All Investments articles – Page 13

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    New terminal at Takoradi

    2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has offered a 25-year concession to Ghanaian company Ibistek for the development and operations of a container and multipurpose terminal at the Port of Takoradi.

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    Indiana-Burns development on track

    2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - The US Department of Transportation has recommended to Congress that the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor receive one of 10 Fastlane small project grants for 2017.

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    Dooley named as BDP cfo

    2017-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Global logistics and transportation solutions company BDP International has named Todd Dooley as chief financial officer (cfo), effective immediately.

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    Bishop Lifting takes Matex Wire Rope

    2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - SBP Holdings, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bishop Lifting Products, has acquired Kilgore, USA-based, Matex Wire Rope.

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    ACS grows in Canada

    2017-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - The Canadian office of Air Charter Service (ACS) has moved to larger premises in Toronto to facilitate its growth plans in the country.

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    Self appointed as executive director

    2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - The Port of Lake Charles has named Richert Self as deputy executive director.

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    CES claims heavy-duty reachstacker first

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - During an event at its factory near Verona, Italy, Containerhandling Equipment & Solutions (CES) presented its new heavy-duty reachstacker, the VRS-K, which boasts a lifting capacity of 150 tonnes.

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    Container profitability on the horizon

    2017-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Container lines could see a 12-month cumulative profit of up to USD5 billion this year, as the "super-cycle" of carrier consolidation has changed the playing field and left shippers with less choice, says Drewry.

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    Harren & Partner strikes SAL deal

    2017-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - Ten years after it first took a stake in the shipping company, and six years after it took complete control, Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisa ("K" Line) has sold SAL Heavy Lift to the Bremen, Germany-based shipping group Harren & Partner.

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    First Sapphire shipment arrives at Newcastle

    2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - The Port of Newcastle has welcomed the first shipment of wind turbine components bound for the Sapphire Wind Farm, which it claims will be the largest wind turbines to be imported into Australia.

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    Fagioli to get equity boost

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - QuattroR, a management company specialising in corporate restructuring, is in advanced talks to acquire an initial 49 percent of Italy's Fagioli group.

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    Antwerp invests in Açu

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - The Port of Antwerp, through its subsidiary Port of Antwerp International (PAI), will invest USD10 million in the Port of Açu, a privately owned port complex in São João da Barra, Brazil.

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    Stena ups North Sea capacity

    2017-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - Stena Line will replace the vessels operating on its Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Harwich, UK service with larger ro-ro ships in response to demands for increased freight capacity.

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    Bilbao builds manufacturing plant

    2017-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - The construction of Haizea Wind's offshore wind tower manufacturing plant has commenced at the Port of Bilbao, Spain.

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    Joumblat in at Long Beach

    2017-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Sam Joumblat has been appointed as managing director of finance and administration at the Port of Long Beach, effective August 7.

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    Dancing with lions and dragons

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Providers of project logistics services will be interested to read that over the past two decades, China has become Africa's most important economic partner according to a report from McKinsey & Company.

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    Shipping confidence on the up

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - Shipping confidence reached its equal highest rating in the past three years in the three months to end May 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.

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    Metro Ports gains Great Lakes base

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - The Ports of Indiana has named Metro Ports as the bulk terminal operator at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor as of July 1, managing the loading and unloading of shipments for port tenants and outside companies shipping bulk cargoes, including pr

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    Vroon responds to negative media

    2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Family-owned Dutch shipping group Vroon has responded to negative articles published in the Dutch media concerning its financial state.

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    DP World develops Eurasian corridor

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - Two memorandums of understanding (MoU) were signed between DP World and the government of Kazakhstan for the development of a port community system (PCS) and to integrate Customs processes.