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Deep sea shipments lift Wilh. Wilhelmsen's results
August 11 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen results were lifted by continued increase in deep sea transport volumes and the group reports positive underlying developments in its activities.
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Konecranes completes Indian crane acquisition
August 11 - Further to our report on February 21, Konecranes has now completed the second phase of its acquisition of WMI Cranes Ltd increasing its ownership from 51 to 100 percent.
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PT Rolitrans International joins Project Partners in Indonesia
August 11 - The latest recruit for forwarder network Project Partners is PT Rolitrans International and its offices in Indonesia.
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BaltShip is AEO-F certified
August 10 - BaltShip is now certified as an Authorised Economic Operator (Customs Simplification" + "Safety and Security).
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Decade of trading in UK marked by construction of new location
August 10 - European abnormal and heavy haulage company Van der Vlist has celebrated 10 years of operation in the UK with the ground-breaking for a new location at Burma Drive, Hull, the new location of Van der Vlist UK from 2012.
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Thinking outside cargo's box
August 9 - Helping project forwarders to improve efficiency by thinking 'outside the box' is a key objective of a two-day training course in New Orleans during the Breakbulk Americas week from October 24-27.
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Macro trends scupper TBS results
August 9 - Shipping line TBS International has faced uncertain business conditions in 2011 created by three major macroeconomic factors which negatively affected TBS' financial results for Q2 and H1 2011, reveals Joseph E. Royce, chairman, chief executive
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Etihad Rail signs deal with Emirates Steel
August 8 - Etihad Rail, the master developer and operator of the UAE's national railway network, and Emirates Steel, the largest integrated steel manufacturer in the UAE, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use rail as the primary method fo
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Kita delivers for Turkish energy
August 8 - Turkey's Kita Logistics has delivered the components of a new 775 MW combined cycle power plant located in Denizli, Western Turkey, considered to be one of the two largest investments in the power industry to be transported in 2011.
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Search for investors for Offshore Terminal
August 5 - The search for investors for a new Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) has entered the next phase.
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Famous Pacific Shipping goes for gold in Olympic train trials
August 3 - Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, has donned its best sporting kit to start deliveries of railroad equipment from China to Brazil to support fans of the world's greatest sporting festiva
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Deep-water jack-up rig to start journey to new Bentley field
August 2 - A deep-water jack-up rig vital for the development of the Bentley oil discovery located in Block 9/3b in the North Sea, 160 km east of Shetland Isles on the western edge of the Viking Graben, has been delivered on time by the Keppel FELS shipya
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Octogenarian Otto blows out his birthday candles
August 1 - German industrialist Otto Rettenmaier who has, since the 1950s built a number of industrial companies, including the heavy-duty and special vehicles manufacturer the TII Group, has celebrated his 85th birthday.
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Toll Group buys German forwarder
July 29 - Toll Group is expanding its global forwarding business with the purchase of German ocean forwarder Andree & Wilkerling (AWG). Toll says that AWG
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Heavy lift aircraft join forces to deliver Sukhoi flight simulator
July 29 - A flight simulator for training Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight crews has been delivered onboard AN-124 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Ch
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Amarcon supplies software package to two German lines
July 25 - Dutch-based freight industry software house Amarcon has supplied software to two German shipping lines, which has led managers to consider that the German heavy lift sector is strengthening.
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W3G Marine and IHC Merwede work on new offshore vessel
July 22 - W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM's patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS)
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Two into one will go as ports of Rotterdam and Dordrecht join forces
July 22 - The ports of Rotterdam and Dordrecht, a few kilometres to the rear of the Dutch gateway, have become one single port in terms of nautical management and commercial activity from the beginning of July.
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100 percent for Fairstar duo
July 18 - Fairstar Heavy Transport reports that it achieved 100 percent utilisation of its two-ship fleet - Fjord and Fjell - in the second quarter of 2012.
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TIACA backs WTO's call for trade facilitation
July 15 - A call by the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to include trade facilitation in a new package of multilateral trade negotiations has won the backing of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) which says the move wou