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Ro-ro rationalisation adds fifth OT Africa Line ship
January 18 - OT Africa Line, a CMA-CGM group company, has restructured its ro-ro services, adding a fifth ship which allows the line to offer an improved service frequency with sailings departing Europe every 10 days.
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Konecranes acquires company in South America
January 18 - Earlier this month, Konecranes acquired Gruas Koman Limitada, the former licensee of Konecranes in Recoleta, Santiago, Chile. The acquisition also includes the Peruvian start-up subsidiary, Koman Gruas Peru S.R.L.
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Heavy lift crane developments driven by higher loads
January 17 - Industry observers have noted the significant co-incidence that as the current Heavy Lift & Project Forwarders International (HLPFI) is published containing an insightful article into the activity of crane manufacturers, clear trends are bein
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Coordinadora in latest heavy lift movement
January 17 - Madrid-based project forwarder Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas has moved a 170 tonne transformer from Seville to the Port of Tarragona for export from Spain.
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Ex-tra rental adds 53m capacity to its fleet
January 17 - Dutch materials handling and specialist heavylift transport hire company Ex-tra has added a 53 m long trailer to its hire fleet, suitable for the transport of extremely long loads.
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Crowley names vice president of Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba services
January 14 - Crowley Maritime Corporation has appointed Tony Otero as vice president of Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba liner services, based in the company's Jacksonville office and reporting to John Hourihan, senior vice president and general manager
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FESCO restructures its container business
January 14 - Fesco Transportation Group has reorganised the management system of its container business, forming a single logistics integrator responsible for the management of the group's business directions and companies that provide various types of co
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Bureau Veritas issues guidance for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
January 14 - International classification society Bureau Veritas has issued guidelines for the Classification and Certification of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
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Wilhelmsen Ships Service appoints new business director for Maritime
January 14 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Vidar Hole (pictured below) to the position of business director responsible for the Maritime Logistics Services portfolio.
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Safmarine and Antwerp bosses celebrate cooperation
January 14 - At an unveiling ceremony held at the headquarters of the Antwerp Port Authority, Safmarine CEO Tomas Dyrbye presented a ship model of Safmarine Kuramo to CEO Eddy Bruyninckx as a gesture of thanks for the many years of close cooperation betwe
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Agility name Klompers as chief of commercial strategies
January 14 - Agility Global Integrated Logistics (Agility GIL) has appointed John Klompers as chief of commercial strategies.
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Indial Shipping joins GPLN
January 13 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has announced the addition of Indial Shipping Pvt Ltd from Mumbai as its latest member.
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Swiss mountains are no problem for Fracht
January 13 - Swiss forwarder Fracht AG negotiated some challenging terrain to complete its latest move, writes Luke King.
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Air Charter Service announces promotions
January 13 - Air Charter Service has made a number of promotions within the cargo department of its London office.
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ACS's big-hearted look at 2011
January 13 - Philanthropic air charter broker, Air Charter Service (ACS) raised more than USD 75,000 last year for good causes, with money raised by staff matched by the London-based company.
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World's largest heavy lift vessel to visit India
January 12 - MV Svenja, which is claimed to be the world's largest heavy lift vessel with a lifting capacity of 2,000 tonnes and speed of 20 knots, will arrive in India later this week on its maiden voyage.
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Trends identified as latest HLPFI is set to land on your desks
January 12 - The latest edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) is due to hit readers' desks just as the year's trends for the heavy lift industry are becoming visible, say industry observers.
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Need for re-inspection grows to avoid catastrophes
January 12 - The trend by Western manufacturers of sourcing growing volumes of steel, alloys and metal components in the Far East from comparatively unknown suppliers has created a pressing need to re-inspect or 'overcheck' material certifications.
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Alastair Farley appointed to Braemar Shipping board
January 12 - Braemar Shipping Services (the Group) has appointed Alastair Farley as a non-executive director with immediate effect, says the UK-based international provider of shipbroking, consultancy, technical and logistics services.