Shipping news – Page 272

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    Peters & May goes live with online yacht shipping system

    2010-09-13T00:00:00Z

    September 13 - Marine logistics company, Peters & May has launched a new online global booking and tracking system which is now live at www.petersandmaybookings.com

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    Acquisition and partnership in Puerto Rico for Crowley and Islandwide

    2010-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Project and heavy lift cargo operations are likely to be part of the value-added services provided to customers in Puerto Rico, following Crowley Maritime Corporation's logistics group acquisition of Islandwide Air and Ocean and agreement wi

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    Almajdouie secures major SATORP business

    2010-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Dammam-based Almajdouie Heavylift Transport & Engineering (MHL) has succeeded in securing six tranches of forwarding and shipping support for SATROP, SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL Refining & Petrochemical Company from a number of highly-regarded Korean

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    CCNI adds Bragus Service for bulk and project cargoes

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - As part of CCNI's growth strategy aimed at enhancing its presence within the Mexican Gulf and East coast of South America, the shipping line has launched its Bragus Service, with the first sailing departing from Houston earlier this month.

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    TBS International hits halfway point for Roymar-class deliveries

    2010-09-06T00:00:00Z

    September 6 - TBS International has taken delivery of Montauk Maiden from Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Group, the third in a series of six Roymar class 34,000 dwt multipurpose tweendecker ships costing USD 35.4 million each.

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    More contracts for Dockwise

    2010-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Dockwise has been awarded a dozen heavy marine transport and engineering contracts by its subsidiary Dockwise Shipping with a total value of almost USD37 million.

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    Combined WWPC power in historic airlift to China

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Oy Procargo (Professional Cargo Care Ltd) and Ocean Knight Shipping, both WWPC Members, combined forces to arrange delivery of a 34 tonne metallic roll and other equipment from Finland to a paper factory near Shanghai in China.

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    Gude named vice president corporate communication for Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Effective September 1, Benedicte Gude becomes group vice president for corporate communication in Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding.

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    First F-Class vessel for Intermarine

    2010-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Intermarine is taking delivery of Industrial Freedom, the first of its next generation of multipurpose heavy lift ships.

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    Angel Yllera coordinates prototype wind turbine shipment

    2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Spanish shipping group, Angel Yllera, recently coordinated the shipment of a prototype wind turbine through the port of Santander.

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    WWPC adds Libyan member

    2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Tripoli-headquartered, Arroban International Shipping Co has been appointed as an exclusive member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC).

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    Jumbo assists in deepest-ever riser installation

    2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Rotterdam-based Jumbo Offshore, part of the Jumbo shipping group, has been involved in the significant installation of the deepest Free Standing Hybrid Risers (FSHRs) in an ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico for a major oil industry

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    Intermarine Opens Bogota Office

    2010-08-21T00:00:00Z

    August 21 - Intermarine's Fernando Maruri, general manager for South America, will relocate from the shipping line's Caracas office in Venezuela to Bogota, Colombia where he will oversee the opening of a new Regional Control Office.

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    Improvement for AP MOLLER-Maersk

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - AP MOLLER-Maersk has reported a more than satisfactory turnaround for the first half of 2010, after losses in 2009.

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    Albacor Shipping handles transformer

    2010-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Albacor Shipping's branch office in Banning, California has managed the shipment of a 215-tonne transformer from the Port of Houston to Scurry in Texas.

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    GPLN attracts Shanghai Compass Global

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Shanghai Compass Global has joined the Global Project Logistics Network as a member in Shanghai.

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    Beluga sponsors project cargo training course

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - It's decision time for anyone wishing to attend the two-day training programme being run as part of the forthcoming Breakbulk Americas transportation conference and exhibition in Houston.

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    WWPC members combine forces to move tunnel boring equipment

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Albacor Shipping has handled the transport of two used Tunnel Boring Main Drives (TBMD), each weighing 95 tonnes, from New York to Kehl in Germany.

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    Fairplayer deployed for Mangalore expansion

    2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - A Jumbo Shipping J-class ship has been involved in the movement of the first tranche of heavy lift and out-of-gauge cargoes from Hazira, India to New Mangalore Port for the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) expansion project.

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    Goldhofer launches new 62 metre wind blade trailer

    2010-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Goldhofer has launched a new flatbed semi-trailer for transporting wind power plant blades up to 62 metres long.