Shipping news – Page 237

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    FPS Melbourne steels itself for coil cargoes

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The Melbourne, Australia branch of Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS), has been awarded a contract to handle the import, unpacking and delivery of 52 containers loaded with 1,138 tonnes of steel coil.

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    Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg S

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The Executive Boards of Hapag-Lloyd AG and of Hamburg S

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    French association reveals its 'Port of the Year'

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - HAROPA - a French grouping of ports from Le Havre, Rouen and Paris - has been named 'Port of the Year' by association BP2S - the French Bureau for Promotion of Short Sea Shipping and Intermodality.

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    Boskalis revises Dockwise offer

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has revised its voluntary offer for all remaining shares in Dutch shipping company Dockwise - upping its bid by 5 percent to EUR18 per share.

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    COSCO Shipping confirms US and European joint ventures

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Further to our report in last week's Friday Flyer, COSCO Shipping Co Ltd (COSCOL) has confirmed that it has officially established joint ventures with NMA Maritime & Offshore Contractors bv, of the Netherlands.

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    NYK-Hinode and NYK Global Bulk to merge

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Tokyo-headquartered shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has announced that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries - project and heavy cargo shipping line NYK-Hinode Line (Hinode), and bulk carrier NYK Global Bulk Corporation (NGB) - have a

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    THE FRIDAY FLYER - DECEMBER 14TH 2012

    2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

    As 2012 draws to its close, HLPFI staff and Friday Flyer readers around the world are wondering what 2013 will bring in the business of heavy lift and project cargo.

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    Dockwise reports USD60 million in new contracts and letters of intent

    2012-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Breda-based shipping company Dockwise has been awarded six new contracts, letters of intent and contract extensions totalling USD60 million.

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    COSCOL confirms price paid for Guangzhou Ocean Shipping

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Further to our report from earlier this week, COSCO Shipping Company (COSCOL) has advised that its acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Guangzhou Ocean Shipping from China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company on December 5, was completed wi

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    COSCOL confirms price paid for Guangzhou Ocean Shipping

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Further to our report from earlier this week, COSCO Shipping Company (COSCOL) has advised that its acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Guangzhou Ocean Shipping from China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company on December 5, was completed wi

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    Sinergy opens terminal

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - In Italy, Sinergy Cargo - the Italian member of the Famous Pacific Shipping forwarding network - has opened a multimodal container and bulk cargo handling and storage centre, at Arquata Scrivia, 40 km from Genoa port.

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    Cosco Shipping confirms acquisition plans

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - COSCO Shipping Company (COSCOL) has confirmed that it plans to acquire full equity of Guangzhou Ocean Shipping from COSCO Group.

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    WWPC members collaborate to ship paper equipment worldwide

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - Mercator Transport - French representative of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) - has completed the movement of several heavy and out-of-gauge components for the paper manufacturing industry.

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    GAC Logistics named official logistics partner of Gulf 12 Hour Race

    2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

    December 11 - Dubai headquartered GAC Logistics has for the second time been appointed official logistics partner for the Gulf 12 Hour Race.

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    Exhibition celebrates shipping of mighty structures

    2012-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Anyone visiting Melbourne, Australia this month might want to drop in to a new exhibition taking place at the city's Mission to Seafarers at 717 Flinders.

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    Jumbo transports 1,125 tonne shiploader crane

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Jumbo Shipping, the Netherlands-headquartered provider of heavy marine transport, successfully completed the transport of a 1,125 tonne shiploader crane between Sines, Portugal and Nouadhibou, Mauritania.

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    Martin Bencher opens Gothenburg office

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - The Martin Bencher Group, a shipping and forwarding service provider, has today opened a new office in Gothenburg.

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    World's largest heavy lift ship christened

    2012-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Dockwise Vanguard - an ultra-large semi-submersible heavy lift ship constructed for Dutch shipping company, Dockwise was christened at the end of last week.

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    Albacor ships Metro gear from the USA to Russia

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Houston-based Albacor Shipping USA and Albacor Shipping Russia - both members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) forwarder network - have together successfully delivered tunnel boring machinery between the Albany, New York port of Coe

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    Hansa Heavy Lift appoints Berndt R Olesen to drive Australian growth

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift