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    Clipper Projects transports wire rope reel for offshore industry

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - At 340 tonnes, a wire rope reel which was shipped on Clipper Projects' Clipper Century was the heaviest item delivered by its manufacturer to date.

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    Inchcape Shipping Services partners Palumbo

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is teaming up in a new strategic partnership with offshore logistics and freight forwarding specialist Palumbo SpA. to form ISS Palumbo Srl.

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    Winds of change at A2SEA

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Kaj Lindvig, who has played a major role in A2SEA since the company's launch in 2000, including ceo and most recently as chief strategy officer (cso), is being replaced by Martin Huss, currently the company's regional manager for Germany and t

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    Crowley names leaders for logistics group

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Following the news (HLPFI - October 4) that Jarvis International Freight, Crowley's Houston-based, freight forwarding, export packing and logistics division, has been absorbed into Crowley Maritime Corp, the company has announced leadership ch

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    Volga-Dnepr Technics adds maintenance unit at Frankfurt

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT), part of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group, has opened an aircraft line maintenance station at Frankfurt Airport, Germany.

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    Liebherr duo for Russia's Topkran

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Russian crane hire company, Topkran has taken delivery of two new Liebherr mobile cranes.

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    DB Schenker Logistics opens new hq London Heathrow

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Schenker Limited, the UK arm of the global services provider DB Schenker Logistics, has opened its new headquarters building at London Heathrow airport.The 9,900 sq m facility, which will also be the company's main airfreight hub for the UK.

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    Breakbulk event is all set for Houston

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - For only the second time in the event's 23-year history, the Port of Houston Authority will facilitate host port responsibilities for this year's Breakbulk Americas Conference and Exhibition at the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hil

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    Erickson Air-Crane buys back chopper

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated, a leading operator and the manufacturer of the powerful heavy lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, has bought back the Sun Bird Aircraft and associated spare parts inventory and accessories from San Die

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    Cranes on route with Altius

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The Projects Division of Altius, has been responsible for transporting four ship-to-shore cranes from Amsterdam to Vigo and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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    130 photographers compete for Volga-Dnepr Group awards

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Over 130 professional and amateur photographers from 23 countries submitted entries to a special photographic competition organised by Volga-Dnepr Group to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Antonov AN-124 freighter's maiden flight.

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    Peters & May signs up with Marine Invest to use Flat Rail system

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Peters & May, in conjunction with Marine Invest, have signed an exclusive agreement securing the use of the patented Flat Rail system in the UK, Italy and the USA.

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    Artworks fly with IAG Cargo

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - IAG Cargo, the single business unit of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has transported 50 oil paintings belonging to the Fundaci

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    Industrial Training International expands training and field services team

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Industrial Training International (ITI) reports a doubling of its employee head-count in the last 28 months adding instructors in the USA and Canada and business professionals at its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington.

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    Geodis Wilson leads logistics support for Panama Canal expansion

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Further to our report on August 31 (Sarens set to ship new Panama lock gates), Geodis Wilson, the freight forwarding and heavy lift specialist of Geodis, has advised that it is the lead contractor in the USD50 million contract awarded by steel

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - With three members of HLPFI staff at the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and two others heading to Houston for next week's Breakbulk America's event, it's been a little like the Marie Celeste in our head office this week.The news that Turkey, a key

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    More storage space completed on Niedersachsenkai

    2012-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - The completion of the final asphalting at the J. M

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    Call for standardised air freight security procedures

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Air freight top brass have called for global standardised security procedures across the industry, writes HLPFI's Emma Murray from the Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Atlanta, USA.

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    Breakbulk China 2013 to focus on developments, transport solutions

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Breakbulk China 2013 will attract 150 exhibitors and 5,000 qualified participants to the expo and two-day conference to network and discuss the future development of the industry and transportation solutions, say the organisers.