All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in August 2012

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    Chapman Freeborn organises first aid flight for Syrian refugees

    2012-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - London-based global aircraft charter specialist, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has worked in co-operation with the German charity Luftfahrt hone Grenzen (Wings of Help) to organise the first aid flight for Syrian refugees fleeing across the b

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    Chapman Freeborn organises first aid flight for Syrian refugees

    2012-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - London-based global aircraft charter specialist, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has worked in co-operation with the German charity Luftfahrt hone Grenzen (Wings of Help) to organise the first aid flight for Syrian refugees fleeing across the b

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    Intermarine and Scan-Trans merger

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Denmark's Scan-Trans Holding A/S and the US-based Intermarine, LLC are merging their operations under the Intermarine brand name.

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    Legs for the Caspian Sea

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Danish-owned global transport and logistics company Blue Water Shipping has moved 11,936 cu m of leg sections for a jack-up oil rig to Mariupol in the south-eastern Ukraine on the chartered heavy lift vessel Annette.

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    Massive caissons for sale

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Marcon International of Coupeville, USA, has been chosen to market four massive concrete caisson sections constructed in 1981 to drill exploration wells under the shallow Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Arctic.

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    Massive caissons for sale

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Marcon International of Coupeville, USA, has been chosen to market four massive concrete caisson sections constructed in 1981 to drill exploration wells under the shallow Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Arctic.

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    Dockwise notes benefits of Fairstar acquisition

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Headquartered at Breda, in the Netherlands, heavy marine transportation specialist Dockwise has posted revenues of USD216 million for the half-year period ended June 30, 2012, compared to USD198 million in the first half of the previous fiscal

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    Dockwise notes benefits of Fairstar acquisition

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Headquartered at Breda, in the Netherlands, heavy marine transportation specialist Dockwise has posted revenues of USD216 million for the half-year period ended June 30, 2012, compared to USD198 million in the first half of the previous fiscal

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    Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 mobile crane is in demand

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - In germany, North Rhine-Westphalia based Montra - Klingenberg has invested in a compact LTC 1045-3.1 mobile crane from specialist manufacturer Liebherr, informs Detlef Kalny, manager of the Montra branch in M

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    The ship that no-one wants

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - A German-registered container ship is being denied permission to enter EU waters for salvage, a month after the ship caught fire.

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    Swire Shipping strengthens Pacific liner services

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - Swire Shipping, the liner shipping division of The China Navigation Company, has strengthened its Pacific network with the launch of the new Asia Pacific Australasia ("APA") service operating between North, East and South-East Asia, Australia

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    DSV posts record first-half result

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - Multimodal global logistics services provider DSV has continued the positive trend seen in the first quarter of this year by posting the best-ever half-year result in the history of the group for the first six months of 2012.

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    PCN celebrates two-year bonanza

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - UK-headquartered Project Cargo Network (PCN) is marking the second anniversary since its foundation, having grown its presence over that time to now represent 148 members in 78 countries.

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    Grey area - BACA warns of rogue traders

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - BACA, the Baltic Air Charter Association, has condemned the continuing operation of 'grey charters', unlicensed cheap passenger and cargo flights that pose a significant risk to the public and harm legitimate operators.

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    Rickmers-Linie names Navitrans as Turkish agent

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - Rickmers-Linie has appointed Navitrans Agency Services as its agent in Turkey with immediate effect.

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    No Panama Canal toll hikes for container and breakbulk sector

    2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - The newly restructured Panama Canal tolls that increase in October will not affect the The container and breakbulk shipping sectors, for now.

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    Boats fly with Volga-Dnepr

    2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered two Mangust patrol boats from Moscow to Vladivostok to help maintain security during the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit being held in the Russian city next month.

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    Cranes and Equipment Asia joins CEE in Thailand

    2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Operating cranes, heavy duty trailers and equipment to rig and skid heavy items, the Laem Chabang-based company Cranes and Equipment Asia Co Ltd has been appointed a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) with immediate effect.

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    Andina Freight joins Project Partners

    2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - In Peru, Lima-based Andina Freight, has joined Project Partners, giving the project forwarder network representation in 60 countries with nearly 150 members

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    Famous five for ACL

    2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - After months of speculation, Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has confirmed plans to build five combination ro-ro / container carriers (Conro).