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    The Friday Flyer - November 1st 2013

    2013-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - In the northern hemisphere, winter is upon us, as the nights draw in and thoughts turn to snow and ice on jobsites. There does seem to be a brighter light at the end of the tunnel, with improved economic prospects in sight in many markets.

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    Shuttlelift unveils new crane

    2013-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - Shuttlelift is to unveil its new DB 200 crane in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin - the largest rubber-tyred, double-beam, fully traversable gantry crane it has ever built, says the manufacturer.

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    Crowley and Seaboard unite in Latin America

    2013-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group and Seaboard Marine Ltd have entered into a vessel sharing agreement that will provide customers with a weekly service between South Florida, Costa Rica and Panama.

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    Seaway wins Permaducto contract

    2013-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - Cyrpus-based Seaway Heavy Lifting is to use its crane vessel, Oleg Strashnov, to install the decks and jacket as part of an offshore installation project in Mexico.

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    Italian banks support Fagioli

    2013-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - Fagioli has secured new credit facilities from the group's existing pool of main Italian banks to support a three-year international growth plan and investments in new equipment.

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    GPLN duo take heat out of exchanger shipment

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Houston-based Logistics International Inc has handled the delivery of two 69-tonne heat exchangers to the Port Arthur Refinery in Texas.

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    SCL to acquire KFS

    2013-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - SCL Group LLC is set to acquire KFS Inc, a company based in Dallas, Texas.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 25th 2013

    2013-10-25T00:00:00Z

    When is an auction not an auction? When a sole buyer turns up with a chequebook to make the lowest bid possible, especially when that buyer seems to be a group of potential competitors.

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    Fleet Line on the double

    2013-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Dubai-based Fleet Line Shipping Services LLC has shipped two 58-tonne pressure vessels from the Hamriya Free Zone in Sharjah, UAE to Busan in South Korea.

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    Panalpina enters into agreement to settle class action

    2013-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Panalpina has entered into a preliminary agreement to settle a US antitrust class action, alleging anticompetitive industry practices regarding certain freight surcharges.

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    A valiant tow for Fairmount

    2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - Fairmount Marine's tug, Fairmount Summit, has towed the semi-submersible drilling rig, Ocean Valiant, over a distance of almost 4,830 km from offshore Cameroon to the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

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    NYK returns boat to Japan

    2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - Tokyo-based Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Yusen Logistics Co Ltd have handled the transportation of a training boat, free of charge, from the USA, back to its home city in Japan.

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    FMC calls for global regulatory summit on P3 Alliance

    2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission Chairman, Mario Cordero, issued a call to fellow regulators in the European Union and the People's Republic of China, to join with him in a Global Regulatory Summit on the proposed P3 Global Alliance of th

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    Horseplay for Tuscor Lloyds

    2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - UK-based freight forwarder, Tuscor Lloyds, has handled the shipment of an oversized horse's head sculpture from Felixstowe, UK to Philadelphia, USA.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 18th 2013

    2013-10-18T00:00:00Z

    To misquote US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, lawmakers in Washington were 'eyeball to eyeball, and then the other side just blinked' this week when the US Congress passed a bill to reopen the government and raise the USD16.7 trillion federal debt limit. T

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    Shuttlelift infiltrates the energy industry

    2013-10-17T00:00:00Z

    October 17 - Wisconsin-based Shuttlelift is targeting the energy industry with its rubber-tyred, mobile gantry cranes.

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    Laninco in geothermal power move

    2013-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Laninco has moved a total of 2,800 tonnes of cargo for a power plant, from the port of Caldera to Las Pailas in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica.

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    ITI announces 2014 course schedule

    2013-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Industrial Training International (ITI) has announced the release of its 2014 training centre catalogue, featuring more course dates than any other calendar year to date.

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    Vasco looks to Uniport for growth

    2013-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Spain-based Vasco Navarra de Navegaci

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    Marcon completes NY tug

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Washington, USA headquartered Marcon International has completed the 5,233 nm (9,697 km) tow of ocean crane barge Thomas W from Long Beach, California through the Panama Canal to the Hudson River in New York.