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    Drewry's Oatway to deliver keynote address at Breakbulk South America

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Breakbulk Events has announced that Susan Oatway, senior consultant at Drewry Shipping Consultants, will deliver the opening keynote address at the first annual Breakbulk South America Congress, Dec. 6-7, 2011, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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    Airship conference more than hot air

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Organisers of the sixth Airships to the Arctic conference, to be held in Seattle, USA, on December 5 and 6, 2011, have published changes and alterations to the programme of the two-day event.

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    Marcon brokers ocean flat deck barge sale

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - The 10,000 dwt, Vanuatu-flagged ocean flat deck barge, DRC/Blake 1 (ex- Eide Barge 35, Pacific Horizon, MB-100, SLB-1 and SLB-2) has been sold to private South American buyers, marking the second time that Marcon International, Inc of Coupev

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    Toggweiler is new CEO for DHL Global Forwarding Industrial Projects

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - DHL, has appointed Hans Toggweiler as chief executive officer Industrial Projects at DHL Global Forwarding, Freight.

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    Dealers gather for Shuttlelift demonstrations

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Global mobile gantry crane manufacturer Shuttlelift has debuted its newest line of double-beam mobile gantry cranes during an international dealer meeting.

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    TTS International handles barge float off at Abu Dhabi

    2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - UAE-based Transport Technics and Services International (TTS International) has completed the loadout and float-off of a landing craft at Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi.

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    Lippitt assumes new role at PD Ports

    2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - PD Ports has appointed Geoff Lippitt as business development director. Geoff also joins the company's executive committee team, reporting to CEO David Robinson.

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    Going deeper at Krishnapatnam Port

    2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Heavy lift and multi-purpose vessels with drafts of up to 17.5 m will now be able to use Krishnapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh following a strategic programme of dredging and other works which has made the port one of the deepest in India.

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    PCN names first Nigerian member

    2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has signed up its first member in Nigeria, International Express Logistics Services Ltd (INTEX), based in Lagos.

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    Militzer & M

    2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Swiss-based Militzer & M

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    Hansa Heavy Lift says all P2s are now operational

    2011-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Following the successful resolution of all claims against the ship, Hansa Heavy Lift has announced that HHL Richards Bay is sailing once again.

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    3p Logistics adds office in Poland

    2011-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - 3p Logistics Group has opened for business in Poland and will represent the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in the country.

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    Emirates SkyCargo claims Boeing 777F cargo record

    2011-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Emirates SkyCargo is claiming a new record for the heaviest recorded single item ever carried by a Boeing 777F.

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    PD Ports appoints business development director

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - In the UK, PD Ports has appointed Geoff Lippitt as business development director. He also joins the company's executive committee team, reporting to chief executive officer, David Robinson

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    Dockwise presents mixed bag of results

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - In its latest financial statement, Dockwise has reported third quarter profits slipped as a rise in revenue was not enough to offset increased costs.

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    New CFO for the Rickmers Group

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Dr Ignace Van Meenen has taken up the position of chief financial officer (CFO) of the Rickmers Group in a role that will see him press ahead with the realignment of the group of companies to enable it to respond faster and more flexibly to

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    World record claim for Mammoet

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Mammoet has announced the successful test of one of its new PTC (Platform Twin-ring Containerised) Super Heavy Lift cranes.

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    Montana ready to issue permits

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - In the USA, the long-running saga over the movement of oversized loads for the Kearl Oil Sands project in north east Alberta, Canada, has taken its latest twist.

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    Ulustrans loads boilers

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Ulustrans Turkey loaded four steam boilers in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, onto rail cars and moved them to Halifax Port to be loaded onto BBC Fuji earlier this month.

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    Gulf oil and gas demand drives new CaytransBBC service

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - CaytransBBC, a service managed by New Orleans-based Dan-Gulf shipping, has commenced regular sailings of breakbulk vessels from the US Gulf to Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago, twice a month.