Shipping news – Page 258
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Hansa Heavy Lift sets sail for Hamburg
August 5 - The recently launched shipping line, Hansa Heavy Lift has revealed plans to move from Bremen to Hamburg at the beginning of 2012, stating that "the many good reasons substantiating this decision to move outweigh those arguments for remaining in
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Alabama to host first training event on critical lifting and load handling
August 4 - The Alabama State Port Authority is to host its first training event from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
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Jumbo appoints Tecnoil as Brazilian agent
August 4 - Dutch heavy lift shipping and offshore installation company Jumbo has appointed Tecnoil Comercio e Representacoes Ltda as its agent in Brazil.
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Success for first PPG conference in USA
August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week.
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Famous Pacific Shipping goes for gold in Olympic train trials
August 3 - Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, has donned its best sporting kit to start deliveries of railroad equipment from China to Brazil to support fans of the world's greatest sporting festiva
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PCN recruits Noble Shipping as Pakistan member
August 2 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its second member in Pakistan.
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Freight industry brings illiteracy to book
August 1 - Global freight forwarder DHL and shipping line Safmarine have teamed up to boost literacy in Senegal. The two will create the first community library in Kolda, Senegal.
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Alliance in the city of brotherly love
August 1 - The US arm of Dubai-based logistics company GAC has formed a strategic alliance with a 30-year old shipping agency based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Teximarco signs on two key managers
August 1 - Nigerian project cargo forwarder Teximarco International has made two significant staff appointments.
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GAC strengthens marketing presence in Europe
July 28 - GAC is expanding its regional Shipping Marketing team with the appointment of Niko Steindamm, as marketing manager, shipping, based in Bremen, Germany.
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ALS powers locomotive delivery to Mozambique
July 27 - An effort to equip an African railway with new locomotives from Europe has been helped by ALS (Belgie).
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Jumbo Shipping delivers 51 monopiles
July 27 - Over the course of seven voyages, Jumbo Shipping has transported 51 monopiles from EEW's manufacturing plant in Rostock, Germany, to Barrow-in-Furness in the UK. The monopiles' final destination was DONG Energy's Walney Offshore Windfarm 2.
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PCN awarded ISO certification
July 26 - UK-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems certification, one of the first project cargo networks to be granted this accreditation.
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Amarcon supplies software package to two German lines
July 25 - Dutch-based freight industry software house Amarcon has supplied software to two German shipping lines, which has led managers to consider that the German heavy lift sector is strengthening.
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WWPC duo complete complex tunnel borer move
July 19 - Albacor Shipping and LS - Cargo International, both members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), have handled the shipment of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) from Germany to the USA.
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PCN's famous five US members
July 18 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has filled its US membership quota with the signing of its fifth US member, says Martin Pain, PCN network manager.
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UK software picked by Chinese shipyard
July 14 - A major Chinese shipbuilder supplying ships to the global offshore industry has acquired a management system that optimises project control, logistics, materials management, production, resources and planning specifically designed for shipyards.
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Jumbo set to build in Croatia
July 12 - Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has announced a contract from Jumbo Shipping to build a heavy lift ship for one of the world's leading shipping companies involved in transportation of heavy or overdimensional cargoes.
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Port of Everett celebrates 1,000th Boeing barge
July 12 - The Port of Everett has celebrated the thousandth barge carrying aerospace parts for the Boeing Company's 747, 767 and 777 airplane models.
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Saudi Arabia plans trans-desert railways
July 7 - Rail projects planned for Saudi Arabia could bring significant business for project forwarders and shipping lines.