Shipping news – Page 264

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    NSCSA contracts for new ships

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has signed four shipbuilding contracts, plus two additional optional contracts with Hyundai MIPO of South Korea.

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    Hovertrans to construct 50-tonne capacity hoverbarge

    2011-03-08T00:00:00Z

    March 8 - Hovertrans Solutions Pte Ltd. (Hovertrans Solutions) says it will be constructing a 50-tonne payload hoverbarge which will be ready for charter from the 3rd quarter of 2011.

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    GAC helps deliver Goliath crane to Rosyth

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    March 7 - Careful coordination, meticulous handling and perfect timing by GAC Shipping UK's Leith office, acting as port agent, helped deliver the Goliath crane under the Forth Bridge on its way to Rosyth shipyard.

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    Dockwise announces heavy marine transport contracts after quiet first quarter trading

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Dockwise Ltd subsidiary Dockwise Shipping, has won nine heavy marine transport contracts with a total contract value of more than USD 30 million, following a first quarter described by CEO Andr

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    Cory Brothers opens for business in Gibraltar

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Cory Brothers Shipping Agency now offers shipping agency services in Gibraltar in conjunction with its partner, the Gibunco Ship Agency, part of the Gibunco Group.

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    Vanguard on the move with auto plant relocation

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Vanguard has completed a turnkey two-phase project for Benteler Automotive, involving the complete relocation and installation of a 2,600 tonne press and a hot forming line from Goshen in Indiana, USA to Uitenhage in South Africa.

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    Vanguard on the move with auto plant relocation

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Vanguard has completed a turnkey two-phase project for Benteler Automotive, involving the complete relocation and installation of a 2,600 tonne press and a hot forming line from Goshen in Indiana, USA to Uitenhage in South Africa.

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    Beluga Shipping announces restructuring

    2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Beluga Shipping has responded to reports that its future ownership structure is in question with the announcement that the group is to undertake a comprehensive financial restructuring.

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    Kuehne + Nagel benefits from recovery

    2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - The Kuehne + Nagel Group says that it benefitted from the recovery of world trade in its last financial year - 2010.

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    Flynt Group now Barloworld Logistics

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Barloworld Logistics, which acquired the Hong Kong-based Flynt Group of companies in 2008, has confirmed that in line with its corporate brand strategy, all the Flynt Group companies are now merged and consolidated under the brand Barloworld Log

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    Albacor Shipping opens in Edmonton

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) member in Canada, Albacor Shipping has opened an office in Edmonton, Canada.

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    Vive le Havre for Damco

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Damco has said 'bonjour' to Le Havre with a new office that says that the development gives it a good chance of competing against other freight forwarding companies in the area.

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    GAC extends global agency network to the Bahamas.

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Effective today, GAC's global shipping network has been further strengthened with the signing of an alliance agreement with Bahamian agency Elnet Maritime Co Ltd to form GAC-Elnet.

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    TBS fleet boosted by new delivery

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - TBS International plc has taken delivery of the M/V Comanche Maiden - the fifth in a series of six multipurpose tweendecker newbuilds ordered by the company.

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    Jumbo Shipping decommissions Fairmast

    2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - After almost three decades of transporting heavy lift and project cargo, Jumbo's Fairmast will be the first of its two D-Class vessels to be decommissioned.

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    Marine insurers welcome new ICS position on arming ships

    2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The International Union of Marine Insurance has welcomed the announcement by the International Chamber of Shipping that it is now taking a more neutral position on the use of private armed security personnel onboard ships to protect them fro

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    Powerful heavy lifter seen at rhb Rotterdam

    2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - SAL Shipping's Lone, which was recently delivered and named in Hamburg, is seen below loading pipes at the rhb stevedoring & warehousing terminal during its maiden voyage.

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    Liebherr extends its range of heavy lift offshore cranes

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    February 18 - The heavy lift offshore crane, type CAL 64000 - 1500 Litronic

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    Project forwarder network expands global footprint

    2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Heavy lift freight forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG), has strengthened its global footprint with several new appointments.

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    V.Alexander - ESF Gmbh busy with packing various export commodities

    2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Working together V.Alexander and ESF Friedrich Ellmers Shipping & Forwarding GmbH from Bremen, Germany, have shown their packing abilities on three recent shipments for export.