All Ports and terminals articles – Page 183

  • News

    IUMI flags insurance concerns

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) said that insured losses resulting from last year's explosion at Tianjin Port are likely to amount to USD5-6 billion.

  • News

    Gebrüder Weiss slaloms to Caucasus

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - Gebrüder Weiss has delivered 1,000 tonnes of ski lift components to Georgia's winter capital Bakuriani.

  • News

    Lake Charles prepares for boom

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - The Port of Lake Charles has handled 220 components of a large Mammoet crane, which was shipped into the US gateway from Brazil on board BBC Chartering's heavy lift vessel BBC Fuji.

  • News

    Asian forwarding duo joins forces

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - Japanese project forwarder Yabuki Kaiun has worked together with The Freight Thailand to handle the shipment of a dynamometer and an environmental chamber from Yokohama to Honda's research and development centre in Bangkok.

  • News

    Grieg Star adds Swedish calls

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - With effect from this month, Grieg Star is adding a number of Swedish port calls to its Atlantic service to and from the US East Coast, US Gulf and Altamira, Mexico.

  • News

    Foss to open Oregon hub

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Foss Maritime is set to open a consolidated customer service centre in Oregon during April 2016.

  • News

    Dako moves engine trio

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Dako Worldwide has coordinated the shipment of three diesel engines from Italy to Panama.

  • News

    Collett winds up Muirhall project

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Collett Transport has delivered three 145 m high wind turbines from the UK Port of Grangemouth to the Muirhall onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

  • News

    Energy industry supply chains must change, says DHL

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - A whitepaper from DHL suggests that a lot of companies operating in the energy industry have yet to adapt their supply chains to the exceptionally harsh market conditions the sector faced in 2015, and will continue to do so in 2016.

  • News

    Longview names interim ceo

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - The Port of Longview's board of commissioners has voted in favour of appointing current chief operating officer, Norm Krehbiel, as the port's interim ceo.

  • News

    CargoLogicAir takes off

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - The new British all-cargo airline, CargoLogicAir (CLA), has been awarded its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the UK Civil Aviation Authority.

  • News

    Atlas Breakbulk Alliance bags Pegg

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Atlas Logistics Network (ALN) has formed a separate organisation dedicated to the breakbulk and project cargo industry - the Atlas Breakbulk Alliance - which will be headed up by well known industry personality, Albert Pegg.

  • News

    HMM struggles to stay afloat

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - According to reports in the international media, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is resurrecting an asset sale plan in an effort to avoid bankruptcy as it struggles under a KRW7 trillion (USD5.8 billion) debt.

  • News

    HLPFI adds Associate Editor

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Yvonne Mulder, a communications specialist in the freight and supply chain industry for more than 25 years, has joined the Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International team as Associate Editor.

  • News

    Ahlers in ABA buy

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Ahlers Belgium has acquired Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies (ABA).

  • News

    Japanese carriers brace for tough 2016

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - MOL has forecast a USD1.45 billion loss for its financial year ending March 31, 2016, as the Japanese line restructures its dry bulker and container shipping business areas.

  • News

    ZOMC sets lifting record

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - ZPMC-OTL Marine Contractor (ZOMC) says that its self-propelled single boom crane vessel, Zhen Hua 30, has successfully lifted 13,200 tonnes during testing.

  • News

    Rickmers reconfirms positive forecast

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Despite persistently challenging market conditions, the Rickmers Group has reconfirmed its positive forecast for the 2015 financial year with regards to revenues and EBITDA.

  • News

    NBPC ceo takes on port role

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Current president and ceo of NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBPC), Masamichi Morooka, has been appointed president of the newly launched Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corporation.

  • News

    AAPA concerns despite cargo growth

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - According to a report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, seaports in the USA are seeing a steady rise in waterborne cargo volumes with 2014 tonnage figures showing a 3.1 percent increase over 2013 totals.