Shipping news – Page 236

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    Project Partners welcomes new US member

    2013-01-10T00:00:00Z

    January 10 - Houston, Texas-based K2 Logistics has joined the Project Partners network - a division of Air & Ocean Partners.

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    John Clark takes up Universal Africa Lines position

    2013-01-09T00:00:00Z

    January 9 - Shipping agent Kestrel Liner Agencies Ltd has announced that after 16 years with the company, John Clark has decided to take on a commercial management position directly with shipping company Universal Africa Lines.

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    Boskalis secures financing for Dockwise offer

    2013-01-09T00:00:00Z

    January 9 - At the end of December, Royal Boskalis Westminster announced that it was making an all-cash offer for the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in shipping line Dockwise of EUR18.5 per share.

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    Rickmers-Linie goes alone in Singapore

    2013-01-09T00:00:00Z

    January 9 - Rickmers-Linie has established a new division - Rickmers-Linie (Singapore).

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    C.H. Robinson and Inchcape Shipping raise funds for charity

    2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - For the third consecutive year, US-headquartered logistics services provider C.H. Robinson - in association with NBA basketball team Minnesota Timberwolves - has supported the FastBreak Foundation's WolvesCare initiative.

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    SC&RA hosts Specialized Transportation Symposium 2013

    2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) will be hosting the Specialized Transport Symposium in Orlando, USA, between February 27 and March 1, 2013.

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    Appel joins Clipper Group board

    2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - Clipper Group has announced that attorney-at-law Peter Appel has joined the board of directors of its Danish subsidiary, Clipper Group A/S.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - While many are still recovering from New Year celebrations, our Asian readers have the Lunar New Year to look forward to next month.

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    BNSF Logistics acquires EP-Team

    2013-01-02T00:00:00Z

    January 2 - BNSF Logistics has acquired Texas-based global logistics project cargo provider EP-Team Inc.

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    BNSF Logistics acquires Albacor Shipping

    2012-12-31T00:00:00Z

    December 31 - BNSF Logistics has acquired Albacor Shipping, the Toronto, Canada-based international global project and general cargo provider with locations across North America, Europe and Russia.

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    Breakbulk drops sharply at Antwerp

    2012-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - Belgium's Port of Antwerp has released its provisional performance figures for 2012. Conventional breakbulk at the port dropped by 14.9 percent year-on-year to 10,804,408 tonnes, due to what it says is a decline in the amount of steel handle

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    Combi Lift strengthens Australian team

    2012-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - Denmark-headquartered specialist project cargo shipping line Combi Lift has appointed Eike Hemp as operations manager within its Australia team.

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    Crowley announces management changes

    2012-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - Jacksonville-headquartered Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced more organisational changes within its shipping and logistics team.

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    Coscol confirms shipping pool expansion ambitions

    2012-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - Cosco Shipping (Coscol) has confirmed that it is seeking to expand the pool of specialist semi-submersible vessels created earlier this year by adding ships from mainland Chinese or non-Chinese shipping companies.

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    5K overcomes obstacles to deliver Arctic Circle load

    2012-12-27T00:00:00Z

    December 27 - Philadelphia-headquartered 5K Logistics has completed a heavy lift project in the Arctic Circle, Baffin Islands for the Iqaluit power station.

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    Boskalis Dockwise takeover update

    2012-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has made a further voluntary all-cash offer of EUR18.5 per share for the issued and outstanding shares in Dutch shipping line, Dockwise.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Well, the Mayan day of apocalypse has arrived and so far, it appears to be passing over peacefully, meaning HLPFI staff will waste no time in getting out the tea and cake (nothing stronger) to mark the fact that the world is still here.

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    HLPFI editor gets special award from industry group

    2012-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - The Seahorse Club has named HLPFI editor Ian Martin Jones as the recipient of its John Richman Lifetime Achievement Award.

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    Project Partners welcomes Sonigo to forwarder network

    2012-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Sonigo International Shipping of Israel has joined the Project Partners network - a division of Air & Ocean Partners. Sonigo will replace network member J Sassower Ltd with immediate effect.

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    Shipowners say too little time to install ballast treatment systems

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 percent of the world's merchant tonnage, has said that there is too little time to retrofit tens of thousands of vessels with ballast water treatment systems to comply with Uni