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    Embalajes Cantabria secures cargo in Sagunto

    2012-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Embalajes Cantabria, the Sagunto (Valencia)-based specialist cargo handling and packing company, used Cordstrap lashings to secure a complex load in the Noatum multipurpose terminal at the port of Sagunto (Valencia), Spain.

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    Gas plant shipments are natural for ACS

    2012-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Air Charter Service's (ACS) New York office recently chartered an AN-225 aircraft to freight equipment and components destined for a natural gas plant in Nigeria.

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    Cosco Shipping dredges up some nice business

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Earlier this month, Cosco Shipping's Xiang Rui Kou, a recently delivered semi-submersible ship, delivered a dredger - Dong Xiang - to the Port of Ngqura, South Africa.

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    WSS Middle East wins WCA award

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has won the title of 'Best Partner 2011 - Middle East', presented this month by the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) at its annual conference in Bangkok, Thailand, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    New GACAG website provides updates for air cargo industry and regulators

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Companies across the air cargo supply chain and regulatory bodies can now obtain updates on the lobbying activities and views of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) online following the launch of its new website - www.gacag.org

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    Third Boeing 747-8 Freighter for Cargolux

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Cargolux has accepted its third Boeing 747-8 Freighter today and will fly the aircraft from Seattle to Luxembourg, where it joins a fleet currently consisting of Boeing 747 aircraft including nine 747-400F, three 747-400BCF and two 747-8F.

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    Yahsat oversees transport of second satellite

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has overseen the transportation of its second satellite, Y1B, from EADS Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with part of the journey involving carriage

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    Maximus new livery on display

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies' hangar in the UAE has seen the first aircraft to be painted in Maximus Air's new livery roll out.

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    Charleston to get new heavy lift crane

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - With increased demand in the South Carolina Ports Authority's non-container business, the SCPA Board has authorised contract negotiations with Charleston Heavy Lift on the construction of a new, barge-mounted heavy lift crane.

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    Nuclear recycling transport first for ALE

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Global heavy lift and transport company ALE has successfully jacked, skidded and loaded five redundant boilers from the UK's inaugural nuclear power station prior to onward transportation.

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    German duo for Demag

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Demag Cranes will supply a Gottwald G HMK 6407 mobile harbour crane to Heilbronner Versorgungs GmbH for use in the Neckar port, as well as a G HMK 8610 and G HMK 3405 to Rendsburg Port Authority GmbH for its port in Osterr

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    New kid on the block in Sweden for PCN

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Nordic Air & Sea Cargo (NAC), a company with a history dating back to 1919, has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) as its first official representative in Sweden.

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    BACA chairman back for second term

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Dick Gilbert, chairman of BACA (Baltic Air Charter Association) for the past three years, has been re-elected for another year. Although now retired, his involvement in the aviation industry dates back to 1965.

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    2K delivery for Liebherr

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Liebherr has delivered a LTM 1030-2.1 crane to Willfried Lehmann, managing shareholder and partner of Warnowkran Kranservice GmbH, Rostock, Germany.

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    Dockwise signs for six

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Dockwise Ltd has revealed six contracts totalling USD57 million, for execution in 2012 and 2015.

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    Discharge in US Waters finalised by USCG

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - The U.S. Coast Guard announced publication in the Federal Register of a final rule for standards for living organisms in ships' ballast water discharged into waters of the United States.

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    Latest order takes Konecranes to dozen HSHI deals

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Konecranes has received an order for the design and components of a Goliath gantry crane from Korean Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HSHI).

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    China Navigation orders four handysize bulk carriers

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - The China Navigation Company Pte Ltd (CNCo), the deep seashipping arm of the Swire group, has placed a order for four B.Delta37 handysize bulk carrier ships of 39,500 dwt each at Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd, Jiangyin, China, to be delivered betwee

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    Buffers to distribute Cargotec's MacGregor and Allset brands

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Effective April 1, 2012, Cargotec has appointed Buffers USA Inc as the distributor for its MacGregor and Allset brands of ship lashing equipment for the US East and Gulf coasts, Canada and Mexico.

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    Over 2,000 forwarders attend WCA Family Week

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Over 2,150 freight forwarders attended the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) Family Week Conference at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre earlier this month.