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    Swire Shipping New Zealand commences operations

    2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - Swire Shipping New Zealand has commenced operations and assumed the trade management responsibilities of Tasman Orient Line (TOL) and Swire Shipping's Trans-Tasman Service as well as the liner shipping agency activities of Quadrant Pacific A

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    Latest barge for Crowley

    2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - Crowley Maritime Corp has launched the latest in its series of heavy lift barges at Gunderson Marine Shipyard in Portland, Oregon.

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    Busy month for Ahlers

    2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - August was no holiday period for Ahlers Forwarding.

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    US Congressman welcomes third US-flagged heavy lift ship

    2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - A short ceremony at Industrial Terminals in Houston, Texas saw a US Congressman direct the raising of the US flag as the 8,000 dwt Ocean Charger became only the third heavy lift ship flagged in the US.

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    Scheuerle on track for client

    2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - A Croatian rail car manufacturer has ordered a rail car transporter from German manufacturer Scheurle for a new manufacturing plant to move rail cars and locomotives 'off the rail' within the factory.

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    Port of Hamburg sees XXL cargo movement

    2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - The Port of Hamburg has seen a significant outsize shipment that called for special handling techniques.

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    Heavy lift vessel Svanen at work for Belwind

    2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Ballast Nedam's heavy lift vessel Svanen has been commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the foundations of the Belwind offshore wind farm, off the Belgium coast. This is the first phase of the B

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    Blue Water brings rock-crushing equipment to Azerbaijan

    2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Azerbaijani project cargo forwarder Blue Water is undertaking a year-long project to supply vital rock-crushing machinery to the country's ore extraction industry from the US.

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    BACA glitters as it celebrate its diamond anniversary

    2009-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - The Baltic Air Charter Association is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a luncheon and awards ceremony at London's prestigious Guildhall next month.

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    Industrial Terminals expands in Houston

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Industrial Terminals, Intermarine's load centre in Houston, is about to complete an expansion of the terminal's main dock.

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    Multipurpose ro-ro vessel delivered to Grimaldi

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - The multipurpose ro-ro vessel Grande Benin has been delivered to the Grimaldi Group (Naples).

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    Duo of crane orders for Gottwald

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Hamburg port terminal operator Steinweg has inked a deal to acquire a Generation 5, G HMK 7608 mobile harbour crane (MHC) from Gottwald Port Technology for its multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Hamburg.

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    Fifth birthday for Global Project Logistics Network

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN), the large network of independent international project logistics specialists and charterers, has now turned five years old.

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    Kuebler's role in world record air freight uplift

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Spedition Kuebler, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, helped Frankfurt-Hahn airport claim aviation history by dispatching the heaviest single cargo item seen via airfreight.

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    WWPC adds new exclusive member for Jordan and Iraq

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Seven Seas Shipping Co, based in Amman, Jordan, has been appointed as the exclusive member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Jordan and Iraq.

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    Trana puts some wind into Martifer's sales

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Portuguese shipping agent, Trana - Agentes de Navega

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    Revised delivery schedule for RollDock newbuilds

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - RollDock, the Dutch heavy lift shipping company launched a couple of years ago, has issued a revised delivery schedule for the innovative new ships that it has on order at L&T Shipping in India.

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    Record profits for Tiong Woon

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon, a leading, one-stop integrated services provider of infrastructure businesses for the oil and gas, petrochemical, power and construction industries, has announced record profits for its financial year ending 30 June

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    French record for SDV

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - The Industrial Projects Department of SDV International Logistics has shipped and installed a series of four new generation transformers from Seville to Le Havre.

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    Heavy lift bonus for Panalpina

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - High and heavy activities are not a core activity for global forwarder Panalpina's airfreight arm but at present the sector is proving a lifeline in the current economic misery faced by the global freight forwarding industry.