All Investments articles – Page 71

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    Horizon Lines offers refinancing deal

    2011-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Horizon Lines has entered into a definitive agreement and secured commitments from holders of more than 99 percenr of its 4.25 percent convertible senior notes due in 2012 to move forward with a modified transaction that will refinance the com

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    Horizon Lines names VP international services

    2011-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - US ocean shipping company, Horizon Lines has named Alherd Kazura to the new position of vice president of international services.

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    Volga-Dnepr and Antonov commit to modernisation of first freighter

    2011-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group and Antonov Company of the Ukraine have reached an agreement to upgrade the first of Volga-Dnepr's fleet of AN-124-100 'Ruslan' freighters to a modernised AN-124-111VD standard in the latest step towards relaunching

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    Rickmers-Linie extends its executive board

    2011-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - In a move to expand its executive board, Rickmers-Linie has appointed R

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    Propellor Club lands in Bilbao

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - A new branch of the Propeller Club has been created in Bilbao, Spain, with seven founding members.

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    Safmarine appoints Ben Line

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - Safmarine has appointed Ben Line Agencies in Asia to represent its Multi Purpose Vessel Services (MPV) business in this region.

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    PT Rolitrans International joins Project Partners in Indonesia

    2011-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - The latest recruit for forwarder network Project Partners is PT Rolitrans International and its offices in Indonesia.

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    Deep sea shipments lift Wilh. Wilhelmsen's results

    2011-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen results were lifted by continued increase in deep sea transport volumes and the group reports positive underlying developments in its activities.

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    Decade of trading in UK marked by construction of new location

    2011-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - European abnormal and heavy haulage company Van der Vlist has celebrated 10 years of operation in the UK with the ground-breaking for a new location at Burma Drive, Hull, the new location of Van der Vlist UK from 2012.

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    Thinking outside cargo's box

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Helping project forwarders to improve efficiency by thinking 'outside the box' is a key objective of a two-day training course in New Orleans during the Breakbulk Americas week from October 24-27.

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    Kita delivers for Turkish energy

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Turkey's Kita Logistics has delivered the components of a new 775 MW combined cycle power plant located in Denizli, Western Turkey, considered to be one of the two largest investments in the power industry to be transported in 2011.

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    Search for investors for Offshore Terminal

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The search for investors for a new Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) has entered the next phase.

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    Famous Pacific Shipping goes for gold in Olympic train trials

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, has donned its best sporting kit to start deliveries of railroad equipment from China to Brazil to support fans of the world's greatest sporting festiva

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    100 percent for Fairstar duo

    2011-07-18T00:00:00Z

    July 18 - Fairstar Heavy Transport reports that it achieved 100 percent utilisation of its two-ship fleet - Fjord and Fjell - in the second quarter of 2012.

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    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

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    Hansa boss reveals line's future to HLPFI

    2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - Hansa Heavy Lift has introduced a six step programme from sales through to delivering cargo which it is confident will win over customers, the line's interim CEO Roger Iliffe has told HLPFI.

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    Port of Everett celebrates 1,000th Boeing barge

    2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - The Port of Everett has celebrated the thousandth barge carrying aerospace parts for the Boeing Company's 747, 767 and 777 airplane models.

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    Van Seumeren family withdraws from Mammoet

    2011-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Mammoet has confirmed that minority shareholder, the van Seumeren family, has decided to fully withdraw from the company.

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    Saudi Arabia plans trans-desert railways

    2011-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Rail projects planned for Saudi Arabia could bring significant business for project forwarders and shipping lines.

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    Collett & Sons bolsters wind turbine capabilities

    2011-07-06T00:00:00Z

    July 6 - Collett & Sons Ltd. has bought the wind turbine transport division of MDF Transport based in Great Yarmouth, UK.