All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in March 2013 – Page 2

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    ALE plays key role in i54 project

    2013-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - UK headquartered heavy lift specialist ALE has completed the transportation and installation of a 250 tonne bridge in South Staffordshire, UK.

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    Maersk links Sweden and South Korea

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Maersk Line has added the South Korean city Busan to one of its routes from the Port of Gothenburg. It is the first direct Maersk Line service connecting Sweden and Busan.

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    Saxony ports team-up to grow

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The newly-formed association of Lower Saxony Seaports has described its 10-point programme to improve its members' efficiency and competitiveness.

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    Times are still tough, says Drewry

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The multipurpose sector faces a difficult couple of years, but its long-term prospects are good, according to Drewry Maritime Research's latest Annual Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecast report.

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    C.H. Robinson recognised as 'Top National Workplace'

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Multimodal logistics services provider C.H. Robinson has been named one of the USA's 2013 Top National Workplaces by WorkPlaceDynamics.

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    CEE duo delivers Euro-Asia shipment

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network member representing Belgium, Heavy Logistics, has delivered a delivery duty unpaid (DDU) shipment of sensitive CNC machinery from Europe to Shanghai, China.

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    Georgia Ports sees cargo surge

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) saw strong growth in February 2013 with 2.27 million tons (2.08 million tonnes) of freight handled at its gateways - a year-on-year improvement of 6.9 percent over February 2012.

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    Canadian bison fly Russian

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Russian freighter operator Volga-Dnepr Airlines has shipped 30 bison calves from Edmonton, Canada to Yakutia, Russia onboard an IL-76TD-90VD.

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    Bahri uses new fleet to boost US services

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), as a part of its fleet renewal programme, has scrapped its general cargo vessel Saudi Diriyah for a sum of SAR30.3 million (USD8.04 million).

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    Saudia Cargo adds two B747-8Fs

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Saudi Airlines Cargo - the air freight arm of Saudia Airlines - has added its first two B747-8 freighters to its fleet.

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    Sarens uses Terex lift

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Belgian crane services provider Sarens has used a Terex CC 9800 crawler crane at Rostock port to load support columns for offshore wind farm foundations in the Baltic Sea.

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    Jumbo's Fairpartner shifts heavy loads

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Dutch heavy marine transport specialist Jumbo has shifted a 700 ton (635 tonne) Sandivk shiploader and spare parts from Qidong, China to Richards Bay, South Africa.

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    Wagenborg hauls huge cranes from Poland

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

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    CLC hosts 'successful' Malta conference

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25

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    CNCo secures four more bulk carriers

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - The China Navigation Company (CNCo) has ordered four Deltamarin-designed 39,500 dwt Bdelta handysize bulk carriers - to be built at Chengxi Shipyard, China.

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    Rolldock delivers damaged boat

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Earlier this month, Dutch heavy lift shipping line Rolldock delivered Venezuelan patrol boat Warao to the Arsenal of the Brazilian Navy, Rio de Janeiro.

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    Big container lines merger on ice

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - It would appear that the attempt to create the fourth-largest container shipping company by capacity has hit the rocks as Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg S

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    Swire ups Asia-Australia services

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Swire Shipping - the liner shipping division of The China Navigation Co (CNCo) - has upgraded its service coverage between Asia and Darwin, effective immediately.

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    Yacht Path files for Chapter 11

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - As reported in our last Friday Flyer, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US headquartered Yacht Path, and three associated companies, has voluntarily initiated proceedings under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, agency wires are humming with news from Cyprus. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told MPs that she wanted Cyprus to remain within the euro, but that it must realise its business model is dea