All News articles – Page 649

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    ACS calls for shorter lead times

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Air Charter Service (ACS) ceo Justin Bowman has called for shorter lead times in obtaining vital charter flight permissions in certain regions at the recent Air Cargo India exhibition.

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    Volvo unveils new I-Shift

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Volvo Trucks has launched a new member of the I-Shift prime mover series, which comes equipped with crawler gears added to the automated transmission, designed for trucks carrying heavy loads in demanding situations.

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    Lagasse takes Zeeland helm

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Effective May 1, Zeeland Seaports has appointed Jan Lagasse as ceo of the Dutch gateway after two years in an interim role.

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    Freja makes for Oulu

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Freja Transport & Logistics has shipped a 295-tonne transformer from the Port of Rotterdam to Oulu in Finland.

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    Enerpac reveals EVOB-System

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Enerpac has unveiled its EVOB-System, which it says combines high-pressure hydraulics with a PLC system to monitor and control the precise movement and positioning of heavy loads.

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    Dozen delivered to Schot

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Dutch crane contractor Schot Verticaal Transport has ordered 12 new mobile cranes, ranging in lifting capacity from 60 to 400 tonnes.

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    Kenyan breeze blows for Bolloré

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Bolloré Logistics has been awarded a contract by Vestas to provide project logistics services for the Lake Turkana wind power plant in Kenya.

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    ALE scoops Karbala contract

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - ALE's branch in Iraq has been awarded a heavy lifting and transport contract for the Karbala refinery project in the Middle Eastern nation.

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    Agility prepares for challenges

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Agility recorded a net profit of KWD53 million (USD175 million) in the 2015 financial year, a 5 percent increase compared with 2014.

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    Zoomlion ups Terex offer

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Terex Corporation has received a revised non-binding proposal from Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology to acquire all of the company's outstanding shares for USD31 per share.

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    Hansa Meyer shuffles management

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Germany headquartered forwarder Hansa Meyer Global has named Georg Bödecker as its new chief operating officer.

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    ESTA to publish SPMT guide

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - The European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) is to publish its long-awaited best practice guide for the use of self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT) at its meeting in Munich in April.

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    New low in shipping confidence

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to a record low in the three months to February 2016, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens.

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    Year of growth for Cargolux

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Cargolux Group reported a net profit after tax of USD49 million for 2015, up from USD3 million in 2014, while increasing freight tonne kilometres flown by 8.7 percent.

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    Airlander readies for take-off

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has completed the final assembly of its airship, Airlander 10.

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    Aeros granted structure patent

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Aeroscraft Corporation (Aeros) has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the outer structure of its Aeroscraft cargo airship.

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    ABC flies high in February

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 15 percent year-on-year growth in airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network.

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    AAL adds Stewart call

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - AAL has added a call at Stewart World Port in British Columbia, Canada to its Pacific service.

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    Volga-Dnepr aids Sakhalin-2

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' AN-124 and IL-76 freighters were called into action to ensure the repair of a compressor at Russia's Sakhalin-2 natural gas liquefaction plant.

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    Hapag-Lloyd results on track

    2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Hapag-Lloyd achieved a net profit of EUR114 million (USD127 million) in the 2015 financial year, compared with EUR -604 million (USD -674 million) in 2014.