Middle East news – Page 31

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    LPL opens in South Africa

    2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - LPL Projects + Logistics has established a new subsidiary and office in South Africa.

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    High five for Hansa

    2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Hansa Heavy Lift has transported five Terex Gottwald mobile harbour cranes, weighing a total of 1,400 tonnes, from Denmark and Belgium to Bulgaria and Egypt.

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    PCN members keeping busy

    2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

    November 7 - First Global Logistics and Tandem Logistics (Project Cargo Network members in Egypt and Tunisia respectively) have collaborated on the movement of four out-of-gauge units of oil and gas equipment for a petroleum services company.

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    The heat is on at Manatee

    2016-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Port Manatee has handled the export shipment of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchanger, manufactured at Air Products' production facility close to the port in Florida, USA.

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    PrimoCargo continues Sohar shipment

    2016-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - PrimoCargo has delivered the third lot of project cargo from Antwerp to Oman's Sohar Port for MAN Diesel Turbo.

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    CEE meets in Abu Dhabi

    2016-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network and Priority Cargo Network (PCN) gathered at the Hyatt Capital Gate hotel in Abu Dhabi on October 24 for their annual conference.

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    Basra Gateway expansion moves forward

    2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has officially opened the first phase of its greenfield terminal development at the Basra Gateway Terminal in Umm Qasr, Iraq.

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    Rickmers-Linie in record Rijeka move

    2016-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Rickmers-Linie's heavy lift vessel Rickmers Tokyo has loaded 15 transformers, weighing between 56 and 142 tonnes each, at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia.

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    Eastern Shipping scores hat-trick

    2016-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Eastern Shipping of Romania arranged the transportation of three methanol reactors, weighing 378 tonnes each, from Bucharest, Romania to Constanta port, where the units were loaded on board the geared heavy lift ships, BBC Parana and BBC Euro

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    BOCS makes Bilbao home

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - According to Uniport Bilbao, German shipowner BOCS (Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping) has made Bilbao its home port for Spanish operations.

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    Drewry releases latest multipurpose report

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - According to the latest Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecaster report published by Drewry, "the last three months have been some of the worst the multipurpose and project carrier sector has endured in living memory".

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    TransInvest strengthens Iranian foothold

    2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - PTB Perse International Forwarding - a subsidiary of Switzerland headquartered TransInvest Group - has won a tender for the concession to develop and operate the Aprin Terminal in Iran, 20 km from Tehran.

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    Bahri looks to US expansion

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Bahri intends to develop and expand its business in the American market, with the opening of a second US office in Houston, Texas.

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    Drewry 'even more pessimistic'

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Drewry analyst Susan Oatway has said that she is even more pessimistic than she was six months ago about the outlook for the heavy lift and multipurpose market over the next couple of years.

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    Bahri secures Qualship 21 accreditation

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Saudi Arabia headquartered shipping line Bahri has been enrolled into the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) Qualship 21 programme.

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    Gebrüder Weiss opens in Izmir

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - Gebrüder Weiss has expanded its presence in Turkey with the opening of a new office in Izmir.

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    Ro-ro growth in Abu Dhabi

    2016-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - Abu Dhabi Ports achieved a 4 percent year-on-year increase in ro-ro volumes handled in the first half of 2016.

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    GAC delivers rescue boat

    2016-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - Shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC has delivered a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) for use in Greek waters surrounding the islands of Lesbos and Samos.

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    Chipolbrok makes C. Steinweg call

    2016-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - Chipolbrok's multipurpose vessel Chipolbrok Cosmos has become the first ship to call at its new terminal in Hamburg - C. Steinweg (Süd-West Terminal).

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    More moves for PCN members

    2016-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - Turk Logistics and Heavy Transport - member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Bahrain - has signed an agreement to become Gulf Air's cargo sales agent, and been awarded a logistics services contract by Olayan Kimberly Clark Bahrain.