All Shipping articles – Page 285

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    MarineLink appoints Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - MarineLink has announced the appointment of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada as its non-exclusive agent to market and sell transportation services related to the former's vessel, MarineLink Explorer, as well as the tugs and barges in the MarineLink fle

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    WWPC off to Frankfurt

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Heavy lift and project forwarder network, WWPC, will hold its 9th annual conference at the Westin Grand Hotel in Frankfurt, between May 28-30.

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    Sri Lanka project lifts FPS outlook

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (FPS) is seeing significant volumes of cargo beginning to move following its appointment as the preferred local freight partner by Danish contractor MT H

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    Historic UK shipyard equipment sails for India

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - The end of era is truly at hand, with the UK's Port of Tyne witnessing the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which Fairstar Heavy Transport, working with Offshore Heavy Transport AS (OHT) successfully loaded at the weekend, al

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    Successful cooperation for WWPC members

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - WWPC members, Maxlines International and Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping have cooperated during the shipment of a ship's steel block from Jiangyin port, China to a shipbuilding yard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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    Golfing around

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Congratulations to Andrew Saunders from Beluga who won the 2nd UK Project Shippers Golf Society Championship, held at the Kingswood Golf Club.

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    Record results now 'history' for TBS

    2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Whilst profits doubled for TBS International last year, the company is confronting an opaque market in 2009.

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    SBS Worldwide meets over-dimensional challenge

    2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Independent forwarder and logistics company, SBS Worldwide rose to the challenge when an existing client in Scotland advised of an over-dimensional consignment that needed to be moved to Singapore.

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    Mediterranean Project Chartering on the move

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Chartering & Logistic, is moving head office in Genoa.

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    Commercial team boosted

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Feedback from our readership, which includes over 7,000 shippers, shipping lines, ports and project freight forwarders all over the world, indicates that Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International is establishing itself as the must-read publ

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    Beluga anticipates new ships

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Beluga Shipping will take delivery of a new class of heavy lift cargo ship later this year.

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    Singapore Harbour shows sign of the times as capacity laid up

    2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - A colleague was taken aback when he saw the images of the ships laid up at Singapore Harbour because falling demand has made them unprofitable to operate.

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    Grieg Star Shipping commits to Rotterdam

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Norwegian shipping line Grieg Star Shipping is to retain its US Gulf/East

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    Dockwise secures nine contracts

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Dockwise Shipping has been awarded nine near-term contracts to the value of approximately USD42 million.

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    Fairstar successfully closes equity issue

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Oslo-listed heavy lift shipping line Fairstar has brought in NOK 54.97m (USD8.07m) from two rights issue of up to 10,000,000 new shares at subscription price NOK 5.0, of which 5,340,000 was underwritten by a syndicate of the Company's current s

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    Cosco builds two innovative heavy lifters

    2009-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - A pair of large semi-submersible heavy lifters designed by Cosco Shipping are being built at Guangzhou Shipyard International.

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    NSCSA to commence Charlotte heavy lift and project cargo call

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has confirmed to HLPFI that the Saudi Tabuk V 140 is now scheduled in Charleston on April 1st for the start of a new service from key East Coast US and Canada ports to Saudi Arabia, India an

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    TBS delays release of 2008 results

    2009-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - TBS International Ltd has decided to delay its earnings release and conference call for the fourth quarter and year-end 2008.

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    Antwerp breakbulk agency remains confident

    2009-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - A neutral breakbulk and heavy lift shipping agency, launched last year in Antwerp, remains in buoyant mood despite the current choppy waters facing much of the global marketplace.

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    Beluga Projects opens for business in Norway

    2009-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 09 - Under the name, Beluga Projects (Norway) AS, German heavy lift shipping line, Beluga Shipping GmbH has opened its first Nordic branch office in Stavanger.