Middle East news – Page 105

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    Barge is best for Lift & Shift

    2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Lift & Shift India Pvt Ltd has successfully transported eight large modules from Hazira in India to Das Island in the United Arab Emirates.

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    Accolade for Rickmers-Linie

    2009-05-14T00:00:00Z

    May 14 - Rickmers-Linie has won the 'Best Shipping Line - Project Cargo' award in the 2009 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCAs).

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    Agility expands in Romania

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Global forwarder Agility has expanded its coverage in Eastern Europe by opening a new subsidiary in Romania. This follows Agility's expansion into Poland, Austria, Hungary and Slovenia in 2008.

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    Nordana adds ro-ro loop for the Med

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Nordana Line has introduced a new dedicated intra-Mediterranean ro-ro service, adding to the string of ro-ro, multipurpose and container services that the shipping line operates between North and Latin America and the Mediterranean and West Africa

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    Heavy lift helps Agility to weather economic downturn

    2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Kuwait-based forwarder Agility enjoyed strong financial results in Q1 2009 despite the global financial slowdown, says Tarek Sultan, Agility chairman and managing director. Net profit before non-recurring items was KD 39.2m / USD 134.7m, a gain of

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    Swiss celebration for KOG

    2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Project forwarder KOG Transport AG is celebrating its 25th anniversary with clients, carriers and major suppliers.

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    Sea trials for Jumbo Jubilee

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Jumbo Shipping's new J-1800-class heavy lift vessel, Jumbo Jubilee, has left the Damen shipyard in Galatz, Romania, for sea trials, prior to delivery very soon.

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    Shortage of capacity hinders tide and wave energy projects

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Industry observers have said that the potential of marine power as a future source of renewable energy is being undermined by a shortage of vessels that are able to deploy marine devices.

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    Focus on civil engineering

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - In the upcoming May / June edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding, we will analyse developments in the civil engineering environment that are impacting on the demand and supply of heavy lift shipping capacity.

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    Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.

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    Columbia Helicopters celebrates 40 years of tandem rotors

    2009-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Columbia Helicopters, a world leader in heavy lift helicopter operations, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the operation of tandem-rotor helicopters.

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    Linde walks like an Egyptian at Legoland Windsor

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Thousands of years after the ancient Egyptians took two decades, thousands of man hours and brute force to build the Great Pyramid at Giza, logistics planners turned to more modern equipment when an Egyptian Pharaoh was required to stand guard a

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    Almajdouie moves evaporators for Marafiq Project

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Almajdouie Heavy Lift Transport and Engineering (MHL) has transported super heavy and oversize evaporator modules from Bilfal Heavy Industry to Marafiq IWPP Project Site in Jubail.

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    SAL opens representative office in Italy

    2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - A SAL Italy representative office has been established based in the Genoa office of "K" Line (Europe) to provide marketing, sales representation and direct communication with SAL's clients in the country.

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    SAL opens representative office in Italy

    2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - A SAL Italy representative office has been established based in the Genoa office of "K" Line (Europe) to provide marketing, sales representation and direct communication with SAL's clients in the country.

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    Mediterranean Project Chartering on the move

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Chartering & Logistic, is moving head office in Genoa.

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    SAL delivers for Liebherr

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - SAL has undertaken a shipment of four LHM 500 mobile harbour cranes, two

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    Dockwise secures nine contracts

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Dockwise Shipping has been awarded nine near-term contracts to the value of approximately USD42 million.

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    NSCSA to commence Charlotte heavy lift and project cargo call

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has confirmed to HLPFI that the Saudi Tabuk V 140 is now scheduled in Charleston on April 1st for the start of a new service from key East Coast US and Canada ports to Saudi Arabia, India an

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    Heavy lift and transport helps Smit exceed 2007's record results

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    March 06 - Rotterdam-based Smit Internationale has enjoyed bullish results in 2008, thanks in part to heavy lift and transport activities, achieving the marked increase in net results for the second half of 2008 that was predicted in August last year.