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    Rhinos fly back to the wild

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - DHL has transported three critically endangered black rhinos, as part of a conservation initiative by The Aspinall Foundation, from Manston Airport, Kent, UK to the Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania.

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    Globalink double from Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Globalink's Aktau team recently handled two massive projects for the transportation of out of gauge cargo of about 3,200 cu m from Aktau, Kazakhstan to Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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    TIACA urges governments to agree mutual recognition for air cargo security

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - More countries should follow the lead of the United States, the European Union, Switzerland and Canada in pursuing mutual recognition agreements for air cargo security, says The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA).

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    Terex Challenger 3160 for Bruns

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - A compact design, long boom, and the ability to travel on public roads without the need for additional ballast transport vehicles were compelling reasons for Frank Bruns, general manager of Hannover, Germany-based J. Bruns GmbH to acquire a Tere

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    Marseilles Fos posts growth

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Whilst container throughput at the French cargo port of Marseilles Fos hit 431,718 teu to the end of May - up 14 percent on the first five months last year - conventional cargo business grew 21 percent to 1.1 million tonnes.

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    CaroTrans opens in Le Havre

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Global NVOCC and ocean freight consolidator, CaroTrans, has opened a branch office in Le Havre, France; creating the foundation for future growth in the country.

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    Project Cargo Network adds three

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has unveiled its first member in Ghana and Peru, and welcomed a third member in Qatar.

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    DB Schenker achieves Cargo 2000 Platinum status

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Cargo 2000, the air cargo industry quality standard, has announced that DB Schenker Logistics has reached Platinum membership, one of only two logistics providers and five carriers in the world having reached this classification.

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    New heads for Scheuerle and Kamag

    2012-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Susanne Schlegel and Andreas Kohler have taken up their positions as the new managing directors of Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH in Pfedelbach and the Ulm-based Kamag Transporttechnik GmbH & Co KG, both part of the TII Group (Transporter Industr

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    Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding buys stake in NorSea Group

    2012-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding Invest AS (WWHI), a fully owned subsidiary of Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA (WWH), has signed an agreement to acquire 35.4 percent of the shares in NorSea Group AS (NSG).

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    Videotel introduces survey and examination of lifting appliances course

    2012-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Videotel says its new Survey and Examination of Lifting Appliances training course should help to improve the quality of the surveying and examination of lifting appliances and reduce the number of injuries and deaths caused each year by lifting

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    Air Charter International sees upward trend in unusual charters

    2012-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Air Charter International (ACI), the Dubai-based aircraft charter and leasing company, is experiencing an upward trend in the number of charters involving unusual or complicated requirements, along with an increase in charter requests from the A

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    Chapman Freeborn celebrates 30 years in Germany

    2012-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - The staff of Chapman Freeborn in Germany are seen celebrating its 30th anniversary in the country.

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    Shanghai stays top for container handling

    2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - According to an Alphaliner report, the world's top 25 container ports handled an estimated 75 million teu in the first quarter, up six per cent year on year.

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    Big news from TOC Europe

    2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - An exhibition is always a good opportunity for making a significant announcement and that was certainly the case at last week's TOC Europe exhibition in Antwerp.

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    All over for Jade Cargo

    2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - With reports that Germany's Lufthansa has advised that a troubled Chinese freight venture was being wound up, it would appear to be all over for Jade Cargo International.

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    Training on the agenda

    2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - The next issue of HLPFI takes an in-depth look at training within the heavy lift and project forwarding sector and we have noted a number of forthcoming training opportunities.

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    Dockwise increases stake in Fairstar by 0.4 percent

    2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - Last Friday, Dockwise announced that it had increased its shareholding in Fairstar Heavy Transport to approximately 60.4 percent, after its extended deadline for acceptance of the earlier mandatory offer had elapsed.

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    Sweet Success for Van der Vlist Polen

    2012-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Van der Vlist Polen has been very active in the Polish sugar Industry, with two recent shipments from Northern Europe involving every aspect of oversize transport planning and operations.

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    Vanguard moves container crane with unusual trailer configuration

    2012-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - South African heavy lift and relocation specialist, Vanguard, recently designed a unique trailer and steer configuration to relocate a 220-tonne, 16 m high and 32 m long container-handling crane for a large freight logistics company.