company, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd, has executed its option with Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) in Korea to build a second windfarm installation vessel.

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    Maximus Air Cargo seeks to strengthen African foothold

    2011-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - With the first of its three new A300-600RF's set to join the fleet in the next few months, Maximus Air Cargo - the UAE's largest dedicated cargo aircraft operator - is setting its sights on Africa as a region that represents great opportunity f

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    Steel cut for Fairstar's second newbuild

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Steel cutting for the second of Fairstar's newbuild 50,000 dwt open-stern semi-submersible vessels, Finesse has taken place, marked by a ceremony at the ASIC facility in Nantong, China attended by representatives of Det Norsk Veritas, Guangzhou

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    Customs licence for Hellmann East Europe

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Hellmann East Europe has gained the Customs Representative Licence for Russia (previously known as the Customs Broker Licence) which enables the company to offer customs clearance services under its own private licence.

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    Priority Cargo Network launched

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - The management team behind the successful project forwarder network, the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) and the equipment owners network, the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE), have founded Priority Cargo Network for general freight forwarders

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    New sales strategist onboard at Beluga

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Beluga Shipping's ongoing restructuring continues apace and the heavy lift shipping specialist has announced the appointment of a new global chief sales officer, Joerg Roehl.

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    Asia Imperial delivers power plant to Argentina

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Between 2009 and today, Asia Imperial Cargo Logistics (AICL) has been undertaking the transportation of machinery and equipment from Shanghai, Tianjin and Huangpu in China to Punta Quilla in Argentina for a coal-fired power plant project locate

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    SAL Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land puts Lone into service

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - SAL Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land has put the newbuilding 'Lone' into service.

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    Intermediaries post positive results

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - The HLPFI editorial inbox has been inundated with results statements from freight intermediaries which paint quite a positive picture.

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    Corpus Christi completes property sale to Canyon

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Further to our report on February 23, the Port Corpus Christi commissioners have approved a letter of intent with Canyon Supply & Logistics for the sale of its Ingleside Facility, formerly known as U.S. Naval Station Ingleside, for USD102.1 mil