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    Share issue for Tiong Woon

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Up to 34 million ordinary shares are to be issued by Tiong Woon Corporation (TWC) raise funds for the acquisition of more heavy lifting equipment.

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    Crane order proves right for Ainscough

    2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Ainscough Crane Hire has reported consistent demand for its recently increased fleet of heavy lift crawler cranes, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    European Commission adopts new Block Exemption Regulation

    2009-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - The European Commission has adopted a new Block Exemption Regulation revising the current exemption for liner shipping consortia from the EC Treaty's ban on restrictive business practices (Article 81).

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    BBC Chartering Genoa set to sail

    2009-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - Further to the news item posted on March 27, from September 21st 2009, Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC) will be 1000wned by BBC Chartering and Logistic under the new name, BBC Chartering Genoa Srl.

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    M&M completes Central Asian coverage following Tajikistan opening

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - Swiss project forwarder M&M Militzer & M

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    Scan Project Italy established

    2009-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Scan-Trans Holding has established Scan Project Italy Srl.

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    Heavy lift bonus for Panalpina

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - High and heavy activities are not a core activity for global forwarder Panalpina's airfreight arm but at present the sector is proving a lifeline in the current economic misery faced by the global freight forwarding industry.

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    Advance shows its bottle in Poland

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - International freight forwarder, Advance International Transport, is working on a major project freight management contract on behalf of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), shipping thousands of tonnes of machinery and material to support the c

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    Record profits for Tiong Woon

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon, a leading, one-stop integrated services provider of infrastructure businesses for the oil and gas, petrochemical, power and construction industries, has announced record profits for its financial year ending 30 June

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    BDP Project Logistics opens in Abu Dhabi

    2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - BDP Project Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International based in Singapore, has opened an office in Abu Dhabi.

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    Agility Norway adds air and oceanfreight services

    2009-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Agility is adding air and oceanfreight forwarding operations to the service portfolio offered by its branch in Norway.

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    Brake hosts Lower Saxony ports day

    2009-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - European policy for strengthening ports will be on the agenda of the 19th Lower Saxony ports day which will be held this year in the port of Brake on September 4th.

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    Shipping Australia publishes breakbulk study

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Shipping Australia has released the results of a study which it believes is the first to be conducted in the break bulk shipping sector in Australia.

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    Cargotec merges Hiab and Kalmar; renames business areas

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Following the recent merger of its Hiab and Kalmar business activities, Cargotec has formed two business areas: Marine, which comprises current MacGregor business area, and Industrial and Terminal, which comprises current Hiab and Kalmar busin

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    Air Charter International eyes prospects of emerging markets

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Commenting on Boeing's recent World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), Air Charter International has expressed its confidence that it is well-placed to capitalise on the projected tripling of world air cargo traffic over the next 20 years.

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    Dockwise on course to meet expectations

    2009-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Dockwise has announced a 35 percent increase in second quarter net profit compared to the same time one year ago, recording a net profit of USD17 million for the quarter ending June against USD13 million over the same period a year ago.

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    ASCO adds to European network with Dutch operation

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - ASCO Group Limited (ASCO) has announced a joint venture with the Maritime Service Centre IJmond (MSCIJ) Group of Companies in Holland.

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    Vestas factory closure threatens turbine shippers

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Carriers and project forwarders involved in the shipment of wind turbines may have been dealt a blow today with the news that Vestas Wind Systems is to close its blade factory on the Isle of Wight, UK.

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    Rickmers-Linie establishes UK liner agency

    2009-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - Hamburg-headquartered Rickmers-Linie GmbH & Cie KG, specialist in the transport of breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargoes, and Escombe Lambert Holdings Ltd have established a new liner agency company in the UK, Rickmers-Linie Agency Ltd.

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    Russian forwarder sees wind power potential

    2009-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - Russia could breathe new life into the country's project forwarding sector by investing in wind power technology, according to one local operator.