All News articles – Page 651

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    Allcargo reveals logistics hub plans

    2016-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Allcargo Logistics has unveiled plans to establish a logistics park in the Jhajjar district of Haryana, India.

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    Mixed results for NWSA

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Container volumes through the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) jumped 21 percent year-on-year in February, while breakbulk volumes declined 40 percent compared with the same period in 2015.

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    Libraries set sail with MOL

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) will assist the South Africa Primary Education Support Initiative (Sapesi-Japan) with the shipment of seven mobile library vehicles from Japan to South Africa.

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    Modest increases for SCPA

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) handled 66,619 tonnes of non-containerised cargo at Charleston in February, with total fiscal year-to-date breakbulk volumes almost 31 percent ahead of plan.

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    Paul up at GAC

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - GAC has appointed John Paul as its group freight purchasing manager, responsible for both sea and air business.

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    High five for WCA projects

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Five project moves have been executed recently by six members of the WCA Projects network.

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    Heavy work for PCN duo

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Germany, Intertransport Gruber has completed the shipment of a number of crates from Taiwan to Germany.

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    Good year for Gebrüder Weiss

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Gebrüder Weiss recorded a provisional net turnover of EUR1.28 billion (USD1.44 billion) in 2015, a 3 percent increase compared with EUR1.24 billion (USD1.4 billion) in 2014.

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    IRISL resumes European service

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - After its withdrawal in mid 2010 due to sanctions, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has resumed its regular liner service - European Container Line (ECL) - between northern Europe and ports in the Middle East Gulf.

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    MHI Vestas invests in Esbjerg

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed an agreement with the Port of Esbjerg, more than doubling the area of land it leases at the Danish port for the pre-assembly and shipment of offshore wind turbine components.

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    'Positive trend' at DB Schenker

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - DB Schenker's volume of European overland and airfreight consignments rose by 2.9 percent and 1.4 percent year-on-year respectively in 2015, while its ocean freight volumes fell 2.1 percent.

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    Indonesia looks to Antwerp

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Antwerp Port Authority chairman Marc Van Peel has signed two framework agreements with IPC Corporate University - a subsidiary of the Indonesian Port Corporation - which will see the port provide training and consultancy services for Indonesian

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    FLS-KAA pipes up again

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Fleet Line Shipping/Kamar Al-Ard (FLS-KAA) has coordinated the shipment of 21,000 tonnes of cement-coated pipes from the UAE to Iraq.

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    Höegh Osaka accident report released

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released a report into the listing and subsequent grounding of Höegh Osaka on the Bramble Bank at the entrance to the Port of Southampton in January 2015.

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    RollDock returns to L&T

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - RollDock Shipping has purchased RollDock Sky from Larsen & Toubro India (L&T).

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    Swire ups Papua New Guinea coverage

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Swire Shipping is launching a monthly direct call to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea from New Zealand and Fiji, with effect from May 4, 2016.

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    Good vibrations cut offshore costs

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Research into wind turbine and monopile design plays a key role in identifying technologies and techniques that reduce build times and lower costs for the offshore wind energy industry - music to the ears of project logisticians serving the sec

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    Compactor gets rapid response

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has transported a 56-tonne Bomag refuse compactor across the UK from Aylesford, Kent to Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire using a four-axle Nooteboom low loader and a Scania tractor unit.

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    NileDutch buys out SafmarineMPV

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - NileDutch has acquired SafmarineMPV's Europe to West Africa services and operations.

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    Sohar strengthens breakbulk focus

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Speaking at the Breakbulk China exhibition in Shanghai, Sohar Port and Freezone's executive commercial manager Marc Evertse told delegates that the Omani port saw a 46 percent year-on-year increase in breakbulk cargo shipments in 2015.