All Ports and terminals articles – Page 177

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    The Heavies celebrates success

    2016-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - The Heavies 2016 award ceremony, which took place on March 18 at Bruntingthorpe Airfield and Proving Ground in the UK, managed to raise over GBP8,000 (USD11,500) for international charity Transaid.

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    Germany gets new axle pressure gauge rules

    2016-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Effective from January 2016 in Germany, it is now compulsory for vehicles transporting abnormal loads to be equipped with a gauge that measures axle pressure if the vehicle has air or hydro-pneumatic suspension.

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    Dutch ports appeal new tax rule

    2016-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Amsterdam Port Authority, Groningen Seaports, Moerdijk Port Authority, Port of Den Helder and Zeeland Seaports are appealing against the European Commission's decision, which states that Dutch seaports must pay

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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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    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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    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.