All Shipping articles – Page 262

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    WWPC quartet teams up for Turkmen contract

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - CNC Freight Services of Malaysia as lead contractor, and DGT Logistics of Turkmenistan as the local contractor in country, has worked with two other members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) on a logistics contract for a Malaysia co

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    Turners Shipping joins BDP Global Network

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Turners Shipping (Pty) Ltd from South Africa has become a Premium Partner in the BDP Global Network - an alliance of small to mid-sized logistics companies.

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    Safmarine upgrades services between the Far East and both sides of Africa

    2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Safmarine's Far East - East Africa network has been further upgraded with the introduction of a direct service connecting Tanjung Pelepas and the South Chinese ports of Nansha and Yantian, with Mombasa and Dar Es Salaam.

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    GTL joins Pacific Power Logistics network

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Goods Transporter Logistics (GTL), an international freight forwarder and logistics provider based in Cambodia, has joined the Pacific Power Logistics network

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    Aaras handles complex cargoes through Karachi

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Aaras Shipping Agencies chartered the multipurpose vessel Hibiscus Lily to ship various heavy items into Karachi Port in Pakistan.

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    Braemar Seascope strengthens its research team

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Braemar Seascope has added a new research manager to its London-based research team with the appointment of Mark Williams, a highly regarded economist and consultant.

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    PD Ports director sets sights on new horizons

    2010-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Martyn Pellew, PD Ports' group development director, has stepped down after eight years from his full time role with the UK company.

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    Weather fails to delay windmill blade delivery

    2010-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Fierce snow showers failed to stop freight forwarders Maxlines of Taiwan and Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping of Shanghai from delivering a set of three windmill blades to a site in Mongolia.

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    Reel deal for Tuscor Lloyds

    2010-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Tuscor Lloyds, the UK-based heavy lift specialist freight forwarder and shipping agent, recently undertook the movement of a large cable reel on behalf of a large shipping agent in Scotland.

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    Delighted daughter Svenja sees 'world's largest heavy lift vessel' put to work

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - The first of two new vessels commissioned by Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) will today embark on its maiden voyage.

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    AOP Project Partners welcomes LEO Global Logistics

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Thailand's LEO Global Logistics is the latest member for fast-growing project forwarding network, AOP Project Partners.

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    Drive Our Economy task force cautions against costly obstruction in permitting process

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Further to our previous reports, in the USA, as the Idaho Transportation Department meets this week to discuss applications to ship equipment loads along a U.S. 12 route through the state, members of Drive Our Economy task force warn that con

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    GAC expands UK network

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - Sheffield has given a rousing welcome to the latest addition to the GAC Logistics UK network, which has opened its doors for business in the city.

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    Amarcon confirms RollDock order

    2010-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - Amarcon has confirmed that RollDock has ordered OCTOPUS-Onboard for its newbuild multipurpose heavy lift vessel, RollDock Sea which is due to be delivered soon. This vessel is a sister ship of RollDock Sun - pictured below - which has been in

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    Trade associations team up to fight against overweight containers

    2010-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The World Shipping Council (WSC) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has asked the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to establish an international legal requirement that all loaded containers be weighed at the marine port

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    Gottfried Schenker joins the Logistik Hall of Fame after 110 years

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Almost 110 years after his death, Gottfried Schenker , the founder of the Schenker forwarding company, has been posthumously inducted into the Logistik Hall of Fame in Vienna.

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    US plans more sanctions against IRISL

    2010-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against eight more Iranian shipping companies and four executives.

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    Scan Brasil to be auctioned

    2010-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Advertisements placed in the specialist shipping media indicate that Scanscot Shipping's Scan Brasil which is currently under arrest in Durban Harbour will be sold by means of a judicial public auction.

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    Blue Water Shipping wins FPSO logistics work

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Blue Water Shipping as been selected as the project freight forwarder to provide all logistics activities in connection with SBM Offshore's turnkey Cidade de Paraty Floating Storage, Production and Off-loading (FPSO) project.

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    Young freight forwarder of the year winner announced

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Philipp Kueffner, a 23-year-old shipping and forwarding agent with Karl Gross Internationale Speditions of Bremen, Germany, has won the twelfth annual Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award. The award was presented recently