All Shipping articles – Page 280

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    ACL adds link to Casablanca

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Atlantic Container Line has added a weekly ro-ro service between the USA, Canada and Casablanca, transhipping cargoes in Hamburg.

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    Dockwise Secures new near-term contract awards

    2009-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Dockwise Ltd. has announced 8 new near-term contract wins awarded to its subsidiary, Dockwise Shipping, for the transportation of a jack up drilling rig and port & marine infrastructure.

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    Vestas factory closure threatens turbine shippers

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Carriers and project forwarders involved in the shipment of wind turbines may have been dealt a blow today with the news that Vestas Wind Systems is to close its blade factory on the Isle of Wight, UK.

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    Northeast Passage opened by heavy lift shipping

    2009-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - While the famed North West passage across the top of North America is often discussed as a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, less well known is the potential 12,800 km Northeast Passage across the top of Russia.

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    Dockwise welcomes return of Mighty Servant 3

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    August 7 - Mighty Servant 3 has rejoined the Dockwise fleet having been undergoing repairs and reparation at the Grand Bahama Shipyard since January 2008.

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    WWPC names Romanian member

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - Lion Shipping & Chartering SRL has been appointed as the exclusive member in Romania of the project forwarder network - Worldwide Project Consortium Ltd (WWPC).

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    Serving the Caspian

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The St Petersburg-based North Western Shipping Company is, according to reports in the Russian media, towing a new non-propelled barge from St Petersburg to Ravenna in Italy where it will load equipment destined for the construction of an oil a

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    Beluga carries world's largest buoy

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - It took the combined skills of shipping line, client and manufacturer to move a buoy some 27 metres high and weighing more than 1100 tons from Indonesia to an offshore location in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2009-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week

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    DB Schenker adds to shipment monitoring options

    2009-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - DB Schenker has launched the DB SCHENKERsmartbox service, a satellite-aided real-time shipment tracking solution which transmits a shipment's current GPS co-ordinates and any deviations from the predetermined route, and provides information on

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    SAL expands in Australasia

    2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Heavy lift carrier Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has opened a new office in Fremantle, western Australia, in an expansion of its Australasian operations.

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    New shareholders for EUROPORTS

    2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Luxembourg-based port operator EUROPORTS has two new shareholders.

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    Chipolbrok adds port calls and anticipates new ships

    2009-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Chipolbrok has recently added monthly calls at the ports of Haiphong and Singapore to its sailings from Northern Europe.

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    Dockwise secures more contracts

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Dockwise Shipping has secured eight new near-term contracts for the transportation of jack up drilling rigs, plus port and marine infrastructure, as well as a long-term contract for transport and installation on the Bonkot project in Thailand.

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    Heavy machinery flies into Kabul

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Two members of the Worldwide Project Consortium, a leading global franchise network for project cargo forwarders, have worked together to move three trucks and three telescopic handlers from Turkey to Afghanistan.

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    Rolf Riedl GmbH named top supplier by AREVA

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Leading global energy company, AREVA has named German heavy lift shipping specialist Rolf Riedl GmbH as one of its top suppliers out of more than 8000 suppliers in Germany.

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    Dublin airport lift for PPG members

    2009-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - Quality Freight Group (QFG) and TransGroup Worldwide Logistics are combining forces to deliver a shipment of 19 aircraft Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) along with their component parts from Utah to Dublin Airport's new Terminal 2.

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    Kuehne + Nagel doesn't expect market recovery just yet

    2009-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Kuehne + Nagel says that its half-year results confirm the Group's dual strategy of counteracting the economic crisis through strict cost management and a commitment to market share expansion.

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    Intermarine has the Edge

    2009-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Intermarine has taken delivery of Industrial Edge, the third in a series of four newbuildings entering the shipping line's fleet this year.

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    Nordana adds Sagunto to Intramed service

    2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

    July 15 - Nordana has added port calls at Sagunto to the itinerary of its iMED service.