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    Nurminen Logistics 'sails' minesweeper overland

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - It's not often that you see a naval vessel travelling overland, so the haulage of a former minesweeper, weighing 206.5 tonnes, by Nurminen Logistics made for interesting and unusual viewing on the roads of Finland last month.

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    Liebherr on the double

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH has delivered a new LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane to crane hire specialist, Sommer Kranverleih GmbH, or Bremen, Germany.

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    Heavy cargo exports fall at Port of Hamburg

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - 2011 saw a welcome increase in seaborne cargo throughput at the port of Hamburg, totalling 132.2 million tons that represents an increase of 9.1 percent over 2010. Container throughput in 2011 totalled 9 million teu, or 1.12 million teu more

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    Drewry Maritime Research opens for business in Shanghai, China.

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Drewry, one of the leading independent advisory and analytical research organisation in the maritime sector, and a regular editorial contributor to HLPFI, has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai.

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    VGG transports 54 wind turbines

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Vasco Gallega Group (VGG), the Spanish member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has arranged the transport of 54 complete windmills from Vigo, Spain to Ethiopia, through Djibouti.

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    Vanguard positions large satellite dish

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Heavy lifting and transportation specialist, Vanguard, was contracted to assist with the rigging of the single satellite dish 24 m off ground at the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS), located 100 km southwest of Windhoek in the Khomas H

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    France Cargo International joins PCN

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) now has its second member in France with the addition of France Cargo International (FCI), which have been specialising in heavy lift and project cargo for over 20 years.

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    Holleman on the boil

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Holleman Bulgaria, a member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has completed the delivery of a large boiler measuring 16.16 m x 3.60 m x 3.84 m, with a weight of 83 tonnes, from Bucharest, Romania to Rousse, Bulgaria and rel

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    ASCO to build and operate Darwin marine supply base

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Oil and gas logistics company, ASCO, has been awarded the contract to build and operate a marine supply base in Darwin, Australia.

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    HOCHTIEF to build another special-purpose wind farm ship

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - HOCHTIEF Solutions has commissioned the construction of a further heavy-lift jack-up vessel from the Crist shipyard in Poland for the installation of offshore wind farms.

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    JSC Transafe Logistics partners with Sarens Group in Serbian project

    2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - In Pancevo, Serbia, Russia's JSC Transafe Logistics has worked with Belgium's Sarens Group on a hydrocracker/hydrotreater modernisation and construction project for NIS Petroleum Industry.

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    Four into seven for Tuscor Lloyds

    2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - The UK's Tuscor Lloyds has handled the shipment of four items of breakbulk cargo on seven out of gauge flat racks, as well as one standard freight container, from Felixstowe, UK to Haifa, Israel.

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    Indian takeaway for cranes

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - V.Alexander of Germany and InterMax Logistic Solutions of China, both members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, successfully cooperated in a shipment of two cranes from China to India.

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    Georgia on Caterpillar's mind

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The ease of accessing the major ports of Savannah and Charleston on the US East Coast has been cited by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar as a major factor in its decision to site a new manufacturing facility in Georgia.

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    Skelton Sherborne names new branch manager

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - In Australia, Skelton Sherborne has appointed Frans Higgins as branch manager - Western Australia.

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    Conference to highlight tightening of ballast water regulations

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - A London conference on ballast water is to be held against a background of tightening regulations and codes of practice that will be enacted over the coming months.

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    Artisgracht loads yachts in Rotterdam

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Pictured, we see Spliethoff's Artisgracht loading several boats on deck in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam, recently, on behalf of sister company, Sevenstar Yacht Transport.

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    Safmarine welcomes first of three new WAFMAX vessels

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - Safmarine has taken delivery of the 4,500 teu Safmarine Chilka, the first of three new Safmarine-branded WAFMAX containerships to join the A.P Moller-Maersk fleet in 2012.

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    Industry recommendations for ECDIS training

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - The Nautical Institute has published Industry Recommendations for ECDIS Training to address confusion in regard to Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) training.

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    GAC offers Cup Final tickets

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - Global shipping, logistics and marine services provider, GAC is offering the chance to win two admission tickets to this season's English FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on May 5, 2012, complete with return air tickets and accommodation in L