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    AF Decom opens in Aberdeen

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - AF Decom Offshore, a specialist company in the removal, demolition, environmental reconstruction and recycling of buildings, industrial plants and offshore installations, has opened an Aberdeen office to target the emerging UK market.

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    Jakarta next for heavy lift seminar

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - The next seminar in a series of heavy lift and breakbulk cargo courses to be held by the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is to be hosted later this month at Oil & Gas Indonesia 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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    Lufthansa Cargo Charter doubles North American GSA coverage

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter has teamed up with General Sales Agent (GSA) Airline Network Services (ANS) to increase its coverage on the North American continent.

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    Up and under for Megatranz

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - If you can't go under, you have to go over: that was the message for transport managers when faced with the movement of three modules destined for a Brazilian oil and gas refinery.

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    A hamburger with triple BBC Chartering vessels

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - It was a case of once, twice, three times a vessel as a trio of leading German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering's vessels were in the port of Hamburg simultaneously.

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    Chapman Freeborn expands its On Board Courier (OBC) service

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - An old English expression has it that, for the want of a nail, the battle was lost. This sage wisdom sums up neatly the reality that even the biggest projects can flounder if an essential item stops working or is missing.

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    Liebherr delivers two to Onitsha River Port

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Major investment in the ports on the Niger River in Nigeria to allow discharge and loading of heavy lift and breakbulk items has resulted in the acquisition of two Liebherr Harbour Mobile Cranes type LHM 180, allowing the handling of project

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    Emirates SkyCargo launches first scheduled freighter service to Australia

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates Airline, is set to operate its first dedicated freighter service to Australia.

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    Bellville Rodair opens up in Shenzhen

    2011-09-06T00:00:00Z

    September 6 - Bellville Rodair International (BRI) says that the opening of a new office in Shenzhen yesterday marks the next step in its expansion plan for 2011.

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    Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft's latest newbuilding launched

    2011-09-06T00:00:00Z

    September 6 - Seatruck Progress has been successfully named and launched. She is the first of four identical ships ordered by the shipping company, Seatruck Ferries Ltd.

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    UN Security Council voices concern over maritime piracy in West Africa

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 -The UN Security Council has voiced concern over increasing maritime piracy, armed robbery and reports of hostage-taking in the Gulf of Guinea, saying the crimes were having an adverse impact on security, trade and other economic activities in

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    BigLift Shipping names new rep for Brazil

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - Effective September 1 2011, BigLift Shipping appointed BrazGlobal Project Shipping and Logistics Ltda as the shipping line's representative in Brazil.

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    BBC Chartering welcomes trio of newbuildings

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - BBC Chartering has taken delivery of its new heavy lift vessel BBC Amber, built at Jiangzhou Shipyard, China.

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    Boeing 747-8 Freighter first delivery set for September 19

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux on September 19 at Paine Field in Everett, US and Cargolux will fly the aircraft away that morning and put it into revenue service.

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    Somalia flights in demand for Air Charter Service

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - Cargo broker, Air Charter Service reports exceptionally high demand for charters carrying relief goods to drought and famine hit Somalia.

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    Somalia flights in demand for Air Charter Service

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - Cargo broker, Air Charter Service reports exceptionally high demand for charters carrying relief goods to drought and famine hit Somalia.

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    NICOLAS vehicles transport first prototype of new Siemens nacelle

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Danish transport company, Brande Maskintransport, recently transported the prototype of the new Siemens SWT-6.0-120 nacelle using heavy goods vehicles from the French manufacturer NICOLAS Industrie.

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    Allseas arranges novel project freight transhipment via Felixstowe

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Organising the transport from Scotland to South Korea of a heavy lift consignment measuring up to 7 metres in height required some detailed planning when a lengthy road trip from the point of manufacture in Aberdeen was never going to be an

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    ALE introduces second AL.SK190 crane

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - The success of its first AL.SK190 over the past three years has prompted ALE to introduce its second machine of this kind.

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    ASCO wins Statoil logistics contract

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - ASCO, a leading oil and gas logistic company, has won a contract worth over GBP 1.1 million (USD1.8 million) from Statoil ASA.