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    GAC adds four in USA

    2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - GAC has opened four new North American logistics offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles.

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    Tidal turbines guidelines published

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and tidal turbines.

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    Van der Vlist pumps up the volume

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Van der Vlist has coordinated the transport of two pump houses for a dredging vessel from Turkey to the Netherlands.

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    SC&RA critiques interchange design

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has published a white paper detailing how poorly designed intersections adversely affect the shipment of oversize and overweight cargoes in the USA.

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    Mammoet completes Westermeerwind piling

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - The Van Oord/Mammoet joint venture has driven the last foundation pile into the bed of the IJsselmeer, completing the foundation work for the Westermeerwind offshore wind park.

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    Panalpina makes Egyptian buy

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Panalpina is to acquire its long-standing Egyptian agent, Afifi - a family-owned company specialising in freight forwarding, Customs clearance and logistics.

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    Beginning of new life for Toll

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Toll Group today celebrates its first official day as part of Japan Post, after a USD5.1 billion takeover deal was agreed.

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    Ritchie Bros appoints new cfo

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Ritchie Bros has appointed Sharon Driscoll as its new chief financial officer, effective July 6, 2015.

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    Palfinger adds Malaysian dealer

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Salzburg-based Palfinger has appointed Asia Group Sdn Bhd - a Singapore-based crane rental company with operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Myanmar - as its new distributor for Malaysia.

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    Able looks to decommissioning market

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Able UK has been awarded the contract for the disposal of four offshore structures from the Shell-operated Brent field, which is located northeast of the Shetland Islands.

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    The Friday Flyer - May 29th 2015

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    WWPC member duo join forces

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - Members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), Portlog International and Steder Group, have jointly managed the transportation of pipes and dredging equipment from Mexico to Nigeria.

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    Eriksen to head up DNV GL

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - The DNV GL Group board of directors has appointed Remi Eriksen as the company's new group president and ceo.

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    Second con-ro cut for Crowley

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - VT Systems subsidiary VT Halter Marine has begun construction on the second of two LNG-powered con-ro ships for Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group.

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    Competitors club together in crane quartet delivery

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - The last of four new super post-Panamax wharf cranes for the Port of Houston's Barbours Cut Container Terminal have been offloaded from ZPMC's semi-submersible vessel Zhen Hua 13 after a 73-day journey from South Korea.

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    First for Bahri in Rotterdam

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia's (Bahri) ro-ro vessel Bahri Jazan has docked at the SCA Logistics terminal in the port of Rotterdam and taken onboard 200 trucks destined for the Middle East.

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    Micanti gets backing for Thorn-D antifouling

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - Dutch maritime technology company Micanti has closed an investment round with independent investment company Pindustry to finance the global roll-out of its proprietary antifouling technology, Thorn-D.

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    Crew safe after Purple Beach fire

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - On the evening of May 25 smoke was detected in the cargo hold of the multipurpose vessel Purple Beach, which is operated by Hamburg-headquartered MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping.

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    SDV wins UK aerospace contract

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has selected SDV to provide domestic and international logistics services in the UK, based on a three-year contract beginning May 1, 2015.

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    ADP appoints new ceo

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - Effective August 1, Nils Skeby will join Associated Danish Ports (ADP) as its new chief executive officer.