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    Haiti disaster shows importance of humanitarian supply chain

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - The importance of logistics and the humanitarian supply chain has been in clear evidence following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.

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    Grimaldi renews maintenance with Cargotec

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Cargotec has secured two new MacGregor Onboard Care all inclusive contracts.

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    Smit and Boskalis sign merger potocol

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Further to the news uploaded here in December, Royal Boskalis Westminster nv (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale nv (Smit) have announced that they have signed a merger protocol for a full merger of the two companies.

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    Breakbulk Asia roars into the Lion City

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - We're just a few hours away from the start of the second Breakbulk Asia Transportation Conference and Exhibition which will be held at the Suntec Singapore international Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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    Ahlers handles oversize equipment from Ukraine to Uzbekistan

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Ahlers Tashkent has arranged the transportation of oversize equipment from Ukraine to Uzbekistan for one of its top clients, Zeppelin International.

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    Sugar shipment is sweet for WWPC members

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - WWPC members from Tunisia and France worked together to transport of a complete drying and cooling unit for a new sugar production plant in Tunisia.

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    Bidder places price tag on Monrovia Freeport

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - According to reports in the local press, the minimum investment to construct and outfit a Freeport for Monrovia, Liberia, will be at least USD200 million. This price tag includes the construction infrastructure costs and port equipment provis

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    ALE announces new global brand

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - The ultra heavy lift crane fleet AL.SK has been given a new name as part of a global rebrand for Abnormal Load Engineering, as the company, now called ALE, announced that it had been awarded a multi-million dollar contract involving the impen

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    Highways agency responds to criticism

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - The UK Highways Agency has responded to criticism of its new Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL) programme

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    Darka Shipping Agencies wins Red Sea contract

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - Darka Shipping Agencies, a member of the Port Sudan-based Darka for Trading and Services group, has secured a contract with Red Sea Petroleum Operating Company (RSPOC) to work the Block 15 (Tokar delta) section of the Red Sea.

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    OT Africa Line Takes Opera To West Africa

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - OT Africa Line, in co-operation with its German agent Ernst Gl

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    UK abnormal loads system criticised

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - David Collett, managing director of Collett Transport has confirmed that his company's experience of the latest version of the UK Highways Agency's (HA) new Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL) programme has been poor.

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    UK abnormal loads system criticised

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - David Collett, managing director of Collett Transport has confirmed that his company's experience of the latest version of the UK Highways Agency's (HA) new Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL) programme has been poor.

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    Alliance 21 join AOP Project Partners

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - Alliance 21 Pte Ltd of Singapore has joined the AOP Project Partners network.

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    Industrial Echo joins Intermarine fleet

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Intermarine has taken delivery of the Industrial Echo, the fourth in a series of four heavy lift newbuildings which have joined the company's fleet in the past 12 months.

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    Break bulk cargo in freefall at Halifax

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Cargo volumes for the Port of Halifax declined overall by 6.2 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, according to recently released figures.

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    Heavy cargoes mark rebirth of BHP wharf in Newcastle harbour

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - The arrival of a vessel with a heavy delivery for the Bayswater power station marked the completion of the multi-million dollar refurbishment of a berth at the former BHP steelworks site in Newcastle harbour, Australia.

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    Beluga super heavy lift ship completes maiden voyage

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - The inaugural voyage of the Beluga Houston, the first of the shipping line's P-series multipurpose project carriers, has been completed.

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    Miller becomes WCIE commercial co-ordinator

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Industry veteran Justin Miller has become the commercial co-ordinator for the West Coast Industrial Express (WCIE) joint service operated by Industrial Maritime Carriers and Associated Transport Line.

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    Global boat transportation alliance aims to make waves

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - PSP, a Southampton, UK-based freight forwarder with experience of moving boats and cruisers, is heading up a new global boat transportation alliance. The aim of the alliance is to give customers "an ever-improving, seamless global service, as