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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - With just over a week to go before the Chinese New Year, HLPFI staff are beginning to break open the fortune cookies while looking forward to the lion parades near our London HQ.

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    Dockwise Vanguard enters into service

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Dockwise has taken delivery of the world's largest semi-submersible heavy lift vessel - Dockwise Vanguard.

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    Quartet develops offshore wind farm installation plan

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Project forwarder deugro Denmark A/S, together with partners Conquest Offshore, Amasus Shipping / Abis Shipping, have developed a joint plan for the installation of offshore wind farm components.

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    Dimerco delivers Paris-Shanghai project shipment

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Taiwan based global logistics services provider Dimerco Express Group, has successfully executed its 'Charter Cargo Project' - involving the shipment of 96.1 tonnes of over-dimensional cargo between Paris Vatry airport, France, and Shanghai P

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    Fairmount Marine delivers Tamar jacket

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Netherlands based Fairmount Marine has delivered the newbuild Noble Tamar jacket to the Tamar gas field in the eastern Mediterranean.

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    CaytransBBC strengthens Caribbean service

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Shipping line BBC Chartering will add the heavy lift vessel BBC Ocean to the CaytransBBC LLC service during February.

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    Combi Lift begins UK wind farm installation

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Combi Lift has commenced work on the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm project in the East Irish Sea, for client DONG Energy.

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    Indian crane takeaway for V. Alexander

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Bremen, Germany headquartered V. Alexander Logistics - a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network - has organised the shipment of approximately 2,500 tonnes of special cranes and equipment from Xiamen, China to Kolkata, India.

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    WCA prepares for 2013 Family Week

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Over 2,500 independent freight forwarders will gather in Bangkok, Thailand from March 3-10 2013 at what the organisers say will be the world's largest logistics networking event - WCA Family Week.

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    A2Sea on the double at Gunfleet Sands

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Sea Installer, 2SEA's second-generation offshore wind turbine installation vessel, has successfully installed two Siemens 6MW test turbines at the Gunfleet Sands 3 offshore wind farm in the UK.

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    Schot acquires first-ever Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 crane

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Alkmaar, the Netherlands based Schot Verticaal Transport, is preparing to take delivery of the first-ever Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 crane.

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    Sambo time at MIQ

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Kansas, USA headquartered MIQ Logistics has appointed Robert Sambo as manager of business development for the greater New York City area.

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    InterGlobal joins PCN for Israel

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added InterGlobal Shipping 3001 Ltd as a new member, representing Israel.

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    Political instability threatens Egyptian waterway

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in three Suez Canal cities, as rioting that has left dozens dead spills into a fourth day.

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    COSCO Holdings faces heavy losses

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - China COSCO Holdings Company Ltd (COSCO), one of the world's largest shipping lines, is staring at a second-straight year of heavy financial losses as it prepares to announce its 2012 performance figures.

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    All change at the top for DHL Industrial Projects

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - HLPFI understands that Hans Toggweiler, global CEO of DHL Industrial Projects, and a member of the DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Management Board (GFFB), will be leaving the company at the end of May.

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    Boskalis claims a 90 percent commitment to Dockwise takeover

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Following its announcement that it would make an all-cash, mandatory offer of EUR18.50 per share cum dividend for all issued and outstanding shares in Dockwise, Royal Boskalis Westminster announced this afternoon that it has acquired a furthe

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    Liebherr breaks records in 2012

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Equipment manufacturer Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes achieved its highest-ever annual turnover during 2012, as well as delivering its 1,000th mobile harbour crane.

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    HeavyLift@Sea presents prototype vessel

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - HeavyLift@Sea has presented a prototype draft of a new heavy goods transporter - the HLV1600.

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    Steder delivers pipes for port project

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - Netherlands based member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, Steder Group, has organised the shipment of approximately 26,000 tonnes of land and sinker lines from China to Doha, Qatar.