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Antwerp bucks downturn in first nine months
October 20 - During the first nine months of this year, the port of Antwerp handled more than 132.19 million tonnes of freight, up 13.2 percent compared with the same period last year, when the volume was almost 117 million tonnes.
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Hiring round marks industry's health
October 19 - A round of worldwide hiring in the heavy lift and project shipping sectors suggest that pressure on bottom lines around the world is easing.
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GPLN signs up Fleet Line Shipping Services
October 19 - Dubai-based Fleet Line Shipping Services has joined the Global Projects Logistics Network (GPLN).
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Third time still lucky for Agility in Asia
October 19 - Project cargo and heavy lift operator Agility has won the prestigious Logistics Award for the third year in a row at the Lloyd's List Asia Awards ceremony in Singapore.
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FG International performs rapid riser hose replacement
October 18 - Dutch specialist lifting company FG International Holland has worked closely with partner CR Asia to replace the riser hose that forms the centrepiece of the Arthit and Bongkot gas concessions in the Gulf of Thailand for client PTTEP Thailand
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Chapman Freeborn flies up Sunday Times list with first time entry for Davies Turner
October 18 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has jumped 82 places in the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 list whilst Davies Turner, the long-established international freight and logistics company, has become one of only a couple of freight forwarders to b
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TT Club in appeal for increased vigilance in crane structural safety
October 18 - A global transport and logistics insurer is calling for increased attention to structural surveying of quay cranes as part of its ongoing drive towards loss prevention.
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WWPC adds Aerobrasil for North Brazil and Amazonia
October 18 - Specialist project forwarding network, the Worldwide Project Consortium, says that the growing number of significant infrastructure projects in Brazil will be important for its recently appointed new member in that country.
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Going underground to set world tunnel record
October 15 - After almost a decade-and-a-half of drilling, a giant machine has broken through the final section of the St. Gotthard area Alpine rock to complete the world's longest tunnel.
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Magdenli Transport four-square in heavy lift operations
October 15 - A quartet of heavy lift movements have been completed by Ankara-based project forwarder Magdenli Transport and Trade.
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German ports come together to market project cargo capabilities
October 15 - At this week's Breakbulk event in Houston the Germany seaports of Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein came together under the 'Seaports of Germany' banner to market their collective expertise and capabilities to handle heavy and out-o
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Millionth ship for Panama Canal
October 15 - A Chinese vessel has become the millionth vessel to transit the Panama Canal since it was built almost a century ago.
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Tschudi Project boxes clever on boiler shipment
October 15 - Project shipping company, Tschudi Project Transports has recently successfully completed the shipment of a major consignment from Asia to a construction site in northwest Europe.
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Profit surge for Fairstar
October 14 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has reported a rebound in EBITDA as well as net profits in the third quarter of 2010.
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Gulf drilling moratorium ends, but drilling must wait
October 14 - Following this week's end of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling, companies that are helping the industry meet new regulations are scrambling to keep up with increased business while oil-rig workers must remain idle until the new req
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA and Wallenius place newbuilding order in Japan
October 14 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WWASA) and Wallenius Lines have agreed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) to build two new pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs). WWASA will take delivery of the first vessel, which will commence service in 2012.
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Is heavylift cargo airship more than hot air?
October 14 - It might have come from the set designers of Star Wars or the pen of sci-fi genius HG Wells but an Australian proposal to construct a 150 m-diameter flying saucer-like balloon could be the next big thing in heavy lift operations.
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Air Charter Service reveals growth plans for Germany
October 14 - Global air charter company, ACS has recently seen increased demand in the charter market in Germany and has big plans for its Frankfurt office.