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    Dockwise AGM approves delisting

    2013-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - At the end of last week, Dutch semi-submersible heavy lift specialist Dockwise Ltd held its annual general meeting (AGM).

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    CEVA pulls IPO on back of poor 2012

    2013-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - It has been reported that non-asset based logistics provider - CEVA Logistics - has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering (IPO). The apparent reason for the U-turn is the company's unfavourable performance that would have adversely

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    Anti-bribery recognition for GAC

    2013-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Integrated logistics, shipping and marine services provider Gulf Agency Company (GAC) has seen two of its subsidiaries - GAC Cyprus and GAC Greece - awarded TRACE International certification.

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    Sietas jack-up nears completion

    2013-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Financially troubled Sietas shipyard, Hamburg is in the final stages of construction of the first jack-up vessel designed and built in Germany, for Dutch marine engineering concern, Van Oord.

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    Agility grows in 2012

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Kuwait headquartered global logistics provider Agility has released its full year financial results for 2012.

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    Hanssy and OXL enter JV

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Heavy lift and multipurpose project shipping lines, Hanssy Shipping and OXL have entered into a joint venture cooperation.

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    NYK Line subsidiaries merged

    2013-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - NYK Line has confirmed that NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd will be created on October 1, 2013, as the home of the wholly owned subsidiary companies: NYK-Hinode Line Ltd and NYK Global Bulk Corporation; the merger of which was announced in Dece

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    The Friday Flyer - March 29th 2013

    2013-03-29T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, we are digesting the latest report from shipping industry consultant Drewry. It starkly shows that for the next few years the multipurpose sector will be in choppy waters. In the long-term, prospects are good, accord

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    Ulferts & Wittrock adds Terex crawler

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - German lifting and transport specialist Ulferts & Wittrock has taken delivery of the first Terex Superlift 3800 crawler crane.

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    Confidence reaches two-year high

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry recovered to their highest level for two years in the three months ended February 2013, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moo

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    Cordstrap recognised in the Netherlands

    2013-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Cargo securing system specialist Cordstrap has positioned 20th in the top 100 most successful small and medium sized manufacturing companies in the Netherlands - according to a MT Management Team magazine poll.

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    C.H. Robinson recognised as 'Top National Workplace'

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Multimodal logistics services provider C.H. Robinson has been named one of the USA's 2013 Top National Workplaces by WorkPlaceDynamics.

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    Times are still tough, says Drewry

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The multipurpose sector faces a difficult couple of years, but its long-term prospects are good, according to Drewry Maritime Research's latest Annual Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecast report.

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    Big container lines merger on ice

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - It would appear that the attempt to create the fourth-largest container shipping company by capacity has hit the rocks as Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg S

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    Kiel Canal set for new lock

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - At a parliamentary evening in Berlin - organised by the Port of Hamburg Marketing and attended by Pater Ramsauer, minister of transport for Germany, and 150 high-ranking representatives of politics, business and trade associations - the threat

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    GAC Egypt: anti-corruption certified

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Gulf Agency Company (Egypt) is the newest GAC Group subsidiary to become a member of the anti-bribery body, TRACE International.

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    CNCo returns to China with four ship order

    2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - The China Navigation Company Pte Ltd (CNCo), the deep sea shipping arm of the Swire group, has ordered four 22,000 dwt multipurpose vessels from Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Ouhua), Zhoushan, China.

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    K

    2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - For a third successive year, Hamburg, Germany based K

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    Agility moves in project loads to Caspian

    2013-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Global logistics provider, Agility has successfully completed the first delivery of equipment for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, the largest multi-stakeholder organisation operating an investment pipeline project in Russia.

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    Transition pieces loaded at Cuxport

    2013-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Cuxhaven e.V (HWG) - a group of companies working together to develop the Cuxport gateway, Germany - has handled heavy wind farm components destined for the Meerwind Sud/Ost wind farm.