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GeoSea winds up offshore contracts
December 20 - DEME's marine engineering specialist, GeoSea, has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts for the Kentish Flats Extension wind farm in the UK and Gode Wind offshore farms in Germany.
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South Pacific is music to NYK's ears
December 20 - NYK will launch a new South Pacific Link (SPL) service between the Far East and the South Pacific islands from January, 2014.
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PIP package boosts B747-8 efficiency
December 20 - Boeing has delivered its first B747-8 aircraft with performance-improved GEnx-2B engines. The aircraft was delivered in a freighter configuration to Cathay Pacific Airways.
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All time high for shipping confidence, says Moore Stephens
December 20 - According to the latest shipping confidence survey from Moore Stephens, overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose to their highest level for more than three years over the three-month period to November, 2013.
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NordiKmaritime enhances European service
December 19 - NordiKmaritime's fortnightly European coastal service between Bilbao, Spain and Esbjerg, Denmark is being enhanced to accommodate inducement calls at ports en route.
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The Friday Flyer - December 20th 2013
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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No conclusions at FMC summit
December 19 - Maritime regulators from the United States, China and the European Commission met on December 17, 2013 to discuss the changing state of the global maritime business, in particular the development of container line alliances.
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Buoy oh buoy, Blue Water
December 19 - The Brazilian division of Blue Water Shipping has completed the discharge, heavy lift and storage of two 860-tonne mooring buoys on behalf of the Netherlands headquartered Bluewater Energy Services BV.
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Geodis appoints Metzger
December 19 - Andrea Metzger has been appointed managing director of Geodis Logistics Northern Europe, a separate entity grouping the logistics activities of Geodis in Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands.
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Mammoet completes Peabody desert haul
December 19 - Netherlands headquartered Mammoet recently executed a specialised project transport in the USA, delivering a 3,500-tonne dragline across 35.4 km (22 miles) of New Mexican desert to the El Segundo mine, on behalf of Peabody Energy.
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Intertransport puts pen to paper
December 19 - Intertransport Hohnholz has transported part of a paper factory from Moss, Norway and Muenster, Germany to Wuhu in the Anhui Province of China.
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MFC breaks internal delivery record
December 19 - Chennai, India based MFC Transport has delivered a 53-tonne calandria from the Walchandnagar manufacturing facility in the state of Maharashtra to a nuclear power plant in Kakrapar, India.
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Star turn for RollDock
December 18 - Dutch shipping line, RollDock BV, has taken delivery of RollDock Star - the latest of four prototype newbuildings - from Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG).
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Rickmers-Linie carries coldboxes
December 18 - Rickmers-Linie and KOG Transport have worked together to transport two 359-tonne coldboxes from Bremen, Germany to Jubail in Saudi Arabia.
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V. Alexander becomes Alexander
December 18 - V. Alexander International Logistics is changing its company name to Alexander Global Logistics, effective January 1, 2014.
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Hansa doubles up on Northern Sea Route
December 18 - Hansa Heavy Lift's HHL Lagos and HHL Hong Kong have delivered infrastructure cargo and large tugs from the Russian Baltic to the Far East using the Northern Sea Route before its winter closure this month.
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Mississippi freight flows again
December 18 - According to reports in the international media, the Mississippi River has reopened to commercial barge traffic near the Port of St Louis after a 36-hour closure; a number of barges were grounded last weekend due to ongoing shallow water lev
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Eisele and Chaudhary choose Terex
December 18 - Maintal, Germany based crane service provider, Eisele AG, has taken delivery of two Terex AC 140 Compact and one Challenger 3180 all terrain cranes in Zweibrucken.
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Giant imports take the Direct route to India
December 18 - India based freight forwarder, Direct Logistics, has handled the import of a shipment, with a total weight of 1,516 tonnes, from Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Kandla, India for the Lalitpur Super Thermal Power Project.
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Aaras completes power project
December 17 - Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) member representing Pakistan, Aaras Shipping Agencies, recently handled complex power project cargoes at Karachi Port.