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    GAC Group to support oil operations following investment boost

    2010-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - GAC has enjoyed a strategic investment from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, that allows the forwarder to acquire new ships to support offshore oil operations in a number of emerging markets.

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    TII Group looks back at Bauma 2010

    2010-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - Cargo handling equipment manufacturer TII Group has presented its Bauma 2010 after-show report.

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    Logwin opens in Kenya

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Cross-border transportation to neighbouring East African countries, including the delivery of aid supplies, plus project management will be services offered by Logwin's new subsidiary in Kenya.

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    STX Pan Ocean wins semi-sub contract

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - STX Pan Ocean has won a shipbuilding contract worth at least USD40 million to build a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel.

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    Magdenli on track for transit boom

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Ankara-based full service freight forwarder Magdenli is benefiting from a wave of Turkish public transport infrastructure investment.

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    Global expansion for Braemar Marine

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Braemar Marine Inc, the marine claims and risk assessment specialist, has expanded its operations in both London and Singapore via a series of key appointments.

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    Chain up with the future at the steel and project cargo forum

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Anyone who wants to find out more about the Port of Antwerp's strengths in the field of steel and project cargo should consider attending the Steel and Project Cargo Forum which takes place in London on Friday, 25th June from 9.30 am at the Insti

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    Out with the old, in with the new

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - ALE recently helped with the replacement of an old with a new stator at the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant project in Mexico.

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    Management changes at Peters and May as Jones takes charge

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Angus Bruce Jones has been appointed managing director of international yacht logistics solutions provider Peters & May Ltd and assumes responsibility for the company's global, non-US operations. He replaces Gerald Price.

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    Aveva makes acquisitions

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Cambridge-based engineering industry software provider Aveva Group has acquired Logimatic's MARS business from Logimatic Holdings.

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    Virginia targets heavy lift and breakbulk cargoes after box move

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - The Virginia Port Authority is making a concerted effort to attract more heavy lift project cargoes, breakbulk and ro-ro cargoes.

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    GAC sponsorship scores as Crystal Palace saved from liquidation

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Dubai-based forwarder GAC's sponsorship of English football club Crystal Palace was secure this week when the club was saved from liquidation at the 11th hour by a fans' takeover which took a full three months to negotiate.

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    GAC helps Sri Lanka upgrade its rail network

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - GAC Sri Lanka is supporting a year-long refurbishment of a 45 km stretch of rail line between Galle and Matara in Sri Lanka.

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    Fairstar signs for two

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has contracted Guangzhou Shipyards International to build two 50,000 DWT open stern, semi-submersible vessels at a fixed cost of just under USD102 million per ship.

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    DSV launches Entertainment Logistics division

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - DSV Entertainment Logistics is a new division of the DSV Group that will provide transport and logistics solutions across the entertainment industries with a particular focus on the music industry.

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    Independent firm to manage eight Saudi ports

    2010-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Reports in the international media indicate that Saudi Arabia is planning to create an independent firm that will manage the kingdom's eight ports under a gradual privatisation process.

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    Slowdown in US wind energy installations forecast

    2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A study from IHS Emerging Energy Research forecasts that 6.3 to 7.1 GW of wind energy installations could be installed in the USA in 2010, 40 to 60 percent lower than the 9.8 GW installed last year.

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    Agility delivers for Khafji Joint Operations

    2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - The Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) has awarded a five-year 4PL contract in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia to Agility.

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    Maxlines at the double

    2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Maxlines Forwarder Co Ltd, the exclusive member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for Taiwan, recently handled two notable projects.

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    New U.S chief executive for ASCO's Americas expansion

    2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - International oilfield logistics specialists, ASCO Group has appointed John Jordan has chief executive for the company's operations in the Americas.