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    Sarens remains tight-lipped on investment rumours

    2011-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - The Sarens Group, one of the world's leading multifunction heavy lift and transport companies, remains tight-lipped over recent reports in the Belgian media which suggest that it could be a potential target for investment groups.

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    Qatar Airways buys into Cargolux

    2011-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Cargolux has entered into a strategic partnership with Doha-based Qatar Airways. The deal includes the acquisition by Qatar Airways of a 35 percent stake in Cargolux and a commercial cooperation.

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    A2SEA in world first offshore installation

    2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - With five successful offshore wind projects under its belt, Vattenfall UK turned to Danish offshore wind installation business A2SEA to install the world's largest offshore turbines, R5, at Ormonde, 10vkm off the UK coast at Barrow-in-Furness.

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    Terra firma provides business for Plate Logistics

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Buenos Aires-based project forwarder Plate Logistics has undertaken a number of contracts that highlight the importance of underground exploration to the project cargo sector.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift launches tomorrow

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - The newly formed, Bremen based maritime shipping company, Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the international investment enterprise Oaktree Capital Management, which commences its business operations tomorrow, has revealed its f

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    Port of Antwerp congratulates Chipolbrok on 60th birthday

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Port of Antwerp congratulated Chipolbrok on its 60th anniversary during the recent Breakbulk Conference in Antwerp.

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    Study shows mixed messages for container supply for project cargo

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Project cargo forwarders who rely on containerised traffic are facing mixed messages as to the supply of ocean containers - a decline in the manufacture of new containers, an excess of idle containers and a forecasted upturn in global trade that

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    Strategic investments help St Petersburg efficiency

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    May 23 - The Sea Port of Saint Petersburg has revealed that it has invested RUB152 million / USD5.4 million in handling equipment, including nine Kalmar fork lift trucks with lifting capacity from 10 to 33 tonnes for handling of general cargoes, terminal

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    UK liner agency enters into administration

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Long-established UK liner shipping agency Johnson Stevens Agencies has entered into administration with the administrators, accountancy firm PKF, already agreeing deals shipping industry entrepreneur, Andrew Thorne to acquire certain assets from

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    Vancouver, USA secures funds for port improvements

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - The Port of Vancouver, USA is to receive a USD800,000 loan from the Washington State Community Economic Development Revitalization Board to improve port facilities.

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    Steil strengthens fleet with Nooteboom acquisitions

    2011-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Trier, Germany-based crane operator Steil Kranarbeiten has acquired mobile ancillary crane equipment from Dutch manufacturer Nooteboom.

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    Ethiopian Shipping Lines' vessels get MacGregor cranes

    2011-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Cargotec has confirmed a new order for 21 MacGregor variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes to be installed on seven 28,000 dwt multipurpose cargo ships being built at Huanghai Shipbuilding in China for Ethiopian Shipping Lines, with the c

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    Pedestal crane handed over just 15 months after deal inked

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Huisman, the Dutch-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has handed over a new 600-tonne pedestal crane after successful competition of load testing to clients Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd and MPI Offshore, just 15 months a

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    Breakbulk Europe starts next week

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - 'Thinking Globally for the Long Haul' is the banner for the 6th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & Exhibition which will take place next week in Antwerp, Belgium, from May 17 - 19.

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    Heavy lift specialist joins Tiaca board

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Volga-Dnepr's Vladimir Zubkov is one of four leading air cargo industry executives elected onto the board of directors of The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca).

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    Leading weather company acquires offshore forecasting technology business

    2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - MeteoGroup has acquired Nowcasting International, a global weather forecasting company specialising in metocean solutions for the offshore industry.

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    DHL set to boost Africa's oil and energy sector

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - DHL Global Forwarding is to launch four oil and energy centres of excellence across Africa over the next 12 months in Cape Town, South Africa, Luanda, Angola, Accra, Ghana and Mombasa, Kenya.

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    Investment spurs growth at Hamilton

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Oversized project cargo including Molson fermentation tanks, windmill blades and pressure vessels is cited by the Port of Hamilton as helping a cargo diversification programme aimed at doubling the volume of non-steel related commodities moving th

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    Cargolux in talks with Qatar Airways

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - The international business media is awash with reports that Cargolux is in talks with Qatar Airways about a minority shareholding in the European all-cargo carrier, with the Middle East airline reported to to be close to agreeing to the purchase o

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    Liebherr acquisition marks Neeb's 50th anniversary

    2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Neeb, the Wuppertal-based crane service company, has taken a strategic business move into expanding its fleet through the acquisition of a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane which caters for the needs of wind power systems installation.