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    Rickmers-Linie restructures

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - Rickmers-Linie has confirmed media reports that it is proceeding with a restructuring programme; has seen a reduction in its fleet of chartered ships; a restructuring of its administration and operations functions; as well as a reduction in

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    Work piles up for SAL

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - SAL Heavy Lift has been chosen by Bilfinger to transport and install test piles and equipment for the Wikinger offshore wind farm's pile testing campaign.

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    Great reaction from Interfracht

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - Interfracht Air Sea Land Service has handled the transport of four 800-tonne reactors from Japan to Belarus.

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    Russian government orders reintroduction of TIR

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - According to the International Road Transport Union, Russia's government has issued an order to the federal customs service and ministry of transport to finalise as soon as possible the tender procedure to establish the TIR association in li

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    Arkon takes Lena from SAL

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - Arkon Shipping and Projects has purchased the multipurpose heavy lift vessel Lena from SAL and will rename her, Lena J.

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    No vessel big enough for Allseas

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - Allseas Group has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel to rival its current record-holder Pieter Schelte.

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    Airbus to replace transport fleet

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - In response to ever-increasing aircraft production, Airbus will upgrade its current fleet of five Beluga transport aircraft with five completely new aeroplanes.

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    HongFa Shipping to launch liner service

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - On January 10, 2015, HongFa Shipping is set to launch a new liner service between the Far East, Southeast Asia and the East Coast of South America.

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    MFC rises to Essar challenge

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - MFC India has handled the transport of components for Essar Heavy Engineering from Hazira to the Reliance Industries-owned Jamnagar Refinery in Gujarat.

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    Liburnia rocks the boat

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - Liburnia Maritime has chartered Jumbo's vessel Fairpartner to ship three tugboats and a survey vessel from Incheon, Korea to Iraq.

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    ARRC ups vessel capacity

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - The newbuild multipurpose ice-classed vessel Kingfisher will join Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers' (ARRC) service at the end of this month.

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    Ports clog up as Belgian strike goes ahead

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has advised that port workers in Belgium began a 24-hour strike today, which will end at midnight today.

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    IMO adopts polar waters code

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code), and related amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to make it mandat

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    Record volumes move across Georgia terminals

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - The Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) terminals in Brunswick and Savannah moved a combined amount of 2.79 million tonnes of cargo in October - a record for the authority.

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    Cargo floods in for Aaras

    2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - Aaras Project and Logistics Pakistan was appointed the shipping agent for the multipurpose vessel Han Zhi, which arrived at the Port of Karachi carrying 179 units of project cargo.

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    Holleman heavy haul

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Holleman Bulgaria has transported three over-dimensional chemical plant components - two evaporators and one separator - from Plovdiv in Bulgaria to the German port of Regensburg.

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    Lifting spectacle at Liebherr factory

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - At its premises in Rostock, Germany, four Liebherr cranes helped lift the manufacturer's new RL-K 7500 subsea crane in preparation for its shipment to Asia.

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    Terex extends portfolio

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Terex Cranes is expanding its Explorer series by adding a new model in the 130-tonne capacity class: the Explorer 5500.

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    St Lawrence Seaway closes for winter

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has advised that the Great Lakes - St Lawrence Seaway system will commence its closure period on December 1, 2014.

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    Metro Ports appoints new president

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Michael S. Ferguson has accepted the position of president for Metro Ports, replacing former interim president Norman Hauser.