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    Boeing approached with large B747-8F order

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Global HeavyLift Holdings a Florida-based, US Defense Logistics Agency-listed air transport provider with offices in Michigan and Chicago, is putting forward the submission of an RFP (Request For Proposal) to Boeing outlining a requirement fo

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    FibreMax is a rising star

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - FibreMax, which manufactures lightweight precision cables using a unique production process, is the proud winner of the Rising Star Award 2009.

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    Canadians sail in for PD Ports

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - PD Ports is to be bought by a Canadian asset management company as part of an AUD1.5bn-plus recapitalisation by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI), which has been under pressure to sell assets to reduce its debt.

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    New general manager of Lufthansa Cargo Charter in Asia Pacific

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter has a genuine all-rounder to replace Eric Erbacher as general manger in Asia.

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    Russia grounds cargo planes after accident

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - The Press Association has reported that the Russian air force has grounded all its Ilyushin Il-76 heavy lift cargo planes for checks, after an accident in which an engine broke off the wing of an aircraft just before take-off.

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    Model shipment for Kuehne + Nagel

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - K + N handled the logistics of a full size model of the AVE train that, in 2015, will link the capital of Grand Canaria with the South of the island in the first phase and the North in the second.

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    Share issue for Tiong Woon

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Up to 34 million ordinary shares are to be issued by Tiong Woon Corporation (TWC) raise funds for the acquisition of more heavy lifting equipment.

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    Lift & Shift claims Indian record

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Lift and Shift India Pvt. Ltd (LSPL), part of the Natvar Parikh Group, claims to have transported India's largest and heaviest module.

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    SeaMetric cancels contracts for heavy lift vessels

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - SeaMetric International AS has cancelled the contracts for the construction of two heavy transport vessels in China.

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    Leipzig-Halle Airport to host TIACA

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Leipzig-Halle Airport is to host The International Air Cargo Association's (TIACA) Executive Summit and Annual General Meeting, which will take place on May 16-18, 2010. The German airport is served by 24 airlines flying to 17 countries and of

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    Martin Bencher is a "Gazelle 2009" company

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Danish newspaper "Dagbladet B

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    Varamar builds its presence

    2009-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Odessa based, Varamar is building its presence in the project and general cargo arena.

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    New president for FIATA

    2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Jean-Claude Delen from Belgium has been elected President of FIATA - the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations - for a term of office of two years.

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    Canadian truckers buy heavy lift haulage specialist

    2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Challenger Motor Freight, of Cambridge, Ontario and has acquired most of the assets of Sandrock Specialized Carriers, a special commodities carrier focusing on transporting heavy equipment and over-dimensional freight, established ten years ag

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    Boeing 747-8F first flight and delivery delayed again

    2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Boeing has confirmed that the first flight of the 747-8 freighter will be delayed until early next year with the first delivery also delayed until the fourth quarter of 2010.

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    Conference focuses on heavy lift airships

    2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Heavy lift cargo airships are the focus of the fifth annual Airships to the Arctic conference, to be held this week in Calgary.

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    Maximus Air Cargo carries UAE relief to Indonesia

    2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Maximus Air Cargo has carried the UAE Urban Search and Rescue Team to Padang in Sumatra in response to the devastating earthquake suffered on the island

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    PD Ports sees positive results from safety suggestion scheme

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - PD Ports is seeing positive results from a group-wide safety suggestion scheme launched last year and aimed at finding practical and cost effective solutions for further improving the safety of the company's working environment.

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    Genel on the move

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Genel Transport Forwarding & Trade has a new HQ in Istanbul.

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    AirBridgeCargo Airlines to serve Almaty from Amsterdam

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, is launching a new Boeing 747 freighter service from Amsterdam, one of its European gateways, to Almaty in Kazakhstan.