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    Transworld makes it four

    2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Transworld Projects, on behalf of Transworld Group of Companies, has employed a heavy lift geared, multipurpose vessel in the Gulf region for Inter P G Trade.

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    Volga-Dnepr flies SPMTs

    2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Volga-Dnepr has delivered two large self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs), with a total weight of 51 tonnes, from Austria to Khabarovsk, Russia, on behalf of the Russian company SWTrans.

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    Caspian expansion for Terex distributor

    2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Istanbul headquartered DAS Otomotiv, which has been an authorised distributor of Terex Cranes in Turkey for over 16 years, has expanded its distribution territory to include Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

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    Buhazza leaves Maximus

    2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - According to Middle Eastern media reports, Abu Dhabi based freighter airline, Maximus Air, has replaced its longstanding president and ceo, Fathi Buhazza.

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    Marketing focus at Air Partner

    2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - UK headquartered global air charter broker, Air Partner, has named Kiran Parmar its group marketing director.

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    Turk sees AN-225 future in Bahrain

    2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Turk Heavy Transport plans to become the second freight agent in the Gulf to bring the Antonov AN-225 freighter aircraft to Bahrain.

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    WCT supports PPG

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Heavy lift specialists, Project Professionals Group (PPG) has appointed World Container Trading GmbH (WCT) as its project support member for Germany.

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    NWSC leads with new heavy lift capacity

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - The 7,150 dwt dry cargo carrier, NEVA LEADER 7, built by Nevsky Shipyard LLC for Russia's North-Western Shipping Company (NWSC), has embarked on sea trials.

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    Volga-Dnepr and Chapman Freeborn in bus flight

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Chapman Freeborn has chartered one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines' IL-76TD-90VD freighters to transport an 18 m long Irisbus Citelis bus from Turin, Italy to Astana, Kazakhstan.

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    Geodis appoints Devasia

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Effective December 1, Geodis Wilson appointed Dean Devasia its new global chief information officer, and member of the freight management board.

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    City of Adelaide sails back down under

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - The world's oldest clipper ship, which was built in Sunderland in 1864, and carried migrants and cargo to South Australia via 23 passenger voyages between 1864 and 1886, has begun its return journey to Adelaide from Rotterdam, on Combi Lift's

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    ABS ups 'energy corridor' offering

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Classification society, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), will establish a new office in Houston, USA to serve its offshore industry customers.

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    GPLN welcomes Protranser

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Protranser International Logistics Co Ltd, based in China, has become the latest member of the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Port of Everett plans infrastructure upgrades

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The Port of Everett has adopted a USD64 million operating and capital budget for 2014, with critical infrastructure upgrades planned at the Washington, USA gateway.

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    Messina expands European service

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Effective December 21, Genoa-based Ignazio Messina is starting a new fortnightly liner service between north Europe and Portugal, with regular calls at Antwerp, Belgium and Setubal, Portugal.

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    Middle Eastern success for Liebherr

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Liebherr has received three mobile harbour crane orders from the Middle East, including two LHMs and the first LiSIM LHM 500 for the region.

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    Tyne tees up new crane

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The Port of Tyne has taken delivery of a brand new GBP3.5 million (USD5.72 million) mobile harbour crane, which will be capable of handling project cargoes as well as bulk and conventional freight.

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    Terex serves Mexican copper mine

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Grupo Mexico Mining Company has taken delivery of its first Terex AC 350/6 all terrain crane from Megamax, the regional Terex Cranes distributor.

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    IMO approves ballast water resolution

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - At the 28th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) assembly, the IMO plenary approved the resolution of the Ballast Water Management Convention 2004.

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    The Friday Flyer - December 6th 2013

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    There are mixed messages and no little confusion for shipping lines from this week's International Maritime Organization's (IMO) plenary approval of the resolution for the Ballast Water Management Convention. The convention will see all shipping designed