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SBS Worldwide and Blue Water Shipping sign agency agreement
November 12 - SBS Worldwide and Blue Water Shipping have signed an agency agreement which covers all sea and air freight activities between the Nordic countries and the USA for general cargo, strengthening the global network for both forwarders and also h
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A monumental job for Yarbrough
November 11 - North Carolina's Yarbrough Transfer Company is performing a significant project for the North Carolina Granite Corp., moving approximately 70 granite blocks from Mount Airy, NC to Jersey City, NJ.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen Q3 results boosted by cargo mix and efficiencies
November 10 - Shipping group Wilh. Wilhelmsen (WW) has recorded a significant increase in operating profit and total income for Q3 2010 and credits "an improved cargo mix and operational efficiencies" as key drivers behind the solid results, says the grou
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Project cargo terminal software launched
November 10 - Seattle-based software house Tideworks Technology has released Mainsail Vanguard, its next-generation terminal operating system (TOS), which has applications for project cargo, breakbulk and heavy lift terminal operations.
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Battle over Idaho permits rumbles on
November 9 - The Associated Press has reported that residents along US Highway 12 have asked the Idaho Transportation Department to conduct formal hearings before issuing any special permits allowing oil companies to transport huge loads of refinery equip
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Alabama lifting solutions workshop soon
November 4 - Shaun Sipe, VP of human capital at Barnhart Crane & Rigging, is one of the panel of speakers at the Maritime Lifting Solutions Workshop, which takes place early next month from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
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Braemar Marine merger into Braemar Falconer
November 2 - Braemar Shipping Services plc announced yesterday the merger of subsidiary Braemar Marine into the existing survey and risk control operations of Braemar Falconer.
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All eyes on Amsterdam for air cargo show
November 2 - Billed as the world's biggest international air cargo exhibition, Amsterdam will be hosting the 25th International Air Cargo Forum & Exposition (ACF) starting today and organised every other year by The International Air Cargo Association (TI
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Taking project forwarding acumen to a higher level
November 1 - Project cargo training designed to fast track skills that otherwise could take many years to acquire and aimed at "rising stars" in companies who want to strengthen team working in the heavy lift project forwarding sector, was held as part of
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Bigge delivers the power at the new Antelope generating station
October 29 - Bigge Crane and Rigging is helping construct a new gas-fired power plant just outside of Lubbock in the USA.
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Port of Indiana marks 40th year with largest project shipment in port
October 25 - The Port of Indiana is celebrating its 40th year in a big way - by handling the largest shipment of project cargo in the port's history.
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Safmarine takes delivery of first new, owned MPV
October 25 - Safmarine has taken delivery of its first new multi purpose vessel (MPV) - Safmarine Sumba - since becoming a member of the AP Moller-Maersk Group more than eleven years ago.
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Exceptional trio for RHB Stevedoring & Warehousing
October 22 - A trio of destinations from Rotterdam has been served by sailings of the heavy lift line Beluga working with its Waalhaven terminal stevedoring partner.
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Breakbulk Americas hears evidence of a recovery
October 21 - This year's Breakbulk Americas Transportation Conference and Exhibition in Houston saw record levels of attendees and exhibitors.
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Bigge Crane establishes east coast HQ
October 20 - Bigge Crane and Rigging is expanding again, this time relocating its Richmond, Virginia location to a complex more than twice the size of the current yard.
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Hiring round marks industry's health
October 19 - A round of worldwide hiring in the heavy lift and project shipping sectors suggest that pressure on bottom lines around the world is easing.
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Millionth ship for Panama Canal
October 15 - A Chinese vessel has become the millionth vessel to transit the Panama Canal since it was built almost a century ago.
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Gulf drilling moratorium ends, but drilling must wait
October 14 - Following this week's end of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling, companies that are helping the industry meet new regulations are scrambling to keep up with increased business while oil-rig workers must remain idle until the new req
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Actuaries say true cost of maritime piracy is still uncertain
October 12 - Despite attacks by Somali pirates on international shipping in the Gulf of Aden making headlines across the world, the true cost of these attacks to the maritime insurance industry are still uncertain, according to a new report published by t
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Tandem lift for Beluga Stavanger
October 12 - Kurt, a working civil engineering platform belonging to Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser (TAGU) 50 m long and 22 m wide, and weighing almost 1,000 tonnes proved a challenging cargo for the two cranes of the multipurpose heavy lift project vessel Belug