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    National B747F crashes in Afghanistan

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    May 2 - National Air Cargo has announced that together with all related authorities, it is actively investigating the cause of this week's crash of Flight NCR102 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

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    WACO marks 40 years

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Independent global freight management and logistics organisation WACO System recently celebrated 40 years as a network during a four-day event in Mauritius.

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    Wikborg Rein adds shipping and offshore experience

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - International law firm Wikborg Rein has appointed two new partners to its shipping and offshore team.

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    Damaged Illinois river lock to hinder barges for weeks

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - According to reports in the international media, a northern stretch of the Illinois river - a key artery for connecting export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico, USA - is expected to remain closed for several weeks.

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    Clipper moves Indo-African shipment

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Copenhagen headquartered shipping line Clipper Group has shifted a 4,000 cu m project shipment from Bintan Island, Indonesia to Angola on board the 9,100 dwt Clipper Galaxy.

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    Dacotrans de Centro joins PCN

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added Dacotrans de Centro as its latest member, and first company representative in Honduras.

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    Concargo names Chonco as partner

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - South African Concargo Group has named Nathi Chonco as a shareholder partner and director. Chonco will work alongside company founder and managing director David Kruyer.

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    Areva barges generators to USA

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Paris headquartered industrial manufacturer Areva has delivered two steam generators to the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Red Wing, Minnesota, USA.

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    Volga delivers Turkmenistan equipment

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Russia's Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered 90 tonnes of oil and gas equipment from Singapore to Turkmenistan on board an AN-124-100 freighter.

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    Future arrives in full for Saga Forest Carriers

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - With last week's delivery of the Saga Fantasy, Saga Shipholding's (SSH) order for seven Future class open hatch box hold ships is complete. An eigth vessel is still to be delivered, but this is not going to be owned by SSH.

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    CONDOCK and Combi Lift to merge activities

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - In a move described as a 'bundling of core competencies', Harren & Partner and J. Poulsen Shipping, the owners of CONDOCK and K/S Combi Lift have announced that the two companies will merge activities from the beginning of May, with the CONDOCK

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    ITI - dangers of synthetic rigging

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - On April 25, 2013 Industrial Training International (ITI) hosted its Showcase Webinar Series titled Rigging & Sling Failures: Case Studies and Solutions.

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    Noatum names new operations manager

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Boris Wenzel has been named the new chief operations manager of Spanish marine terminal operator Noatum Ports, effective May 2, 2013.

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    Hill Dickinson adds shipping experience

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - International law firm Hill Dickinson has expanded its shipping team with the appointment of Ian MacLean as a partner to its London office.

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    GPLN concludes AGM in Abu Dhabi

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) successfully hosted its 10th Annual Global Meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE during April 16-18, 2013.

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    Q1 growth at Amsterdam Schiphol

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has seen its Q1 2013 freight levels grow by 2.25 percent year-on-year to 366,269 tonnes.

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    Agility's Q1 profit surge

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Kuwait headquartered logistics provider Agility has reported Q1 2013 net profits of KWD10.1 million (USD35.49 million) - a year-on-year improvement of 46 percent over Q1 2012.

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    Strong Q1 at port of Antwerp

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - The port of Antwerp handled 46.99 million tonnes of cargo in the first three months of 2013 - a year-on-year improvement of 1.4 percent over Q1 2012.

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    SC&RA Foundation makes senior appointments

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) Foundation - the research, education and charitable arm of SC&RA - has appointed its officers for 2013-2014.

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    Acid cooler flown to New Caledonia

    2013-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - A 54 tonne acid cooler has been flown from the DubeTradeport Cargo Terminal at King Shaka International airport, South Africa to New Caledonia, 1,210 km east of Australia.