All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2010
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Nigeria targets unlicenced forwarders
January 29 - Reports in the Africa press suggest that the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria (CRFFN) is starting to register all freight forwarders in the country and warned that those who are not registered will not be allowed to
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Freighters World Conference comes to London
January 29 - Following a successful event in Barcelona in 2009, the tenth annual Freighters World Conference will be held at the Lancaster London Hotel on from April 22-23, 2010.
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DHL sets up in Bangladesh
January 29 - DHL has established a new joint venture in Bangladesh in which it will invest USD10 million over the next few years.
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BRIC to drive industry growth
January 28 - At this week Breakbulk Asia Conference and Exhibition in Singapore, Goldman Sachs (Asia) regional transportation research executive director Thomas Kim said that China's expected growth rate of 11.4 percent for the year and a shift in trading
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Blue Water handles Vestas wind turbines from China to Denmark
January 28 - Blue Water Shipping has handled the export of wind turbine equipment from China to Denmark.
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Panalpina scoops UK forwarders award
January 28 - Panalpina World Transport won the Project Forwarding category of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Freight Service Awards, the UK's most prestigious logistics and supply chain industry awards.
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UAL opens Angolan office
January 28 - Universal Africa Lines (UAL), which offers specialist shipping services in West Africa's 'oil and gas theatre', has added a new office in Luandam with Monique Gubler, formerly chief operating officer of a global logistics provider, appointed
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UK announces record acreage in latest offshore oil and gas licencing
January 28 - In the UK, a new round of offshore licensing aims to give a further boost to the country's offshore oil and gas industries and for the first time since 1998, also offers blocks in all areas of the UK seas for new licensing.
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UniSea Shipping moves heavy plant
January 27 - Pictured below is a photo of UniSea Shipping's Beautriumph discharging heavy plant machinery in the port of Cartagena, Colombia.
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Smit Internationale loses supervisory board member
January 27 - Monday's news that Royal Boskalis Westminster nv (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale nv (Smit) have signed a merger protocol for a full merger of the two companies seems to be behind the decision of Mr W Cordia to leave the Smit Internationale
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Karl Gross achieves AEO certification
January 26 - Germany based Karl Gross Internationale Spedition GmbH has been granted certification as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO).
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ABC names Network Cargo Systems GSSA for USA and Canada
January 26 - Network Cargo Systems International Inc, has been chosen as the general sales and service agent (GSSA) for AirBridgeCargo Airlines in the US and Canada.
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Haiti disaster shows importance of humanitarian supply chain
January 25 - The importance of logistics and the humanitarian supply chain has been in clear evidence following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.
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Grimaldi renews maintenance with Cargotec
January 25 - Cargotec has secured two new MacGregor Onboard Care all inclusive contracts.
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Smit and Boskalis sign merger potocol
January 25 - Further to the news uploaded here in December, Royal Boskalis Westminster nv (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale nv (Smit) have announced that they have signed a merger protocol for a full merger of the two companies.
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Breakbulk Asia roars into the Lion City
January 25 - We're just a few hours away from the start of the second Breakbulk Asia Transportation Conference and Exhibition which will be held at the Suntec Singapore international Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Ahlers handles oversize equipment from Ukraine to Uzbekistan
January 25 - Ahlers Tashkent has arranged the transportation of oversize equipment from Ukraine to Uzbekistan for one of its top clients, Zeppelin International.
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Sugar shipment is sweet for WWPC members
January 22 - WWPC members from Tunisia and France worked together to transport of a complete drying and cooling unit for a new sugar production plant in Tunisia.
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Bidder places price tag on Monrovia Freeport
January 22 - According to reports in the local press, the minimum investment to construct and outfit a Freeport for Monrovia, Liberia, will be at least USD200 million. This price tag includes the construction infrastructure costs and port equipment provis