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    NYK ship makes Jaxport call

    2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - NYK's new ro-ro vessel Iris Leader has arrived at Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal, marking its first ever port call in the USA.

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    Collett brings girder to London

    2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - Collett Transport has delivered an 87-tonne steel plate girder from manufacturer William Hare's facility in the northeast of the UK to the Bishopsgate construction site in London.

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    Volga-Dnepr finalises Boeing order

    2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - Volga-Dnepr Group and Boeing have finalised terms for the acquisition of 20 B747-8 freighters, four of which have already been delivered.

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    GE delivers to Block Island

    2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - GE Renewable Energy's offshore wind turbine plant in Saint-Nazaire, France is completing the production of its first five Haliade offshore wind turbine nacelles, which will be shipped to the USA for installation at the Block Island offshore wind

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    Second launch for UECC

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - United European Car Carriers' (UECC) second newbuild pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Auto Energy, has been launched by the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China.

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    CLA wins Bloodhound contract

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - CargoLogicAir (CLA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to become the air cargo partner for the Bloodhound Project, which is attempting to set a new world land speed record in South Africa in 2017.

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    Atlantic Sea makes a splash

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - ACL has taken delivery of the third newbuild vessel in its G4 fleet: Atlantic Sea.

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    Seaboard extends Central American service

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - Seaboard Marine has launched a weekly service connecting the Port of New Orleans with Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.

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    Qatar Airways flying high

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - Qatar Airways Cargo has reported a record 2016 fiscal year, growing to the third-largest cargo operator in the word and increasing its freighter destinations to 54.

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    Vornholt to stay at Milwaukee

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Paul Vornholt has secured an additional four-year term as director of the Port of Milwaukee, USA.

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    LaGrange named on DOT committee

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - The US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration has appointed Port of New Orleans president and ceo, Gary LaGrange, to its maritime transportation system national advisory committee.

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    Manitowoc makes Montreal bridge lift

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Two Manitowoc MLC650 crawler cranes are currently working on a project to replace the Champlain Bridge, which spans the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Canada.

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    Boskalis to axe ships and staff

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) is making good on its prediction in March and has announced that it will go ahead with plans to retire ships and make wholesale redundancies across the company.

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    Boskalis ship attacked in Guinea

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Earlier this week, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre, six robbers in a boat armed with machine guns and knives boarded an anchored heavy lift vessel - believed to be the Boskalis ship Teal - at Conakry Ancho

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    EMS hails shortsea shipping

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - EMS-Fehn-Group managing director Manfred Müller has said that shortsea shipping has a “bright future”, agreeing that it is not only able to relieve road and rail from ever-increasing transport volumes but is also the best choice when it comes to

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    Daher in transformational rail move

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Daher in Germany has coordinated the delivery of a 240-tonne transformer from Halle, Leipzig to Grünstädtel by rail, using a historic locomotive and steam engine from the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

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    DFDS to charter newbuild duo

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - DFDS has entered into an agreement with the Siem Group - which acquired Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard in 2014 - to bareboat charter two newbuild ro-ro ships for a five-year period.

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    White Rock job for Blue Water

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Blue Water Shipping is beginning the delivery of 70 Goldwind G121 wind turbines for the White Rock wind farm in Australia.

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    Commission ends container antitrust case

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - The European Commission has concluded its investigation into antitrust pricing allegations against 14 container shipping companies.

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    LiftEx heads to Aberdeen

    2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - UK lifting exhibition, LiftEx, is taking place this year from November 23-24 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in Scotland.