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    New additions for Derrick Offshore

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Derrick Offshore has appointed two new shipbrokers to its Guildford and Aberdeen-based teams.

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    Open positions from Jumbo Shipping

    2009-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Jumbo Shipping has the following open positions:

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    20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference & Exhibition

    2009-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - All eyes are now focused on New Orleans where many of the world's heavy lift and project forwarding community is gathered for the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition.

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    Projects group strengthens supply chain networks

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) is getting a positive response from supply chain service providers to an initiative to expand membership categories.

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    WWL boosts China Express Service

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - Sailings on China Express, WWL's dedicated Japan-Korea-China ro-ro (PCTC) service, have been upped to three sailings a month because of a resurgence in trade between the three countries in vehicles, rolling equipment and non-containerised car

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    Logistics giants join forces with WFP to respond to Asian crises

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - Three of the biggest corporate names in global logistics - Agility, TNT and UPS - have joined international efforts to expedite supplies to hundreds of thousands of people affected by natural disasters in Asia.

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    UK freight forwarders alerted about US sanctions against Iran

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The British International Freight Association (BIFA) - www.bifa.org - is urging its membership which includes most of the UK's freight forwarding companies to be aware that new sanctions being taken by the United States against Iran may make

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    DSV drops interim name to return to old identity

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Just 13 months after the corporate merger of DSV Air & Sea and ABX Logistics Air & Sea, described at the time by mangers as "the perfect match", the expanded company will now officially be known, with immediate effect, as DSV Air & Sea GmbH.

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    Hola for BDP Project Logistics in Mexico

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - In order to serve the growing Latin American project market, BDP Project Logistics has opened an office in Mexico City.

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    Antwerp welcomes dredging go-ahead

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Antwerp Port Authority has given a warm welcome to the Dutch government's implementation of the treaty on deepening the Scheldt estuary, hailing it as an important step. However, managers are keeping the Champagne on ice until the dredging is

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    Agility Europe names Joerg Roehl senior VP Business Development

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Agility Europe has appointed Joerg Roehl as new senior vice president Business Development, reporting directly to Beat Simon, CEO Europe.

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    Boeing approached with large B747-8F order

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Global HeavyLift Holdings a Florida-based, US Defense Logistics Agency-listed air transport provider with offices in Michigan and Chicago, is putting forward the submission of an RFP (Request For Proposal) to Boeing outlining a requirement fo

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    FibreMax is a rising star

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - FibreMax, which manufactures lightweight precision cables using a unique production process, is the proud winner of the Rising Star Award 2009.

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    Canadians sail in for PD Ports

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - PD Ports is to be bought by a Canadian asset management company as part of an AUD1.5bn-plus recapitalisation by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI), which has been under pressure to sell assets to reduce its debt.

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    New general manager of Lufthansa Cargo Charter in Asia Pacific

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter has a genuine all-rounder to replace Eric Erbacher as general manger in Asia.

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    Russia grounds cargo planes after accident

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - The Press Association has reported that the Russian air force has grounded all its Ilyushin Il-76 heavy lift cargo planes for checks, after an accident in which an engine broke off the wing of an aircraft just before take-off.

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    Model shipment for Kuehne + Nagel

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - K + N handled the logistics of a full size model of the AVE train that, in 2015, will link the capital of Grand Canaria with the South of the island in the first phase and the North in the second.

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    Share issue for Tiong Woon

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Up to 34 million ordinary shares are to be issued by Tiong Woon Corporation (TWC) raise funds for the acquisition of more heavy lifting equipment.

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    Lift & Shift claims Indian record

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Lift and Shift India Pvt. Ltd (LSPL), part of the Natvar Parikh Group, claims to have transported India's largest and heaviest module.

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    SeaMetric cancels contracts for heavy lift vessels

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - SeaMetric International AS has cancelled the contracts for the construction of two heavy transport vessels in China.