All Shipping articles – Page 259

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    TBS fleet boosted by new delivery

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - TBS International plc has taken delivery of the M/V Comanche Maiden - the fifth in a series of six multipurpose tweendecker newbuilds ordered by the company.

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    Jumbo Shipping decommissions Fairmast

    2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - After almost three decades of transporting heavy lift and project cargo, Jumbo's Fairmast will be the first of its two D-Class vessels to be decommissioned.

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    Marine insurers welcome new ICS position on arming ships

    2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The International Union of Marine Insurance has welcomed the announcement by the International Chamber of Shipping that it is now taking a more neutral position on the use of private armed security personnel onboard ships to protect them fro

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    Powerful heavy lifter seen at rhb Rotterdam

    2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - SAL Shipping's Lone, which was recently delivered and named in Hamburg, is seen below loading pipes at the rhb stevedoring & warehousing terminal during its maiden voyage.

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    Liebherr extends its range of heavy lift offshore cranes

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    February 18 - The heavy lift offshore crane, type CAL 64000 - 1500 Litronic

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    Project forwarder network expands global footprint

    2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Heavy lift freight forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG), has strengthened its global footprint with several new appointments.

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    V.Alexander - ESF Gmbh busy with packing various export commodities

    2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Working together V.Alexander and ESF Friedrich Ellmers Shipping & Forwarding GmbH from Bremen, Germany, have shown their packing abilities on three recent shipments for export.

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    Change in Rickmers Group executive board

    2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Following 10 years with the Rickmers Group and after the successful conclusion of financing agreements for the Rickmers Group's newbuilding programme consisting of container and multipurpose vessels, Dr Moritz Mittelbach has stepped down as

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    Beluga confirms anti-piracy guards to be deployed

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Following the terrible hijacking of its ship, Beluga Nomination, Beluga Shipping has confirmed that it is deploying private security guards aboard some of its ships off the Somali coast and rerouting other vessels.

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    Railroad first for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - For the first time since the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor opened in 1970, the Lake Michigan port will have an onsite, dedicated rail-switching service. Norfolk Southern has been selected to begin providing switching services for customers of

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    Heavy lift companies boost Liberian-flag

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The actions of a number of leading heavy lift shipping lines, including Beluga, BBC, NSC and Rickmers, in registering their ships under the Liberian flag has helped the West Africa state to double the size of its flagged fleet in the ten year

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    Heavy lift companies boost Liberian-flag

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The actions of a number of leading heavy lift shipping lines, including Beluga, BBC, NSC and Rickmers, in registering their ships under the Liberian flag has helped the West Africa state to double the size of its flagged fleet in the ten year

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    GAC continues Nordic expansion

    2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - GAC Norway is continuing its expansion with the opening of its newest office at the south-eastern port of Borg Havn, Fredrikstad.

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    Breakbulk Asia posts record attendance

    2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - The organiser of the recent Breakbulk Asia event in Singapore has said that it will inaugurate Breakbulk China in Shanghai in early 2012, bringing the largest event in the heavy lift, project cargo and breakbulk maritime sector to the world's

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    Mexican wave for Maritima Tuscor Lloyds Spain

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Maritima Tuscor Lloyds Spain, part of the UK-based heavy lift specialist, freight forwarder and agent Tuscor Lloyds, has completed a heavy lift project shipment consisting of a 65 m, 210 tonne reactor platform from Aviles in northern Spain to

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    Legs eleven for WWPC

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - At the 11th annual membership conference of the Worldwide Project Consortium Ltd (WWPC), held recently in Mumbai, the current Board of Advisors were re-elected for another year of service.

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    Beluga Group selects Triple Point to manage chartering and vessel operations

    2011-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - Beluga Shipping has selected Triple Point Technology

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    Damco names regional head of ocean carrier management

    2011-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Damco has appointed S

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    GAC Group rides the waves with yacht shipping specialist

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The GAC Group is set to make waves in 2011 with the creation of Team GAC Pindar, a world-class sailing team that will both compete in international events and also provide specialist logistics solutions to the yachting community.

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    TBS managers inject new capital in refinancing deal with lenders

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Just weeks after HLPFI reported that various lenders had agreed to extend the forbearance period for heavy lift shipping line TBS International until January 31, 2011, and granted the line a six week repayment holiday, TBS has entered into am