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    Spain calls for H

    2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - H

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    DLT designs for Doha

    2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Dorman Long Technology (DLT) has been awarded a contract by Qinhuangdao Tianye Tolian Heavy Industry for the design of a bridge deck erection gantry, a transporter and a pair of straddle carriers for the Doha Link of the Sheik Jaber Al Ahmad

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    Le Havre ups multimodal offering

    2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - HAROPA's port of Le Havre has invested EUR130 million (USD146 million) into a rail and barge facility, which is expected to begin operating in spring of this year.

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    UASC expands in South America

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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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    CEA appoints Deurwaerder

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Alain Deurwaerder has joined CEA Project Logistics as its new director of business development, based in Thailand.

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    Noronha joins Shipping Australia

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Shipping Australia Limited (SAL) has appointed Captain Melwyn Noronha as general manager technical services and industry policy.

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    Racing boats speed through Jaxport

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Portus has helped moved seven H1 Unlimited Hydroplane racing boats and eight specialty boat trailers through Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal.

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    Offshore cargo handling guide launched

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - A cross industry workgroup has published the latest edition of the 'Best Practice for the Safe Packing and Handling of Cargo to and from Offshore Locations' handbook.

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    Hamburg sees fall in project and heavy cargoes

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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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    GAC oils up (despite low prices)

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - GAC UK is sharpening its focus on the oil and gas sector with the appointment of two managers to serve clients with offshore operations.

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    Lloyd Fonds set to own ships

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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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    Port Manatee on a power trip

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Port Manatee is handling the import of several heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and other oversize units for the expansion of Tampa Electric's Polk Power Station in Polk County, Florida.

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    Tight squeeze for Riga-Mainz

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    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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    Aircraft rises above highway

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Sarens South Africa has lifted a Boeing 737-300 aircraft across the R21 highway in Kempton Park, Gauteng for aviation company Comair.

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    Record year for Abu Dhabi Ports

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Abu Dhabi Ports handled more cargo in 2014 than ever before, with a 37 percent year-on-year rise in general and bulk cargo.

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    Barloworld Transport launches cranes division

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Manline - a part of the Barloworld Transport group - is enhancing its abnormal load transportation, project cargo, rigging and lifting services to clients in the mining sector.

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    Bimco warns of renewed piracy threat

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - The Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco) is urging seafarers to exercise extreme caution when sailing in the Gulf of Guinea, following a spike in piracy activity in the region.