All Middle East articles – Page 89

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    Fairstar wins rig transport contract

    2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a new transportation contract by Hercules Offshore to transport the Hercules 185 jack-up rig from Port Gentil, Gabon to either Pascagoula, Mississippi or Bahrain using the Fairstar semi-submersible

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    Confidence dips to all-time low as uncertainty fuels overtonnaging

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to their lowest level for three and a half years in the three months ended August 2011, according to the latest shipping confidence survey by accountant and shipping adviser Moore Step

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    Blank checks into ACS Frankfurt

    2011-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - UK-based air freight broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed a new cargo sales director at its Frankfurt office while the company has organised a vital relief goods flight into North Korea in response to the devastating floods in tha

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    Duo of significant project moves for Express Transport

    2011-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - Mumbai-based project forwarder Express Transport (ETPL), a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has undertaken the shortsea coastal movement of a significant consignment from the west coast Indian port of Hazira in a 1,400 km

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    GAC Group makes a trio of significant management appointments

    2011-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - The GAC Group has announced two key management appointments in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for its group and local operations at the same time as the group has appointed a new group HSSE (Health Safety Security Environment) manager to drive

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    New chairman takes helm at Cargolux as CFO steps down

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    September 19 - Main deck cargo airline Cargolux has appointed a new board chairman to succeed Marc Hoffman, who remains a board director.

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    Boring machinery takes flight with Magdenli

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    September 19 - Magdenli Transport & Trade Co recently completed the delicate loading and further inland transportation of heavy and oversized steel constructions from chartered cargo aircraft to inland destinations in Turkey.

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    Wind power projects for Magdenli Transport

    2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - Turkish project forwarder Magdenli Transport and Trade has recently undertaken two major contracts associated with Turkey's burgeoning green energy power generating industry.

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    NSCSA exercises options for two ro-cons

    2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has exercised the option to build two ro-con vessels with Hyundai MIPO of South Korea.

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    Sorgetti to succeed Sangaletti as FIATA CEO

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - HLPFI understads that Marco Sorgetti has been selected to fill the post of director general and chief executive of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) following the retirement of Marco Sangaletti.

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    Turkish yacht transport goes against the flow

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Turkish project cargo forwarder Project Cargo & Yacht Transport is claiming a record in the field of yacht transport as it moved three super-yachts and one coast guard boat to the Middle East.

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    ALE barge carries cargo duo on maiden voyage

    2011-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - ALE, the global heavy transport and lifting company, has transported two de-methaniser vessels during the maiden voyage of its new ALE 300 barge. The 98 m vessels, part of the Integrated Gas Development Project in Abu Dhabi, were transporte

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    Libya services resume as regime changes

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Though fighting is still continuing in the country and Colonel Gadaffi remains at large, a degree of normality is returning to Libya.

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    Nordana goes back to Libya

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Nordana has restarted its regular direct ro-ro service from the US Gulf and East Coast into Libya, which has been suspended since February due to the unrest in the country.

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    Chapman Freeborn expands its On Board Courier (OBC) service

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - An old English expression has it that, for the want of a nail, the battle was lost. This sage wisdom sums up neatly the reality that even the biggest projects can flounder if an essential item stops working or is missing.

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    ASCO wins Statoil logistics contract

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - ASCO, a leading oil and gas logistic company, has won a contract worth over GBP 1.1 million (USD1.8 million) from Statoil ASA.

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    Africa West enhances services with additional aircraft

    2011-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Togo-based Africa West Cargo has reinforced its fleet by leasing a second DC9 freighter, adding to the company's list of aircraft currently serving various destinations in West Africa and Central Africa.

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    Take five for H

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Earlier this week, Bremerhaven, Germany, hosted five H

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    Safmarine enhances its Europe - West Africa service portfolio

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Safmarine has reshuffled a number of its existing West Africa shipping services and introduced three new services - the WAF11, WAF12 and WAF13 - as part of its revised West Africa service portfolio.

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    PCN adds Europrim Group / Agabaritic Transport in Romania

    2011-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - The Project Cargo Network has named its second member in Romania as Agabaritic Transport, the specialised project division of the Europrim Group of companies.