All Shipping articles – Page 147

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    PCN members keep busy

    2016-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in the UAE, Syon Logistics, has shipped an oversize boiler and its associated parts to Jebel Ali, for final delivery by road to a factory in Abu Dhabi.

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    ISS named Neptune Lines agent

    2016-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Neptune Lines has appointed Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) as agent for its new Middle East Gulf short sea service in Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar.

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    Northern UK ports join forces

    2016-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - PD Ports has signed an agreement with other major ports across the north of the UK, forming a collaboration to ensure its unified voice is heard by government to improve freight and transport links across the region.

  • Container weighing regulation takes effect
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    Container weighing regulation takes effect

    2016-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A new regulation requiring the gross mass of a container to be verified before it is loaded onto a ship enters into force today, July 1.

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    Ti report predicts 'further consolidation'

    2016-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - Transport Intelligence's (Ti) new Global Freight Forwarding 2016 report suggests that while the market is estimated to have contracted by 1.6 percent in 2015, forwarders' revenues were not hit as hard as you might think.

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    Sparber turns the heat up

    2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Sparber Group has coordinated the delivery of a 3,000 cu m consignment of heat exchangers from Spain's Bilbao Port to Ashdod in Israel.

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    FLS stuffs into boxes

    2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has coordinated the delivery of a 2,500 cu m consignment of gas turbine generators from the UAE to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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    AAL delivers huge crane consignment

    2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - AAL has completed the transport of the first ten of 20 automated stacking cranes (ASC) in several shipments from Shanghai to Melbourne, for final delivery to Victoria International Container Terminal.

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    MPV sector improvement 'some way off'

    2016-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - According to the latest Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecaster report published by Drewry, the demand outlook for the multipurpose fleet has not improved since the first quarter of 2016.

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    Hapag board approves UASC merger

    2016-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Hapag-Lloyd's supervisory board has approved the merger of the German container line with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC).

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    Darka adds Sudan shipping link

    2016-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Darka Group has launched a new non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) service from Port Sudan to Jebel Ali, UAE.

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    Drums roll with Intermarine

    2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - Intermarine has transported four coke drums from Dijon, Spain to New Orleans, USA on its heavy lift ship Ocean Freedom.

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    BigLift orders another

    2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - BigLift Shipping has ordered a third Happy S-type vessel - to be named Happy Sun - from Ouhua Shipbuilding in Zhoushan, China.

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    Expanded Panama canal sees first transit

    2016-06-27T00:00:00Z

    June 27 - The voyage by the Cosco Shipping Panama through the Cocoli Locks marked the official opening of the newly-enlarged Panama Canal.

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    UAFL names Simba

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - United Africa Feeder Line (UAFL) has appointed Simba Africa Maritime (SAM) to be its agents in South Africa from August 1 this year, replacing Seaclad Maritime.

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    Swire launches Pacific Islands service

    2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Effective July 1, Swire Shipping is launching a new twice-monthly direct multipurpose liner service from Australia to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.

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    'Small rise' in shipping confidence

    2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens, overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose slightly in the three months to May 2016.

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    BigRoll Bering delivered

    2016-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - BigRoll Shipping's second MC Class ship BigRoll Bering has been handed over to the company by Cosco Dalian Shipyard.

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    Grieg Star completes refinancing

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    June 17 - Grieg Star has completed a senior debt refinancing, involving extended maturities for the financing of 23 vessels in its fleet.

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    Bahri inks project cargo deal

    2016-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has signed an agreement with Bahri for the shipment of materials and equipment used in the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power.