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Saudia Cargo adds Duggan
February 11 - Saudi Airlines Cargo Company (Saudia Cargo) has appointed Mike Duggan as its director of charter sales.
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Emirates adds second freighter from France
February 11 - Emirates SkyCargo has introduced a new weekly B777F service between Paris and Dubai, following the launch of a frequency between Lyon and Dubai back in 2013.
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UASC expands in South America
February 10 - United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has appointed the Ultramar Group as its local liner shipping agency partner in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
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Hamburg sees fall in project and heavy cargoes
February 10 - Whilst the total throughput of cargo at the port of Hamburg was up 4.8 percent at 145.7 million tonnes in 2014 - its best-ever result - project and heavy cargoes fell by 5 percent to 610,000 tonnes, made up of 134,000 tonnes of imports and 4
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Lloyd Fonds set to own ships
February 10 - Lloyd Fonds, the shipping and property funds manager, seems set to realign its business as a listed shipping company.
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New Terneuzen lock takes step forward
February 10 - Flemish minister Ben Weyts and Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen have signed a treaty between the Netherlands and Flanders for the construction of a new lock, which aims to improve access to the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen.
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Katoen Natie opts for Liebherr quartet
February 10 - Katoen Natie has invested in three new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes - one LHM 550 and two LHM 600s - in the port of Antwerp, as well as reinforcing its operations in Radicatel, France with a new LHM 420 crane.
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Tight squeeze for Riga-Mainz
February 10 - Riga-Mainz has used a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane to install a massive railway bridge for Deutsche Bahn in extremely constricted conditions on a site in Bad Wimpfen, Germany.
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Able breathes 'sigh of relief' at ABP step down
February 9 - Associated British Ports (ABP) has decided to abandon its attempts to challenge the government's approval of plans for the development of the Able Marine Energy Park on the south bank of the Humber.
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Van der Vlist keeps construction on schedule
February 9 - Van der Vlist coordinated the delivery of five out-of-gauge piling rigs used in a Volkswagen factory construction project from northeastern Germany to Poznan in Poland.
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Dockwise takes giant Goliat onboard
February 9 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has advised that the ENI Goliat FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel) has been loaded onboard the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard.
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Heroic launch for WWL
February 9 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has welcomed the first of its new generation of post-Panamax HERO (high-efficiency ro-ro) PCTC vessels, Thermopylae, into operation.
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AB2000 strengthens heavy haulage fleet
February 6 - Glasgow headquartered AB2000 has added two Volvo FH16-750 flagship tractor units to its fleet of vehicles.
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The Friday Flyer - February 6th 2015
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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Jade for Abu Dhabi terminals
February 6 - Jade Software is to supply its Master Terminal port management software to seven terminals within the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC).
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Liebherr in rental app launch
February 6 - Liebherr is offering its customers in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France the chance to hire construction machines using its new rental services app.
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Thai canal plan resurfaces
February 6 - Reports in the international media suggest that 200-year-old plans to build a canal through Thailand are gaining traction again, with rumours that the Chinese are willing to invest in the project.
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Wagenborg makes way to UK
February 6 - Wagenborg has transported three giant compressor units from Breda in the Netherlands to the UK's Bacton Gas Terminal, with the help of its partner Collett Transport.
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Wilhelmsen arrives in Abidjan
February 5 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service is now operational in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.