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    PCN members keeping busy

    2017-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Westlink Logistics, an Australian member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN), has transported two patrol boats from Nuku'alofa, Tonga and Suva, Fiji to Cairns in northern Queensland for refurbishment.

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    GRT prototype flies to Singapore

    2017-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported a prototype of an autonomous vehicle developed by 2getthere, named Group Rapid Transit (GRT), on board a Boeing 747 freighter scheduled service, on behalf of Geodis.

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    ALP Keeper named

    2017-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - ALP Maritime Services has named its latest newbuild anchor handling salvage tug (AHST) ALP Keeper, at a ceremony in Japan.

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    Trucks hold the key to reducing oil demand

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Improving the efficiency of freight transport by road is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the latest report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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    Mammoet moves to the Max

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Max Group has contracted Mammoet to lift and install the heavy components at the Kushiara power plant in Bangladesh.

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    Liebherr on hand in Tula

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Mexican crane contractor ESEASA, has lifted and installed six tanks at the Miguel Hidalgo oil refinery in Tula, on behalf of construction contractor ICA Fluor.

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    PCN adds to eLearning

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added a load-outs module to its eLearning Platform, covering ro-ro operations, how to ballast a barge during the operation and keep it stable while taking advantage of a changing tide.

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    Dancing with lions and dragons

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Providers of project logistics services will be interested to read that over the past two decades, China has become Africa's most important economic partner according to a report from McKinsey & Company.

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    Hovago strengthens management

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Mobile crane rental company, Hovago Cranes has appointed Marcel Riemslag as general manager, and Robert Hermans as international sales manager.

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    Terex on the Horizon

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Scotland, UK-based Horizon Reinforcing & Crane Hire has added a Terex AC 40/2L all terrain crane to its fleet.

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    Zhukov in at Saint-Petersburg

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Vladislav Vladimirovich Zhukov has been named managing director of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg (SPSP), part of Universal Cargo Logistics (UCL) Holding, effective July 1, 2017.

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    Tinsley named at BIMCO

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - BIMCO has appointed Philip Tinsley as head of maritime security.

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    First job for Allseas joint venture

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - In India, the UK-based Allseas Global Logistics and Mumbai-based Seamless Projects' recently-created joint venture company, Allseas Project Solutions, has handled its first assignment.

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    Glavind to head up A2SEA

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - A2SEA has appointed Michael Glavind as ceo, replacing Jens Frederik Hansen.

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    Glavind to head up A2SEA

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - A2SEA has appointed Michael Glavind as ceo, replacing Jens Frederik Hansen.

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    Some success in court for Necotrans

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Yesterday's decision by a Paris commercial court to place Necotrans' 11 French subsidiaries under judicial control could help the logistics group find the strategic partner that it has been looking for, as well as assist with the sale of assets.

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    Cargolux adds Atlanta

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Cargolux Airlines has added Atlanta, USA to its destinations served from Zhengzhou, China (CGO), becoming the second US-destination, after Chicago, to receive direct connections to and from Cargolux's Chinese hub.

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    Canaveral's OOG handling sky-rockets

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster has returned to Port Canaveral, USA on board the drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You, after its successful launch and landing on June 23.

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    AAL takes the trucks to Russia

    2017-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - AAL has transported 13 haulage trucks, weighing 170 tonnes each, from Laem Chabang Port in Thailand to the Port of Nakhodka in south east Russia.

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    Keppel wins Boskalis work

    2017-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), has won a contract from Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis), for the conversion of the latter's semi-submersible heavy lift