All Shipping articles – Page 235

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    BaltShip transports world's longest wind turbine blade

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - International shipping and forwarder BaltShip has successfully transported the world's longest wind turbine blade from SSP Technology in Kirkeby, Denmark to Bremerhaven in Germany.

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    SC Line extends along South American coast

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Adding the 7,900 dwt vessel Monza Express to its fleet will enable ro/ro carrier SC Line to extend its Southtruck route from its hub in Cartagena, Colombia to the ports of Santos, Brazil and Zarate, Argentina.

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    ITIC notes that persistence pays

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says persistence can pay off for shipping intermediaries looking to pursue legitimate claims in today's difficult financial climate. In the latest issue of its Claims Review, ITIC recounts th

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    Transporting heavy lift cargo in containers

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - A presentation in St Petersburg at the Baltic Sea Freight Market & Ports 2012 Conference by Laura Langh-Lagerl

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - As another working week draws to a close, HLPFI's Friday Flyer, our round-up of news from the last few days, spiced up with a little anecdotal commentary from the editorial team, drops into your in-box.

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    Port of Vancouver USA secures development grant

    2012-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - The Port of Vancouver USA has securedUSD5.7 million in grant funding that will be used to develop 58 acres of the port's Centennial Industrial Park.

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    Barcelona trade mission to visit Brazil

    2012-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - The Port of Barcelona, in collaboration with the city's Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation, is toconduct a trade mission to Brazil between 4 and 8 November 2012.

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    ALE delivers warship prefabs

    2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

    October 17 - Global heavy lift and transportation company ALE has started the mammoth task of weighing, transporting, loading-out and loading-in sections of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier being built for the UK's Royal Navy.

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    HAROPA visits Hamburg

    2012-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - HAROPA - the joint promotional effort of the French ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris - is continuing its international marketing tour with a presentation tomorrow October 16, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany

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    Not all doom and gloom say project owners

    2012-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Speaking in a conference session on the second day of the Breakbulk Americas event in Houston last week, representatives of five large EPC companies were upbeat on prospects for the project cargo industry, outlining that it was "not all gloom

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - With HLPFI staff returning from the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and Houston's Breakbulk America event, it's all hands now back on deck at the office. Tales of joint ventures, takeovers and mergers throughout the industry have dominated this we

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    No immediate consolidation of liner shipping industry foreseen

    2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - A recent Alphaliner report suggests that the liner shipping industry is unlikely to see much consolidation in the foreseeable future despite the carriers' present financial difficulties.

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    Shipping boss ponders on industry prospects

    2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - In a keynote address to delegates of the 2012 Breakbulk Americas conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on October 10, 2012, Ron Widdows, CEO of Germany-based Rickmers-Linie, queried when there would be an economic pic

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    Clipper Group celebrates 40 years

    2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - October 1972 witnessed the founding of the first Clipper company by Torben G. Jensen and the company is now celebrating its 40th anniversary in shipping.

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    Inchcape Shipping Services partners Palumbo

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is teaming up in a new strategic partnership with offshore logistics and freight forwarding specialist Palumbo SpA. to form ISS Palumbo Srl.

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    Breakbulk event is all set for Houston

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - For only the second time in the event's 23-year history, the Port of Houston Authority will facilitate host port responsibilities for this year's Breakbulk Americas Conference and Exhibition at the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hil

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    130 photographers compete for Volga-Dnepr Group awards

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Over 130 professional and amateur photographers from 23 countries submitted entries to a special photographic competition organised by Volga-Dnepr Group to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Antonov AN-124 freighter's maiden flight.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - With three members of HLPFI staff at the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and two others heading to Houston for next week's Breakbulk America's event, it's been a little like the Marie Celeste in our head office this week.The news that Turkey, a key

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    Peters & May signs up with Marine Invest to use Flat Rail system

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Peters & May, in conjunction with Marine Invest, have signed an exclusive agreement securing the use of the patented Flat Rail system in the UK, Italy and the USA.