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    The Friday Flyer - March 27th 2015

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    BBC goes fishing

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - BBC Chartering's vessel BBC Congo has shipped six fishing trawlers from Constanta, Italy to Maputo in Mozambique for the country's fishing industry.

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    When a ship's not a ship it's a problem

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Rotterdam-based law firm AKD says the lack of an unambiguous term to describe a 'ship' in several jurisdictions represents a potential threat to asset security for financiers, particularly in the offshore and renewable energy sectors.

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    Hapag Lloyd swaps finance chiefs

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Effective April 1, Peter Ganz is to relinquish his post as company cfo of the merged Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV operation (trading as Hapag Lloyd).

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    Reference guide to Iranian sanctions published

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - The North P&I club has produced a quick reference guide which aims to simplify EU and US sanctions legislation governing what can and cannot be shipped in and out of Iran.

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    Geodis revenue up 1 percent

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Geodis, which recently rebranded, achieved a 1 percent year-on-year increase in revenue in 2014 at EUR6.871 billion (USD7.43 billion).

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    Gefco names Kesler

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Gefco has appointed Emmanuel Kesler as director of finance and performance at its French subsidiary, Gefco France.

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    Sommer lifts tank with Liebherr

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Kranverleih Sommer has used its Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane to lift and position a 50-tonne tank at the Airbus plant in Bremen, Germany.

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    Tuscor Lloyds reels in the loads

    2015-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Tuscor Lloyds has coordinated the shipment of four steel reels, each weighing over 30 tonnes, from Rio Grande, Brazil to Aberdeen in the UK.

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    Strele in big Baltic crane delivery

    2015-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Lithuania's Strele Logistics has taken delivery of a 500-tonne capacity truck-mounted telescopic crane from Liebherr, which it claims is the largest model in the Baltics.

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    First high-speed trains arrive in UK

    2015-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The first five of 110 high-speed railcar units have been delivered to the UK port of Southampton from Kasado, Japan onboard Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' ro-ro vessel Tamerlane.

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    ARRC welcomes two

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers (ARRC) is welcoming two new vessels - Warnow Venus and Warnow Sun - into its fleet at the end of March and beginning of April 2015.

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    Liebherr Maritime Cranes eyes South Africa

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Liebherr Maritime Cranes has opened a new specialised maritime hub, including a sales and service centre, in Durban, South Africa, trading as Liebherr Africa.

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    Freja on the move in Norway

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Following a 15 percent growth in business in Norway last year, Freja Transport & Logistics is planning to move its head office from Fjellbo, north of Oslo, to a logistics centre adjacent to the E6 highway in Langhus.

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    The Wednesday Wire - March 25th 2015

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Your midweek delivery of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    LOC Group names two

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Marine engineering consultancy, LOC Group (London Offshore Consultants), has named John Quarrington as group marine warranty surveying manager, based in London, and Mark McGurran as Asia regional hull & machinery co-ordinator, based in Singapor

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    Wagenborg cooperates with Sitech

    2015-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Wagenborg Nedlift has signed an agreement with Sitech Services, which will see Wagenborg provide transport, rigging and project engineering services to several plant locations at the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands.

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    Traffic grows, investments approved at GPA

    2015-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) marked strong and sustained growth across all major markets during February 2015, including breakbulk, automobiles and machinery, as well as bulk and containerised freight.

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    Duluth-Superior predicts big year for project cargoes

    2015-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The Port of Duluth-Superior, which sees the start of its 2015 commercial shipping season today, is anticipating a banner year for project cargoes.

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    Olympia boosted by crane purchase

    2015-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The port of Olympia has purchased a previously-owned Gottwald GHMK7608 mobile harbour crane to boost its handling capabilities.