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    Port of Savannah to host international port leaders

    2010-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) will host the 2010 International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) Mid-term Board Meeting June 7 - 9 in Savannah.

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    Rickmers signs fleet satcom deal

    2010-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - The Rickmers Group has agreed a deal with the Telemar Group, through its German subsidiary Telemar GmbH, to install broadband satellite systems across its fleet of more than 100 vessels.

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    PPG conference attracts members from 54 countries

    2010-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Project cargo specialists from 54 countries will gather in Antwerp from June 30 to July 3 for the third annual conference of the Project Professionals Group.

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    Panalpina charters plane for China heavy lift

    2010-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Panalpina chartered an Antonov AN 225 freighter to ensure the safe and smooth transportation of high-tech machinery from Hamburg, Germany to Shijiazhuang, China.

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    Volga-Dnepr Group takes the plaudits at Wings of Russia ceremony

    2010-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Two companies belonging to the heavy lift specialist Volga-Dnepr Group have won prestigious awards at the annual Wings of Russia National Award Ceremony held in Moscow.

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    BigLift for Coli Shipping in South East Asia

    2010-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Effective April 1, BigLift Shipping appointed Coli Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd as its representative in the South East Asia region, including the countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos and M

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    MK Airline grounding does not impact Panalpina's African cargo

    2010-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Panalpina has been informed by its partner MK Airlines that the carrier is temporarily suspending its operation due to a lack of adequate resources. According to MK Airlines it cannot maintain a service and safety level expected.

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    Agility posts rise in net profits in 2009

    2010-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Logistics major Agility posted an 11 percent increase in net profits over the course of last year, while revenues slipped by seven percent during the same period.

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    Near 100 percent growth for Krishnapatnam Port

    2010-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - It has been a year of setting numerous records for Krishnapatnam Port in only its second year of operations, with cargo throughput of 16.1 million tonnes for the last financial year compared to 8.2 million tonnes in the previous year.

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    Shipping confidence hits fifteen-month high

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry have risen to their highest levels for fifteen months, according to the latest Shipping Confidence survey by Moore Stephens.

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    Tuscor Lloyds opens for business in Rio Grande

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Tuscor Lloyds has added a Rio Grande office to its established network of offices and agents in Brazil, headed by Luiz Octavio Cavalcante.

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    Agility continues negotiations

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Trading of shares in Agility, the Kuwait logistics company, remains suspended and the company is reported to have further delayed the release of its 2009 financial results until April 11, pending whether it can resolve "a legal dispute with the

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    Expansion by Primax

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Brazilian project forwarder, Primax Transportes Pesados, is set to continue its expansion throughout Latin America with the opening of offices in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela this year, reports Rainbow Nelson from the Intermodal exhibition in

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    Fourth WCAPN conference goes to Spain

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - VIVA Espana! June 2010 will see the 4th WCA Projects Network Conference being held in Barcelona, Spain.

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    Hyundai Heavy enters Chinese wind turbine market

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Hyundai Heavy has signed an MOU to construct a wind turbine manufacturing plant jointly with Datang Shandong Power Generation Co., Ltd. and Weihai City Government.

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    Intermarine revises bunker surcharges

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Intermarine, the agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers and West Coast Industrial Express, has advised that the carriers will revise the bunker surcharges on all their services to/from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean with effective of Ma

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    Hoegh Autoliners names Jardine Shipping Services as agent for SE Asia

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Hoegh Autoliners has appointed Hong Kong's Jardine Shipping Services as its southeast Asia agent.

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    Standard Club advises on carrying yachts

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - As part of its loss prevention programme the Standard P&I Club has published Standard Cargo: A Guide to the Carriage of Oversized Cargo - Yachts.

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    Fifth 747-400F for AirBridgeCargo

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added a fifth Boeing 747-400 freighter to its fleet to compensate for delivery delays of the Boeing 747-8 freighter.

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service moves oil rig into Iraq

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - The Maritime Logistics department at Wilhelmsen Ships Service in Kuwait has completed the delivery of a major oil rig - RIG 161 - and its camp from Ahmadi, Kuwait to the South Rumailah Oilfield in Iraq.