All News articles – Page 582

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    GAC shuffles management

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Recent management appointments at the GAC Group include GAC Dubai's managing director Stuart Bowie taking over as group vice president - commercial. Effective February 1, 2017, he will replace Christer Sjödoff, who retires at the end of Janua

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    Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt form shipping pool

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Thorco Projects has teamed up with MC-Schiffahrt to create a new shipping pool, which starts with a fleet of 14 ships - six 10,500 dwt multipurpose vessels from the latter and eight comparable vessels from the former.

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    Industry prepares for widespread consolidation

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Consolidation was the word on everybody's lips at the Breakbulk Americas 2016 exhibition held from September 26-29 in Houston, USA. Annie Roberts reports from the show.

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    Italy's Navemar hits the buffers

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Navemar of Italy is the latest company to fall victim to the shipping downturn, writes HLPFI's Italian correspondent, Nicola Capuzzo.

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    Antwerp finishes 2016 with growth

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - The Port of Antwerp handled a total freight volume of 214.06 million tonnes in 2016, up 2.7 percent on the previous year.

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    TPI opens in Lyon

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - French forwarding agent, Transport Paris International - Groupe Worms (TPI) has opened a new agency office in Lyon.

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    Schedule change for Streamlines

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - From January 18, the European schedule of Streamlines' Blue Stream service will change; calling at Tilbury before Rotterdam.

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    Chipolbrok trio busy in Europe

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Nowowiejski, one of Chipolbrok's newest vessels, has recently made its maiden call at the German ports of Hamburg and Rostock having transported crane parts, machinery and project cargo from US ports.

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    Modulift unveils even bigger beam

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Modulift says that it has manufactured its largest ever spreader beam, which can lift 1,500 tonnes at a span of 20 m, for Netherlands based equipment and service provider to the marine industry, Safe Lifting Europe.

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    Another Terex crane for Quinto

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Quinto Crane & Plant has added to its existing Terex fleet of all terrain cranes with the purchase of two Terex two-axle AC 40/2L machines.

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    Wood Mackenzie predicts upstream growth

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Wood Mackenzie is forecasting that the investment cycle in the upstream oil and gas industry will show the first signs of growth in 2017 since 2014 and final investment decisions (FIDs) will double, compared with 2016.

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    Rumours fuel OOCL share price rise

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - The share price of Orient Overseas International (OOIL), the parent company of shipping line Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), has jumped more than 25 percent since the end of 2016, reaching a 52-week high of HKD39.70 (USD5.12) on Wednes

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    Gantry first for Enerpac

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Enerpac has developed a 450-ton (408-tonne) capacity lift and rotation strand jack gantry, which it claims is the first of its kind to feature a rotating unit, enabling the lift and rotation of large turbine equipment during power plant insta

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    Veolia and Peterson win decommissioning contract

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - A partnership between Paris-based Veolia and Netherlands-based logistics firm Peterson has been awarded two platform decommissioning contracts for recycling at their facility in Great Yarmouth.

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    Bladt and Blue contract at Lindo

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Blue Water Shipping has been contracted by Bladt Industries to handle all of the company's heavy load transports at its Lindo site in Denmark.

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    Alibaba and WCA network partner up

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Global logistics network WCA and global wholesale trading platform, Alibaba.com have concluded a co-operation agreement that will see approved WCA member companies integrated into the Alibaba.com logistics platform for cross-border e-commerce

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    Sarens debuts new jacking system

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Sarens has used its new CS1000 jacking system for the first time to install a 2,000-tonne, 120 m long segment of the new Schierstein Bridge in Germany.

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    NEM Energy chooses to roll the cargo

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Roll Group has transported two boiler blocks, each weighing nearly 2,000 tons (1,814 tonnes) and two combustor units, as well as air fan ducting structures and multiple steel frames from Taiwan to Malaysia for NEM Energy.

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    World Bank forecasts higher growth

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - The world economy is expected to expand 2.7 percent this year, recovering from a post-crisis low in 2016, thanks to rising commodity prices and Donald Trump's stimulus, the World Bank said in its latest Global Economics Prospects report.

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    Sarens appoints new CFO

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Ludo Verrijken has been appointed chief financial officer of Sarens Bestuur with immediate effect.