Energy logistics – Page 4

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    Saudia restarts Houston B747F services

    2015-03-02T16:48:54Z

    SAUDIA CARGO is to restart B747 freighter services from Houston, Texas, to Dammam and Riyadh via Amsterdam from mid June.The weekly service with a B747-400 nose-loader freighter will depart from the US oil industry centre on a Sunday, with Saudia Cargo planning to add a second weekly flight as of ...

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    Qatar Airways Cargo supports solar energy

    2015-03-02T15:41:44Z

    QATAR Airways Cargo has further linked itself to renewable energy by sponsoring the opening ceremony of the Qatar Solar Energy factory and research facility in Doha.The facility, which can produce solar panels capable of generating as much as 300 megawatts of energy annually, is located at Doha’s new industrial area.In ...

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers oil and gas drilling rig

    2015-03-02T15:11:36Z

    VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines has transported this 24-metre long oil-and-gas drilling rig.Outsize shipments technicians used a special aircraft ramp extension to load it onto an An-124-100 freighter, before a tractor dragged it into the cargo hold.The rig was flown from the Russian city of Novy Urengoy to Mirny-based Krasnodar Drilling, a branch ...

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    Air Partner in freight expansion mode

    2015-03-02T13:41:36Z

    Air Partner has expanded its freight team as it looks to build on its income stream.The UK-based charter broker had revenues of £11.7 million in the financial year ended January 2014, accounting for 5.2 per cent of group turnover, compared with £55.9 million for the private jets division and £148.7 ...

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    Ruslan's 'reelly' urgent cargo

    2015-02-27T11:56:59Z

    Ruslan International has moved 75 tonnes of urgent oil and gas industry coil-tubing equipment from London Stansted to Adelaide by AN-124.The company, which manages 17 giant AN-124 freighter aircraft for its partners Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Group, undertook the charter to support a drilling programme in the Coober Pedy ...

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    Bertling plugs into Antonov for power station logistics

    2015-02-24T17:06:02Z

    Germany’s Bertling Logistics has transported three power substations from Portugal to Argentina using Antonov Airlines freighters.The logistics operation required three An-124-100 flights to airlift nine outsize transformers from Porto, Portugal, to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.The sub-stations had to travel from the manufacturer’s facility (Efacec) to the end user ...