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    Air Charter International eyes prospects of emerging markets

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Commenting on Boeing's recent World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), Air Charter International has expressed its confidence that it is well-placed to capitalise on the projected tripling of world air cargo traffic over the next 20 years.

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    Onego Shipping appoints Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies has been appointed by Onego Shipping as its booking agent in Belgium and France.

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    ACL adds link to Casablanca

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Atlantic Container Line has added a weekly ro-ro service between the USA, Canada and Casablanca, transhipping cargoes in Hamburg.

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    New equipment delivered to new Vietnam gateway

    2009-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) has taken delivery of four rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two quay cranes, the first of three major deliveries expected from Shanghai-based crane manufacture Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries, for

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    Huisman launches customised range of wind turbine installation cranes

    2009-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Huisman, the Dutch-based manufacturer of lifting, drilling and subsea equipment, has expanded its heavy lifting product range with a range of wind turbine installation cranes which can be customised. The company has designed the tailor-made cr

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    Dockwise on course to meet expectations

    2009-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Dockwise has announced a 35 percent increase in second quarter net profit compared to the same time one year ago, recording a net profit of USD17 million for the quarter ending June against USD13 million over the same period a year ago.

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    C.A.L. Cargo Airlines joins Cargo 2000

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - C.A.L. Cargo Airlines is the latest airline to join Cargo 2000's quality management system.

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    Dockwise Secures new near-term contract awards

    2009-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Dockwise Ltd. has announced 8 new near-term contract wins awarded to its subsidiary, Dockwise Shipping, for the transportation of a jack up drilling rig and port & marine infrastructure.

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    WWPC adds Royal Cargo Combined Logistics as new member

    2009-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Royal Cargo Combined Logistics Inc, has been appointed as an exclusive member of the project forwarder network WWPC.

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    Vestas factory closure threatens turbine shippers

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Carriers and project forwarders involved in the shipment of wind turbines may have been dealt a blow today with the news that Vestas Wind Systems is to close its blade factory on the Isle of Wight, UK.

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    ASCO adds to European network with Dutch operation

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - ASCO Group Limited (ASCO) has announced a joint venture with the Maritime Service Centre IJmond (MSCIJ) Group of Companies in Holland.

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    Positive results for CEE network

    2009-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - Service providers all over the world have positively welcomed the June 2009 start-up of Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd (CEE).

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    Rickmers-Linie establishes UK liner agency

    2009-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - Hamburg-headquartered Rickmers-Linie GmbH & Cie KG, specialist in the transport of breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargoes, and Escombe Lambert Holdings Ltd have established a new liner agency company in the UK, Rickmers-Linie Agency Ltd.

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    SC accepts applications for accreditation of cargo surveyors

    2009-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - The Committee for Accreditation of Cargo Surveying Companies (CACSC), headed by its chairman Secretary Narciso Y. Santiago Jr., has announced that it is accepting applications for the accreditation of cargo surveying companies.

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    Northeast Passage opened by heavy lift shipping

    2009-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - While the famed North West passage across the top of North America is often discussed as a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, less well known is the potential 12,800 km Northeast Passage across the top of Russia.

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    Russian forwarder sees wind power potential

    2009-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - Russia could breathe new life into the country's project forwarding sector by investing in wind power technology, according to one local operator.

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    TCC wins Air Namibia

    2009-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - Project cargo being shipped to Namibia from South Africa is to benefit from the win by Johannesburg-based GSSA The Cargo Connection (TCC) - the South African member of the EGSAC network - of the contract to represent Air Namibia throughout Sou

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    Alpine shortcut for Admiral's Cup challenger

    2009-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - In a scene that mimicked the famous opening sequence of the 1960 classic Italian film, La Dolce Vita, where a plaster statue of Christ is suspended by cables from a helicopter as it flies past the ruins of an ancient Roman aqueduct, a giant ca

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    Gottwald's going Poti

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    August 7 - The Black Sea port of Poti in Georgia has ordered two HMK 260 E mobile harbour cranes from Gottwald Port Technology GmbH (Gottwald).

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    Dockwise welcomes return of Mighty Servant 3

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    August 7 - Mighty Servant 3 has rejoined the Dockwise fleet having been undergoing repairs and reparation at the Grand Bahama Shipyard since January 2008.