All Shipping articles – Page 253

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    Amarcon supplies software package to two German lines

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Dutch-based freight industry software house Amarcon has supplied software to two German shipping lines, which has led managers to consider that the German heavy lift sector is strengthening.

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    WWPC duo complete complex tunnel borer move

    2011-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Albacor Shipping and LS - Cargo International, both members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), have handled the shipment of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) from Germany to the USA.

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    PCN's famous five US members

    2011-07-18T00:00:00Z

    July 18 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has filled its US membership quota with the signing of its fifth US member, says Martin Pain, PCN network manager.

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    UK software picked by Chinese shipyard

    2011-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - A major Chinese shipbuilder supplying ships to the global offshore industry has acquired a management system that optimises project control, logistics, materials management, production, resources and planning specifically designed for shipyards.

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    Jumbo set to build in Croatia

    2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has announced a contract from Jumbo Shipping to build a heavy lift ship for one of the world's leading shipping companies involved in transportation of heavy or overdimensional cargoes.

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    Port of Everett celebrates 1,000th Boeing barge

    2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - The Port of Everett has celebrated the thousandth barge carrying aerospace parts for the Boeing Company's 747, 767 and 777 airplane models.

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    Saudi Arabia plans trans-desert railways

    2011-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Rail projects planned for Saudi Arabia could bring significant business for project forwarders and shipping lines.

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    MLB Manfred Lauterjung Befrachtung Spain joins GPLN

    2011-07-06T00:00:00Z

    July 6 - MLB Manfred Lauterjung Befrachtung is the latest member of The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN), reports Jamie May.

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    Doubts raised over business case for offshore wind power generation

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - A report by global business consultants, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, on the business case for the offshore wind power industry has determined that the industry "has some way to go to prove it can take its place as a sustainable part of the energy mix

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    African demand for heavy lift set to grow beyond 2021

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Africa is one of the few regions of the world where there is genuine expectation of large scale heavy lift growth in the next decade, claims global shipping forwarder and agent Tuscor Lloyds.

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    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics makes senior appointments

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added two senior officers to its global executive management team.

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    Jumbo Shipping opens for business in Bremen

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - Dutch heavy lift shipping company, Jumbo Shipping has opened a representative office in Bremen, Germany, in cooperation with German independent breakbulk and heavy lift shipbroker Coli Schiffahrt & Transport KG.

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    Project cargo powers double-digit growth at Bilbao

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - General conventional goods at Bilbao port, helped by project cargo activity, rose by 14 percent in the first three months of the year. Project cargo at the Spanish Atlantic port includes machinery, wind energy equipment, rail carriages, buses, pa

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    Albacor's move to Miami

    2011-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Albacor Shipping's Banning, California office handled the shipment of a heavy transformer from Savannah Port to Miami, Florida.

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    New ship deal for NSCSA

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia has signed a 'murabaha' financing agreement with the Saudi British Bank (SABB) and the National Commercial Bank for SR822.6 million (USD219.3 million) that will finance 80 percent of the cost to construc

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    Miguel Salas is CEVA's project cargo manager for Iberia

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - CEVA Logistics has appointed Miguel Salas as freight management project cargo manager in Iberia

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    Cruz doubles up IL-76TD flights for significant client

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Almaty, Kazakhstan-based project cargo forwarder Cruz Logistics recently required two IL-76TD journeys on consecutive days to move four load banks from Fujairah, UAE to Uralsk, Kazakhstan for a significant customer.

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    Medden sums up 2011 first half

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Turkish project cargo shipping agency Medden Shipping has been involved in a number of project cargo shipments around the Turkish coastline in the first half of 2011.

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    Costa Rica's Laninco joins GPLN

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has added Laninco S.A. as its latest member in Costa Rica

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    Jumbo Shipping delivers its largest ever container crane

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Jumbo Shipping has delivered a container crane measuring 71 m high and 29 m wide to the Port of S