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    Explore private equity, says Moore Stephens

    2015-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens says the time is right for shipping to seek financial backing from the private equity sector to help fund investment in innovative products and services designed to keep the indust

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    Drop in heavy lift work at Tiong Woon

    2015-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Tiong Woon witnessed a 9 percent year-on-year decline in its heavy lift and haulage business segment for the three months ending December 31, 2014 (second quarter of its 2015 fiscal year).

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    UK heavy haul on the box

    2015-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - In the early weeks of 2015, there was a minor miracle in scheduling on peak-time television in the UK; an intelligent report on the transport of a massive towhead on multi-axle tailers through the centre of the Scottish town of Wick to Subse

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    Saudi Aramco claims heavy lift record

    2015-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - The heavy lift barge Lan Jing has helped complete the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform, which Saudi Aramco says is a new record for heavy lift operations in its Arabiyah-Hasbah gas fields project.

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    Arctic station shipped by air

    2015-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and logistics partners GAC Norway and POLOG have delivered a pre-fabricated Arctic research station to northern Greenland.

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    Breakbulk Africa kicks off

    2015-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Over 800 project cargo and traditional breakbulk cargo logisticians are expected to take part in the Breakbulk Africa Congress 2015, which started today at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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    Quick response from Volga-Dnepr

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' offices in Ulyanovsk, Russia and London Stansted have combined forces to expedite an urgent shipment of oil production equipment, weighing 35 tonnes, from Scotland to Turkey.

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    NWSC sees volume slip

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - North-Western Shipping Company's (NWSC) cargo volumes fell by 13 percent year-on-year in 2014 to 5.6 million tonnes.

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    Pan Ocean signs purchase deal

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Having received approval from the relevant Korean court, Harim Group and the JKL Consortium have signed a contract for the purchase of Pan Ocean.

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    Bollor

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Bollor

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    AsstrA takes long road trip

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - AsstrA's heavy lift division has handled the transportation of a 13-tonne vacuum chamber from Xiamen, China to Moscow.

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    Geodis appoints Indian sales head

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Geodis India has appointed Martijn Tasma as its national sales manager, with responsibility for sales and the market development of its freight forwarding and logistics business in the country.

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    Antwerp offers expertise in India

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - The port of Antwerp is offering training for port professionals in India in a new specially equipped training centre at Jawaharlal Nehru Port.

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    Altius delivers for Optara

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Altius has transported various heavy and over-dimensional cargoes for the ongoing development and expansion of Total's Optara refinery in Antwerp, Belgium.

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    CEA carries transformers across border

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - CEA Projects has coordinated the transport of several transformers from Thailand's Laem Chabang port to the site of the Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower project in Laos.

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    The Friday Flyer - February 13th 2015

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    US ports suspend operations

    2015-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing employers at 29 US West Coast ports, is suspending vessel loading and unloading at all ports starting today (Thursday February 12) amid stalled labour contract negotiations with the Intern

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    Tension rises at Steder Group

    2015-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Steder Group has transported a 318-tonne tensioner for a client in the construction business from the Netherlands to China.

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    White Marlin enters the stage

    2015-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has confirmed that the Dockwise vessel White Marlin has been named and christened during a ceremony in Guangzhou, China.

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    Mammoet targets crane training

    2015-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Mammoet has added a new custom-built simulator for its largest crane - the PTC 140/200 DS - to its training centre in the Netherlands.