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    Nautilus names new coo

    2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Wilmington, California, USA based Nautilus International Holding has Michael F Giove as its chief operating officer, effective October 29, 2012.

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    GAC launches directory app for iPhone and Blackberry

    2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - GAC, the global provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, has launched a free mobile phone application to give users instant access to a directory of GAC contact details, wherever they are.

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    Megatranz offers big lift capacity

    2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Brazil based heavy lift and oversized transportation specialist Megatranz has acquired a Scheuerle modular beam STB-1,000 transporter.

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    China to protect inland shipping

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - According to a Reuters report, China is set to prohibit domestic companies from operating foreign-made ships on domestic waterways and will block foreign shipping companies from selling services in China

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    BaltShip transports world's longest wind turbine blade

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - International shipping and forwarder BaltShip has successfully transported the world's longest wind turbine blade from SSP Technology in Kirkeby, Denmark to Bremerhaven in Germany.

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    Shuttlelift crane for PCL

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - PCL Industrial Services, a group of independent construction companies that carries out work across Canada, the USA, the Caribbean, and in Australia, has purchased a Shuttlelift DB70 double-beam mobile gantry crane and a SB30 single-beam mobi

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    Austal goes with the wind

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Australia-based shipbuilder Austal has secured contracts to design and construct three 27-metre catamaran wind farm support vessels.

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    SC Line extends along South American coast

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Adding the 7,900 dwt vessel Monza Express to its fleet will enable ro/ro carrier SC Line to extend its Southtruck route from its hub in Cartagena, Colombia to the ports of Santos, Brazil and Zarate, Argentina.

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    Lombard takes over as ceo at Geodis

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - SNCF Geodis, the department of the French rail company responsible for freight transportation and logistics, has named Marie-Christine Lombard as chief executive officer of Geodis, effective from today (October 24, 2012).

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    Dreamliner delivery moves aid to Ethiopia

    2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Aircraft manufacturer Boeing joined with Ethiopian Airlines and Seattle Anesthesia Outreach to deliver 9 tonnes of medical supplies to Ethiopia's largest hospital, using the delivery flight of Ethiopian's third B787 Dreamliner to carry the go

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    P+S Werft workers offered transfer platform

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - A transfer company is being set up for all 1,750 employees of insolvent German shipbuilder P+S Werften?by the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, representatives of the works council at P+S Werften, and IG Metall, the dominant metal worke

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    Holleman moves heavy loads

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - Oversized transportation specialists Holleman Bulgaria, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) and the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE networks) of cargo agents, has transported a 75 tonne transformer measuring 7 m x 3 m x 3.9 m fro

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    Project forwarders course in Dubai

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) of heavy lift and project cargo agents is to hold Certificate of Achievement in Project Cargo Management professional development training courses in the Middle East.

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    HANSA HEAVY LIFT sets new record in Mumbai

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - An engineering team from HANSA HEAVY LIFT (HHL) safely loaded five reactors - two weighing x 930 tonnes in Mumbai and three weighing 360 tonnes in Dahej on the southwest coast of Gujarat, in the Gulf of Cambay) onto the HHL vessel Richards Ba

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    Transporting heavy lift cargo in containers

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - A presentation in St Petersburg at the Baltic Sea Freight Market & Ports 2012 Conference by Laura Langh-Lagerl

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    ITIC notes that persistence pays

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says persistence can pay off for shipping intermediaries looking to pursue legitimate claims in today's difficult financial climate. In the latest issue of its Claims Review, ITIC recounts th

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    Prangl - big lift in Austria

    2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - Austria based heavy lift specialist Prangl has handled the removal of a 135-tonne throughput stabiliser, which had to be dismantled and lifted out of a factory production room through the roof.

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    Liebherr heavy lift offshore crane joins InfraSea

    2012-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - A 1,500 tonne lifting capacity CAL 64000-1500 Litronic heavy lift offshore crane has been installed on the Innovation, a vessel owned by HGO InfraSea Solutions, and is ready to start work.

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    Lloyds offers greener port seminar

    2012-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - The Managing Environmental Performance for Ports & Terminals Seminar being run by Lloyds Maritime Academy on January 29 - 30, 2013 in London, UK will discuss environmentally sustainable solutions for greener port operations.

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    Heavy lift cranes position to raise Costa Concordia

    2012-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - One of the world's biggest ever heavy lift operations is under way as savage workers prepare to raise the 114,500 dwt cruise liner Costa Concordia, which sank in the Mediterranean with the loss of 32 lives on January 13, 2012.