All News articles – Page 655

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    PD Ports appoints duo

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - PD Ports has appointed Michael Parker as business development manager, and Alfred van Wyk as general manager, business development.

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    Broekman acquires DMI

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Broekman Logistics has acquired Distribution Masters International (DMI).

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    K+N profit up in 2015

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Despite recording a 4.4 percent year-on-year drop in turnover for 2015 at CHF16.7 billion (USD16.72 billion), Kuehne + Nagel posted EBITDA of CHF1.04 billion (USD1.041 billion) - a 3.6 percent increase compared with 2014.

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    Rickmers-Linie hits the gas

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Rickmers-Linie and Bertling Logistics have teamed up to transport the largest gas turbine ever manufactured by Siemens from Germany to Turkey.

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    DB Schenker Rail rebrands

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Effective immediately, Deutsche Bahn's railfreight business - DB Schenker Rail - has been renamed DB Cargo.

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    Dan-Czech on the double

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Dan-Czech Specialtransport has delivered two adjusters, weighing 155 tonnes each, from Sviadnov to the river port of Melnik in Czech Republic, for final shipment to Schiedam in the Netherlands.

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    FSM expands in Caucasus

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - F.S. Mackenzie Group (FSM) has opened a new office Tbilisi, Georgia, which it says will act as a gateway for imports to the Caucasus region.

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    Mammoet begins Sasol move

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Mammoet has transported the first three boilers for Sasol's new ethane cracker and derivatives complex in Westlake, Louisiana from the Mexican Port of Altamira.

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    BACA gets new chairman

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Richard Mumford, head of aviation at UK law firm Stevens and Bolton, has been named new chairman of the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA), with effect from March 17, 2016.

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    Whitehouse joins Allianz

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has appointed Andrew Whitehouse as regional unit London (RUL) head of marine.

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    Brunel adds project director

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Brunel Project Cargo has appointed James Philpott as its new project director.

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    SHL takes two from Sennebogen

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has taken delivery of two crawler cranes - a 300-tonne capacity Sennebogen 7700 and a 180-tonne capacity Sennebogen 5500 model.

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    Panalpina results 'prove resilience'

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Panalpina's gross profit for 2015 decreased 7.1 percent year-on-year to CHF1.47 billion (USD1.46 billion), while its EBIT was slightly up compared with 2014 at CHF117.2 million (USD117.1 million).

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    Ceva maintains 'strong' year

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Ceva Logistics has posted a revenue of USD6.9 billion for its 2015 financial year, a 10.3 percent drop compared with USD7.7 billion in 2014.

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    SCH ups lifting capacity

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Southampton Cargo Handling (SCH) has expanded its fleet of project cargo handling equipment with the acquisition of a 72-tonne capacity modular spreader beam from Tilbury, UK based supplier Delphini.

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    Box weighing: more updates from IMO please

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - A working group made up of major non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) is urging the International Maritime Organization to issue status updates of how the 162 contracting states to the SOLAS convention will implement the container weigh

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    Barnhart in mass module move

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has transported 48 convection modules over 40 miles (64 km) by road from Big Cabin and Locust Fork in Oklahoma to Tulsa Port of Catoosa.

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    Qatar flies high in 2015

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Qatar Airways Cargo increased its tonnage by 37.5 percent year-on-year in 2015 to 1.52 million tonnes.

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    Nordana Sea now in service

    2016-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - Earlier this month, Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit delivered the 10,550 dwt multipurpose cargo ship Nordana Sea to fellow shipping company Symphony Shipping.

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    Museum piece for Prangl

    2016-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - Prangl has handled the transportation of an 80 tonne vintage excavator to the mining museum in Karlschacht, Austria.