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    Famous Pacific Shipping hauls 60 tonne spud legs

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - In Sri Lanka, Famous Pacific Shipping has transported four spud legs, each 24 metres in length, from the port of Colombo to the construction site of two new wastewater disposal systems outside the capital.

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    Chapman Freeborn announces new shareholder structure

    2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - The Chapman Freeborn Group, the world's largest air charter broker, has introduced a new shareholder structure that will take over from current directors in moving the company forward and ensuring future growth.

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    Heavy lift helps Agility to weather economic downturn

    2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Kuwait-based forwarder Agility enjoyed strong financial results in Q1 2009 despite the global financial slowdown, says Tarek Sultan, Agility chairman and managing director. Net profit before non-recurring items was KD 39.2m / USD 134.7m, a gain of

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    Project shippers head for North Africa

    2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - This year's AGM and conference of the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN), will be held in Tunis from May 20th - 22nd 2009, the first time that the group, one of the largest networks of independent project logistics companies which specialise

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    Keppel Singmarine loses offshore rig contract

    2009-05-04T00:00:00Z

    May 4 - Keppel Corp, parent company of Keppel Singmarine, has received notice to terminate work on a USD122 million multipurpose offshore drilling vessel from the contracting oil group GSP Titan Ltd.

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    Eastport sees first turbine blades

    2009-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - The Port of Eastport, Maine, USA,, has welcomed a shipment of wind turbine blades that could be the first of many as the burgeoning wind energy industry gathers speed.

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    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

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    SDV handles Learjet 85 Mock Up Tour

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 01 - SDV's Aerospace and Project Department teams in the USA will be responsible for handling the logistics involved during the Learjet 85 Mock Up Tour project.

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    New president for SC&RA

    2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) appointed a new president during its annual conference, which took place in La Quinta, California last week.

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    Confident Cory on the move in the UK

    2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Project specialist Cory Brothers says it is optimistic about the future as it opens new UK offices to accommodate the company's growth.

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    Swiss celebration for KOG

    2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - Project forwarder KOG Transport AG is celebrating its 25th anniversary with clients, carriers and major suppliers.

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    Sea trials for Jumbo Jubilee

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Jumbo Shipping's new J-1800-class heavy lift vessel, Jumbo Jubilee, has left the Damen shipyard in Galatz, Romania, for sea trials, prior to delivery very soon.

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    Shortage of capacity hinders tide and wave energy projects

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Industry observers have said that the potential of marine power as a future source of renewable energy is being undermined by a shortage of vessels that are able to deploy marine devices.

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    MACS clarifies Alphaliner story

    2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Following a report by AXS Alphaliner that MACS has removed two ships from its Europe-South Africa multi-purpose and breakbulk service, a spokesman for MACS has moved to reassure customers that there will be little impact on the frequency or spa

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    Freeport golf tournament tees-up dollars for children's charity

    2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Port Freeport has raised almost 15,000 dollars for Brazoria County Association for Citizens with Handicaps (BACHS), a charitable organisation which provides care and treatment for disabled children and their families.

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    Partner Shipping and Praxis Logistics launch Pacific service targetting high and heavy cargoes

    2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Partner Shipping AS of Norway and Praxis Logistics of Australia has agreed to charter two pure car and truck carriers, currently nearing completion, from Vroom, a Dutch shipowner, to operate a triangular shipping service linking the West Coast

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    Charleston's Veterans Terminal is ours, says ports authority

    2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) has issued a strong response to a recent article in the Charleston Regional Business Journal which suggests that leading US Senate lawmakers recently offered to transfer ownership of SCSPA's Veterans

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    Babcock & Brown Infrastructure gives update on asset sale

    2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - In a trading and asset sell-down update, Babcock & Brown Infrastructure of Sydney says that it expects to have binding bids for all or part of PD Ports by the early autumn, whilst the proposed sale of 29.70f Euroports remains subject to satisfa

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    Albany upgrades

    2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - HLPFI understands that the Port of Albany in the USA is about to begin a multi-million dollar construction project to replace a large portion of its old wooden wharf system.

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    Nooteboom unveils latest transport solutions

    2009-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Nooteboom continues to remain innovative in its development and production of transport solutions as it unveils its latest models, The Ballast Semi-trailer and The Masttransporter.