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Tandem lift for Beluga Stavanger
October 12 - Kurt, a working civil engineering platform belonging to Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser (TAGU) 50 m long and 22 m wide, and weighing almost 1,000 tonnes proved a challenging cargo for the two cranes of the multipurpose heavy lift project vessel Belug
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FleetWeather opens in Singapore
October 10 - FleetWeather Ocean Services has opened an office in Singapore and will be exhibiting at this week's Breakbulk Americas Conference & Exhibition in Houston, TX.
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Project cargo doubles at Rotterdam in first half
October 8 - The first six months of 2010 saw project cargo tonnage at Rotterdam port double over the same period in 2009, say port managers, as the port witnessed some strategic improvements in heavy lift shipping at the port.
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GPLN adds three
October 6 - Casablanca-based, Fast Global Logistics - http://www.fglog.com/index.html - has been accepted into the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) as the project forwarder group's first member in Morocco.
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Canadian truckers buy heavy lift haulage specialist
October 6 - Challenger Motor Freight, of Cambridge, Ontario and has acquired most of the assets of Sandrock Specialized Carriers, a special commodities carrier focusing on transporting heavy equipment and over-dimensional freight, established ten years ag
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Another set of heavy marine transport contracts for Dockwise
October 4 - Dockwise Shipping has secured another nine awards for heavy marine transport with a total contract value of USD 33 million.
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Seaports of Niedersachsen shows off its wind energy logistics capabilities
October 4 - Communication between manufacturers and service providers is essential for successful logistics in the wind energy sector, says the Seaports of Niedersachsen.
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Cleveland's heaviest load of all time
October 4 - Jumbo Shipping's Stella Prima arrived at the Port of Cleveland carrying a shipment that included a 286 tonne transformer destined for an AEP power plant in East Brilliant, Ohio.
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Special berth arranged for GAC heavy lift
October 1 - A recent heavy lift move at Dubai's Jebel Ali port required managers to arrange a special berth to allow the 1,000 tonne consignment to be loaded in a timely and efficient manner.
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Dockwise delivers first of 15 modules for Koniambo project
September 28 - Heavy lift shipping line Dockwise has been selected as the contractor of choice for the transport of 15 onshore modules for the Koniambo nickel project in New Caledonia, Melanesia in the southwest Pacific.
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Boom times ahead for SAL Shipping
September 22 - Heavy lift specialist SAL Shipping expects business to boom in the next 12 months as oil and gas developments, including Gorgon, gain momentum.
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Beluga Offshore Training Academy forms partnership to provide new training
September 21 - Beluga Offshore Training Academy (BOTA) and Deutsche WindGuard (DWG) have signed a cooperation agreement proposing joint training courses on offshore safety.
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Advance International is quality reaccredited for another three years
September 21 - Istanbul-based freight forwarder Advance International Transport (AIT) has been successfully re-certificated to global quality standard ISO 9001:2008, following an audit by Bureau Veritas which is valid until 2013.
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Bertling Logistics appoints FPS Sri Lanka as agent
September 20 - Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (FPS Sri Lanka) has been appointed as agent by Bertling Logistics India to offer wide-ranging point-to-point project cargo coverage to and from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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Beluga-Intermarine: rumours fly following report of takeover
September 17 - Tongues are wagging in the heavy lift shipping sector, following reports in the German national media that Beluga is set to make a spectacular, million-dollar bid for US rival, Intermarine.
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Shipping line group expresses disappointment with US regulation proposal
September 17 - The World Shipping Council has expressed its disappointment over an initiative in the US by a coalition of 32 groups representing importers, exporters and third-party logistics companies sent a letter to Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., cal
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Gel-coat protector to make shipments shipshape
September 15 - UK specialist yacht shipping and project cargo forwarder Peters and May has started to use a gel-coat protector as standard on all its maritime shipments for added protection during movements, says the Southampton-based company.
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Peters & May set to open in Hong Kong
September 14 - Peters & May, a major player in the provision of marine logistics, continues to expand its global network and is opening a regional sales office in Hong Kong, effective 4th October 2010.
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New player in heavy lift shipping launched
September 13 - A new Danish-based jointly-owned shipping company will be interested in cultivating heavy lift and project forwarding cargo utilising small to medium-sized ships worldwide activity, says an executive of the new line.
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Nordana adds Manzanillo and Panama
September 13 - Effective September 23rd, ro-ro and project shipping line, Nordana will offer service with multipurpose ro-ro vessels from its regular ports in the Mediterranean to Manzanillo in Mexico on its Mediterranean-Americas service.