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MAN Diesel has commenced the construction of a brand new multi-million pound Head Office at its PrimeServ UK location in Stockport . The factory, formerly the home of the Mirrlees Blackstone business in Hazel Grove, celebrated its centenary in 2008, the same year that approval was given to the plans for this new facility. Construction of the new...
A Southampton, UK-based ship repairer has taken over a 1,000 tonne lift facility in Portsmouth harbour. Testbank Ship Repair and partners Trafalgar Wharf unveiled the Rolls Royce syncrolift, said to be one of the biggest of its kind in the South of England. The lift was formerly part of the Halmatic boatyard, previously owned by Vosper Thorny...
Fintry Marine Design AG and Kockums AB , part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, have reached an agreement to co-operate in the marketing, design and construction of fast ferries, work and pilot boats built in an innovative carbon fibre reinforced sandwich structure. For the last five years, Swiss company Fintry says that it has been involved in desig...
In a breakthrough project, SPS Overlay (sandwich plate system) has been used for the first time by a Greek shipping company. In an 18 day project completed in June at China Shipbuilding Industry Corp’s Shanhaiguan yard, tanktops were reinstated on board the 150,940 DWT Capesize bulk carrier Star Ypsilon, owned by Greek company Starbulk, a wholly ...
PARIS —Approximately 185,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) have been scrapped in the first half of the year, said industry analysts. And according to AXS-Alphaliner , this may only be the beginning of a dramatic downsizing of containerized shipping. By year’s end, said analysts, more than 300,000 TEU of vesse...
ATLANTA—Earlier this week, UPS said it has extended its contract with Ford Motor Company and will continue to provide logistics services to Ford for the delivery of new cars to dealers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but UPS officials told LM the contract will be extended through 2012. UPS officia...
SAN FRANCISCO —While China and Taiwan still have a tense diplomatic relationship, their national-flag carriers are expanding their joint services. To help minimize the impact soaring bunker price and responding to the deteriorating market conditions between the Far East and South Africa / East Coast South ...
Norbert Ore, chairman of ISM’s manufacturing business survey committee, said many economic indicators are still below 50 on the 0-100 scale, meaning they are technically “contracting,” but there are signs of steady improvement. Ore said June marked the second month in a row that “the overall economy has experienced some slight g...
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