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    Caitlin Ann joins Donjon's growing fleet

    2011-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - New Jersey-based heavy lift crane barge and barge operator Donjon has added a 2400-HP-class tug, Caitlin Ann, to its growing fleet to support the company's dredging, marine salvage, bulk material transportation and marine demolition services.

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    Decade of trading in UK marked by construction of new location

    2011-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - European abnormal and heavy haulage company Van der Vlist has celebrated 10 years of operation in the UK with the ground-breaking for a new location at Burma Drive, Hull, the new location of Van der Vlist UK from 2012.

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    Thinking outside cargo's box

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Helping project forwarders to improve efficiency by thinking 'outside the box' is a key objective of a two-day training course in New Orleans during the Breakbulk Americas week from October 24-27.

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    ALE's AL.SK190 North American debut

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - A series of record-breaking lifts at an oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, USA has been undertaken by UK-based global heavy transport and lifting company ALE, using for the first time in North America its award-winning crane.

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    WWPC names new member for Venezuela

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - With immediate effect, TotalViax, based in Caracas, Venezuela has been appointed as the exclusive Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) member in that country.

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    Macro trends scupper TBS results

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Shipping line TBS International has faced uncertain business conditions in 2011 created by three major macroeconomic factors which negatively affected TBS' financial results for Q2 and H1 2011, reveals Joseph E. Royce, chairman, chief executive

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    Etihad Rail signs deal with Emirates Steel

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Etihad Rail, the master developer and operator of the UAE's national railway network, and Emirates Steel, the largest integrated steel manufacturer in the UAE, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use rail as the primary method fo

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    Equipment owners network outlines expansion plans

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Wolfgang Karau, director of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) used a recent visit to Finnish member, Nurminen Logistics to outline some of the network's plans for future development.

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    Kita delivers for Turkish energy

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Turkey's Kita Logistics has delivered the components of a new 775 MW combined cycle power plant located in Denizli, Western Turkey, considered to be one of the two largest investments in the power industry to be transported in 2011.

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    Search for investors for Offshore Terminal

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The search for investors for a new Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) has entered the next phase.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift sets sail for Hamburg

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The recently launched shipping line, Hansa Heavy Lift has revealed plans to move from Bremen to Hamburg at the beginning of 2012, stating that "the many good reasons substantiating this decision to move outweigh those arguments for remaining in

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    New 747-8F completes certification flight tests

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The new Boeing 747-8 Freighter has successfully completed its certification flight test programme, with two aircraft landing at Paine Field in Everett, Washington.

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    BBC Chartering introduces transpacific service

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - BBC Chartering has launched a new monthly liner service that connects Asia with North America with the aim of further strengthening its position in the liner segment of the global project cargo, breakbulk and heavy lift market.

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    Toll names new MD

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Brian Kruger will become Toll's managing director on January 1, 2012.

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    Alabama to host first training event on critical lifting and load handling

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - The Alabama State Port Authority is to host its first training event from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    Jumbo appoints Tecnoil as Brazilian agent

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Dutch heavy lift shipping and offshore installation company Jumbo has appointed Tecnoil Comercio e Representacoes Ltda as its agent in Brazil.

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week.

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    Traffic down slightly for Seaports of Niedersachsen

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Whilst overall volumes were down three percent in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period of 2010, a number of ports in the Seaports of Niedersachsen saw double digit growth, with wind energy components showing particularly strong i

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    Project Cargo Network celebrates first birthday

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN), the fast growing association for heavy and OOG forwarders, is celebrating its first birthday today