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    ALE handles Cumbria power lift

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Global heavylift and transportation specialist ALE has completed the transportation of a 26-tonne cable reel for a local utilities company to restore power to a village near Wastwater Lake, Cumbria, UK after ten months without power due to a

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    London International Shipping Week 2013

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - The UK capital London is to host its own International Shipping Week in 2013, when maritime industry leaders from across the globe will gather during the week of September 9 to 13, 2013, for meetings and events, concluding in a day-long gove

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    Gebr

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Gebr

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    Pipe dream of a job for IGS Qatar

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Doha, Qatar based Intergroup Shipping (IGS Qatar) has handled the delivery of a large shipment of pipes moved on special trailers from Doha port to a downtown construction site in the Qatari capital.

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    Mississippi closures threatened

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - The American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national trade association representing the US tugboat and barge industry, is calling on Congress to address a developing situation on the Mississippi which could effectively bring commerce on the

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    Heavy lift master class

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Having presented his two-day 'Heavy Transport & Lifting' seminar to more than thousand people in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the UAE and Singapore.

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    Tribble named ceo at Cordstrap

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Cordstrap, which specialises in cargo securing systems, has appointed Brad Tribble as the new ceo of the company.

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    Cargotec launches powerful terminal tractors

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Cargotec has introduced the new Kalmar TR626i and TR632i fully CAN-Bus controlled heavy terminal tractors - which are the most powerful models available in the industry.

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    Maersk plans to back off shipping

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - The UK based Financial Times newspaper has reported that Danish oil and shipping group AP Moller-Maersk will not invest significantly in its shipping business over the next five years and will focus on its oil, drilling rigs and ports.

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    Air Charter Service responds to Sandy

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, global broker Air Charter Service has been arranging aircraft charters to provide vital support to thousands of New Yorkers trying get their lives back to normal.

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    SF remarks on low level of ILO implementation

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - The International Shipping Federation (ISF), which represents maritime employers globally, says that the low level of implementation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 185, concerning the facilitation of shore leave an

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    Qatar pulls out of Cargolux

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Luxembourg based freighter operator Cargolux Airlines International today confirmed that Qatar Airwaysintends to exit from its 35 percent shareholding in Cargolux.

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    Last chance to register for project cargo training event

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Registrations close on November 23 for the Project Professional Group's (PPG's) Certificate of Achievement in Project Cargo Management professional development training in Dubai, which runs from December 3 to 4, 2012.

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    Inchcape Shipping wins Grieg Star business in Houston

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is the new agent in the port of Houston for specialist transportation & logistic services company, Grieg Star Shipping.

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    Australia creates world's biggest marine park

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Australia has created the world's largest network of marine national parks, protecting a 2.3 million square km (888,035 sq mi) area of ocean roughly the size of Western Europe.

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    Agility appoints road freight director, Europe

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has appointed Claus Duval as road freight regional director for Europe. Based in Agility's Basel, Switzerland office, Duval will be responsible for leading the development of the company's Europe

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - It's time again for another edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, giving you a round-up of news from the last week, together with a few comments and asides from the editorial team.

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    KAMAG takes US Space Shuttle on its final trip

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - The US Space Shuttle Endeavour made its final journey in October - a 20 km trip through the streets of Los Angeles carried on self-propelled modular trailers manufactured by Ulm, Germany based KAMAG.

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    TIACA welcomes ETS reprieve

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has welcomed the announcement by EU Climate Action Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard to suspend the inclusion of international aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and to allow the

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    Project Professionals Group enrolls Stella Group

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Project forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG), has appointed Stella Group as its new Project Support member for Finland, the Baltics and Russia.