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    DFDS christens ro-ro newbuild

    2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Danish shipping line DFDS has named the first of two newbuild ro-ro vessels at the Volkswerft Straisund shipyard in Germany.

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    JSC Transafe and Volga-Dnepr move oil gear

    2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Russian logistics provider JSC Transafe chartered a Volga-Dnepr Airlines AN-124-100 freighter to deliver a 95-tonne oil refinery compressor from Vladivostok to Krasnoyarsk.

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    Tiong Woon performs strongly in 2013

    2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - In its financial year 2013 (FY2013) results, Singapore headquartered Tiong Woon Corporation saw revenue rise 36 percent year-on-year over FY2012 to SGD200.5 million (USD156.2 million). Net profit during FY2013 equated to SGD17.6 million (USD13

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    WWL ALS opens South Africa office

    2013-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - WWL ALS - a division of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - has opened its first representative office in South Africa.

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    Ro-ro refurb at Kiel

    2013-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - The Port of Kiel, Germany, has completely refurbished its ro-ro facility at Berth No.1.

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    GPLN welcomes new members

    2013-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has welcomed a number of new members and offices to its ranks.

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    Jumbo Fairlift completes Pasajes project

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Netherlands headquartered heavy lift maritime company Jumbo has successfully completed a complicated project at the port of Pasajes, northern Spain, using its vessel Fairlift.

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    Dragon Dream passes government tests

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - California, USA headquartered Aeros - developer of Aeroscraft, an innovate rigid air vehicle capable of transporting heavy cargoes - has seen its prototype aircraft Dragon Dream pass all Pentagon and NASA tests, set out under the Project Pelic

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    Intermax delivers hoppers

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Intermax Logistics Solutions Ltd, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in China, was contracted to deliver 200 hopper railcars to Venezuela by CSR Meishan Co Ltd.

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    Huge gates arrive at Panama Canal

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Four new lock gates have arrived at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal, a major milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion programme.

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    HANSA HEAVY LIFT names interim boss

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Just one year after he was appointed ceo, HANSA HEAVY LIFT has announced that Tomas Dyrbye has left the company and will be replaced by Roger Iliffe its interim ceo.

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    Westlink completes railcar project

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Project Cargo Network member representing Australia, Westlink Logistics, has completed a huge project shipment between China and Australia.

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    The Friday Flyer - August 23rd 2013

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    For generations, children have enjoyed pirate stories - with romantic and thrilling tales of desert islands, gold bullion, walking the plank - leading to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series over the last few years. The reality, however, as experience

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    Entec acquires Terex lift

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - Manaus, Brazil based crane and heavy machinery rental firm Entec Longhi & Cia has taken delivery of a new Terex AC 500-2 all-terrain crane (ATC).

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    A.R.T. joins XLP in Lithuania and Kazakhstan

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - XLProjects (XLP) - the non-exclusive network of independent project forwarders and project charterers - has welcomed A.R.T. Logistics to its network, representing Lithuania and Kazakhstan.

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    ILO 2006 Convention ratified

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - The International Labour Organization's (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 came into effect on August 21, 2013 across 30 states, with other ILO member states scheduled to bring it into force over the next 12 months.

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    Suez Canal Authority issues assurance

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has denied reports that maritime traffic would be suspended and ensured full security to ships transiting the canal, according to a news item on the Japan Intermational Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) webs

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    Damco sees red in H1 2013

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - Freight forwarder and logistics services provider Damco has posted revenues of USD1.53 billion for the first half of 2013, up 0.6 percent year-on-year.

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    Nautical Institute's piracy book launch

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - The Nautical Institute is preparing to launch its newest book: Coping with Piracy, written by Steven Jones.

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    Masstrans joins PCN

    2013-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - Masstrans Freight LLC has been approved as a new member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) representing Dubai.