Middle East news – Page 71

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    BBC helps rescue Syrian refugees

    2013-09-17T00:00:00Z

    September 17 - BBC Chartering's vessel BBC Iceland has helped to rescue more than 300 Syrian refugees found in fishing boats off the Sicilian coast of Italy.

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    Unishipping in Indo-Bulgarian move

    2013-09-17T00:00:00Z

    September 17 - Unishipping International Ltd arranged the delivery of equipment for what claims to be the world's largest copper recycler from India to its production plant in Bulgaria.

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    ASCO wins Tanzanian supply base contract

    2013-09-13T00:00:00Z

    September 13 - International oil and gas services company ASCO has been awarded a three-year USD100 million contract to provide supply base services to BG in Tanzania.

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    The Friday Flyer - September 13th 2013

    2013-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Since the early 1980s, the issues surrounding overweight shipping containers has been much-debated.

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    UK first for Saudia Cargo

    2013-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - Saudia Cargo is set to increase freighter capacity on a number of routes across its global network.

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    Jumbo trumpets anchor spread contract

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    September 11 - Jumbo has been awarded a pipelaying contract by Malaysian contractor, Sigur Ros, to oversee transportation and installation of 126 gravity anchor spreads.

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    Gas by the dozen for Transmarine

    2013-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Transmarine Services India Pvt Ltd has handled a large shipment from Thailand to Egypt for Canada-based EMCO.

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    The Friday Flyer - September 6th 2013

    2013-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Expect plenty of ballyhoo in Rotterdam next week if COSCO's multi-purpose heavy lift ship, Yong Sheng, arrives on schedule on Monday.

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    Holleman handles heavy condensers

    2013-09-04T00:00:00Z

    September 4 - Holleman Bulgaria O.O.D transported two oversized condensers from Ploietsi to the port of Constanta in Romania.

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    SNS lands B747 in Somalia

    2013-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - SNS claims to have set another trend in the history of air-freight by landing the first B747 cargo plane at Mogadishu Airport, Somalia.

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    Suez Canal security strengthened after failed attack

    2013-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - According to a statement issued by GAC, Egypt's armed forces are strengthening security measures in the Suez Canal, following an unsuccessful terrorist attack on a container ship transiting the waterway on August 31.

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    The Friday Flyer - August 30th 2013

    2013-08-30T00:00:00Z

    A debate has started as to whether dredging at ports on the United States East Coast (USEC) may turn out to be the key factor driving long-term US container port call strategies on both Suez and Panama all-water services.

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    Project Partners adds Turkish member

    2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Istanbul, Turkey based Project Cargo & Yacht Transport has become the newest member of the Project Partners network.

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    Fairmount Marine doubles up

    2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Netherlands headquartered Fairmount Marine has towed the accommodation barge Ayang 2 from Romania to offshore Porto Amboim in Angola, using its tug Fairmount Sherpa.

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    Hot and cold shipments for GPLN members

    2013-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - GPLN member from Israel, Dynamic Shipping Services (DSS) Ltd, last week handled the discharge of two heavy power plant units at Ashdod port using two heavy duty mobile cranes.

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    Damco names new American chief

    2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Third party logistics services provider Damco has named Samuel Israel its new regional ceo for Latin America.

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    Tiong Woon performs strongly in 2013

    2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - In its financial year 2013 (FY2013) results, Singapore headquartered Tiong Woon Corporation saw revenue rise 36 percent year-on-year over FY2012 to SGD200.5 million (USD156.2 million). Net profit during FY2013 equated to SGD17.6 million (USD13

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    GPLN welcomes new members

    2013-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has welcomed a number of new members and offices to its ranks.

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    The Friday Flyer - August 23rd 2013

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    For generations, children have enjoyed pirate stories - with romantic and thrilling tales of desert islands, gold bullion, walking the plank - leading to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series over the last few years. The reality, however, as experience

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    Suez Canal Authority issues assurance

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has denied reports that maritime traffic would be suspended and ensured full security to ships transiting the canal, according to a news item on the Japan Intermational Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) webs