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    Boskalis breaks records in 2013

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - Royal Boskalis Westminster - the Netherlands based dredging and marine contractor - posted a record net profit of EUR366 million (USD511 million) in 2013, up from EUR249 million (USD347.7 million) in 2012.

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    Kita makes a move

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - Turkish project forwarder and logistics services provider Kita Logistics has relocated its Istanbul head office to a new location.

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    Ocean Ranger makes debut

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - Charleston Harbour's newest heavy lift crane Ocean Ranger, which is owned and operated by Charleston Heavy Lift Inc, made its first lift when it unloaded a 308-tonne generator onto a barge at Columbus Street Terminal.

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    Manitowoc reveals crane duo

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - Manitowoc revealed two new crawler cranes at CONEXPO 2014 - the 300-tonne capacity MLC300 and 650-tonne capacity MLC650.

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    DHL's Forwarding and Freight division results hit by challenging business environment

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 -In Deutsche Post DHL's (DPDHL) 2013 results, announced earlier today, the companies Global Forwarding and Freight division was highlighted as the weaker performer in what was largely a successful year for the group.

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    Blue Water renews Kazakh contract

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - Blue Water Shipping's Aktau facility has renewed a contract to provide domestic freight services for the Kazakhstan branch of Halliburton International Inc.

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    Spriggs turns to Hiab for Bloodhound move

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - UK based specialist haulage contractor Arthur Spriggs and Sons used Hiab equipment to help move a replica of the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car (SSC) - a 13 m long, 3.5 m high supersonic rocket and jet-propelled vehicle.

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    Royal Arctic Line reports deficit

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - A 9.1 percent decrease in freight volumes to and from Greenland has resulted in Royal Arctic Line posting a loss before tax and minority interests of DKK20 million (USD3.7 million) and DKK14million (USD2.6 million) after tax for 2013.

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    ISS appoints Lavau-Wira

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has appointed Olivier Lavau-Wira as vice president of sales, marine solutions, for its South and Central America region.

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    Stanford sees a renewable future

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Stanford University scientist Mark Jacobson has developed a programme for transforming the United States dependence on fossil fuels to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, using currently available technologies.

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    Logwin revenue falls

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - In its 2013 financial year, the Logwin Group reported total revenues of EUR1.22 billion (USD1.68 billion) compared with EUR1.32 billion (USD1.82 billion) in 2012.

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    Sea Star and Horizon face the music

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Sea Star Line LLC and Horizon Lines LLC will pay a USD3.4 million settlement to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when they knowingly fixed the price of government cargo transportation contracts between the USA and Pue

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    PSA Marine enters PB Sea-Tow talks

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Hong Kong headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping Limited has entered into discussions with PSA Marine to divest its harbour towage, offshore towage and infrastructure support business, PB Sea-Tow.

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    Success for CLC in Bangkok

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - CLC Projects held its fifth global conference in Bangkok, Thailand from March 7 - 8.

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    ArcelorMittal chooses PKP for super-long lines

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Poland headquartered rail freight specialist PKP Cargo Logistics has started handling 120 m long steel railway lines on behalf of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer.

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    1,000-tonne transport for K

    2014-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - K

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    Caterpillar move for Van der Vlist

    2014-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Van der Vlist has transported two CAT 777F dump trucks from the its Zeebrugge site to the Bastenaken Terminal in Belgium for shipment to Port Hueneme in California, USA for Caterpillar Used Equipment Services International (CUESI).

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    Conxion crosses borders

    2014-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Conxion Logistics & Heavy Equipment has transported a 95-tonne heat exchanger from Jebel Ali Free Zone in the UAE to Qatar, and offloaded it at the Qatar Petroleum refinery in Doha.

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    ISS appoints Ferguson

    2014-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has appointed Michael Ferguson as vice president of cargo solutions, terminals and port infrastructure.

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    Antwerp goes on the road with steel and breakbulk

    2014-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - The Port of Antwerp is taking its roadshow to China once more visiting Shenzhen, Shanghai and Ningbo with the emphasis on promoting its services for the steel and breakbulk sectors.