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Fairstar bridges financial gap
December 14 - Fairstar Heavy Transport, the Oslo-listed heavy lift shipping specialist, has signed a USD30 million bridging loan facility for its newbuilding, Forte, with Bank of China.
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US Naval Attach
December 14 - During a call at the Port of Rostock, Intermarine's US-flagged heavy lift ship Ocean Titan was visited by Capt. William H. Suggs, United States Naval Attach
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Toll Group announces retirement date for head of strategy and M & A
December 14 - Toll Group has announced the impending retirement of long-time head of strategy, M & A, Stephen Stanley, effective 30 June 2012.
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Ports and carriers united on the need to weigh loaded containers
December 13 - The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has joined with the World Shipping Council (WSC), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), and BIMCO in the effort to encourage the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to am
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BBC Chartering shipment is out of this world
December 13 - Leading German heavy lift shipping line, BBC Chartering won a contract to transport radio telescope antennas for what is currently the largest cosmic project on earth, the ALMA observatory in the Chilean Andes.
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Oil and gas fuel Amytrans success in equipment shipment
December 13 - Full service freight forwarder and ship broker Amytrans Corp in Vietnam, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has arranged for heavy and outsized oil and gas equipment to be moved by chartered ocean vessel from Busan,
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Long distance successes for Ahlers
December 13 - Global offices of worldwide project cargo forwarder Ahlers have earned their Air Miles after organising two project movements that clocked up more than 15,000 km in distance.
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Fairmount Expedition delivers Castor topside in Spain
December 12 - Fairmount Marine's powerful tug Fairmount Expedition has safely delivered a 18,000 ton (16,329 tonnes) topside for process, utilities and living quarters for the Castor project offshore Spain. The topside was loaded onto Heerema's H-541 barg
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Doug Tilden joins Brookfield Ports Team
December 12 - Brookfield Infrastructure Group has announced that Doug Tilden (pictured below), former chief executive officer of Marine Terminals Corp, has joined the company as senior consultant for its ports business.
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Breakbulk events head for Shanghai
December 12 - The inaugural Breakbulk China Transportation Conference & Exhibition will be held February 28 - March 1, 2012, at the Intex Shanghai & Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai, China.
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Panalpina shifts power of decision closer to customer base
December 12 - The Panalpina Group is putting in place three regional CEOs for Europe/Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, tasked with implementing the recently defined Corporate Strategy 2014.
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Cargolux confirms guilty plea by two of its executives in US antitrust case
December 12 - Cargolux Airlines International has confirmed that Ulrich Ogiermann, special advisor to the company, and Robert Van de Weg, senior vice president Sales & Marketing, have entered into a plea agreement with the United States Department of Just
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5K Logistics delivers five power generation systems to New Mexico
5K Logistics delivers five power generation systems to New Mexico
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TT Club says freight forwarders face increasing liabilities
December 9 - International transport liability insurer, TT Club is warning that freight forwarders and other transport intermediaries face increasingly significant liability risk, particularly in emerging markets, as they tackle additional supply chain se
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Move One delivers oversize cargo to US Navy camp
December 9 - Move One has completed of the latest delivery of oversized cargo to Camp Lemonier, part of an ongoing delivery service to Djibouti.
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Hansa Heavy Lift set to swap Bremen for Hamburg
December 9 - From January 2, 2012, Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) will be headquartered in Hamburg.
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Early bird registration deadline looms for training course
December 9 - Early bird registrations close on January 13, 2012 for the Certificate of Achievement in Project Cargo Management two-day training course to be held in Shanghai during Breakbulk China.
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Air Partner cautious over prospects for current year
December 9 - At air charter broker, Air Partner, the board remains cautious in its assessment of prospects for the current year.
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Breuer & Wasel uses new Liebherr crawler crane in bridge exchange
December 8 - On its very first operational commitment, the Liebherr-LR 1600/2 crawler crane operated by Breuer & Wasel undertook a remarkable lift of a railway bridge weighing 454 tonnes into its future location.
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Brace of factory relocations for Van der Vlist a continent apart
December 8 - European abnormal and heavy haulage provider Van der Vlist has undertaken two factory relocation movements continents apart but using the same freight forwarding skills.