Shipping news – Page 276

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    Golf on the agenda for UK project forwarders

    2011-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - The UK Project Shipping Golf Society has announced the details of its second event in this season's calendar.

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    Coordinadora Internacional overcomes natural and business disasters to load cargoes

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - It is well known that project forwarding requires plenty of out of the box thinking to operate successfully.

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    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

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    PCN welcomes new USA member

    2011-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has announced Roland International Freight, Inc. (Rolandfreight) as its 4th member in the USA.

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    Blue Water locates key new hire through HLPFI

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - If you want the best people (and who in Project Shipping can afford not to?) it pays to use the right media.

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    Albacor barges heavy castings

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Albacor Shipping, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has transported two castings from the port of Houston by barge to Chattanooga.

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    Drewry analyses MPV prospects as industry emerges from gloom

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Drewry Maritime Research's latest Annual Multipurpose Market Review & Forecast details the state of the multipurpose (MPV) fleet, the demand for the cargo space on those ships and the outlook for the markets they trade in. Project carriers and h

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    Tarros sets up joint venture for project cargoes

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - In Italy, Master Project & Logistics has been established as a 50:50 joint venture between Tarros SpA, Paolo Pellegrini and Gianni Lena, two shipping operators with more than 20 years of experience in the transportation of conventional and proje

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    PL Shipping & Logistics is now M+R Logistics (India)

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - With the takeover of its Indian agent PL Shipping & Logistics Pvt. Ltd. in September 2010, Swiss based M+R Spedag Group created a strong position in the Indian logistics market.

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    Sri Lankan peace dividend pays off with creation of Projects FPS

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - The ending of Sri Lanka's 30-year ethnic war in May 2009 has created an atmosphere so welcoming to infrastructure investments that FPS Sri Lanka, which has gained an unrivalled profile and reputation as a first-class member of the Famous Pacific

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    PCN names third member in Mexico

    2011-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - PCN has welcomed its third and final member in Mexico.

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    First ship of the season for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

    2011-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrated the opening of its 41st international shipping season with the arrival of Wagenborg Shipping's Avonborg, carring 75 of the longest wind turbine blades in existence in North America on their journey from E

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    PCN reveals new member in Qatar

    2011-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Bin Yousef Cargo Express W.L.L. has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) as a member in Qatar.

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    Crowley offers faster, direct sailings from south Florida

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Crowley Maritime Corp has enhanced its liner container shipping services by adding a direct, fixed-day sailing from Port Everglades to St. Maarten in the Caribbean, cutting the time it takes to ship to St. Maarten from South Florida by one full

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    Ahlers scores hat-trick of successful project moves

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Belgian heavy lift material handling company Ahlers is celebrating a trio of successful projects that have helped a power plant construction, European cargo bound for a Chinese nuclear plant and a steel plant in Indonesia.

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    Samson picks up award for outstanding service

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Samson, a manufacturer of high-performance cordage, has been given the Professional Mariner's Samuel Plimsoll Award for outstanding service by an organisation for 2011.

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    Maritime research centre falls victim

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Today's news that the Elsflether Zentrum f

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    Going Dutch is no problem for ALS

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - ALS (Freight Management Nederland) BV's sea freight team based in Moerdijk, Netherlands arranged the loading of two transformers with a combined weight of 330 tonnes along with 950 cu m of ancillary equipment for movement between Croatia and th

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    Beluga gets visit from the police

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - An official spokesman for Beluga has confirmed that the German public prosecutor's office and police visited the company's Bremen HQ this week looking for evidence of possible fraud, but declined to comment on whether any evidence was either di

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    Hyundai ramps up in project forwarding

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is ramping up its exposure in the project forwarding business on the back of vast deals being concluded between South Korean construction firms in the Middle East. Sam Chambers reports from Seoul.