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    First ship of the season for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

    2011-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrated the opening of its 41st international shipping season with the arrival of Wagenborg Shipping's Avonborg, carring 75 of the longest wind turbine blades in existence in North America on their journey from E

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    Crowley offers faster, direct sailings from south Florida

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Crowley Maritime Corp has enhanced its liner container shipping services by adding a direct, fixed-day sailing from Port Everglades to St. Maarten in the Caribbean, cutting the time it takes to ship to St. Maarten from South Florida by one full

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    ALE installs on drilling rig

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - ALE has installed the 402 tonne leg sections and the 575 tonne accommodation block of a jack up drilling rig for Swecomex in Tuxpan, Mexico, using the company's CC 8800-1 crane.

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    New management team at Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik (NMF)

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Hamburg-based, Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH (NMF), a major player in the production of deck cranes with an emphasis on heavy-duty cranes, has appointed Ralf Ressel as ceo and Goran Curic as coo, in a move which has also seen the departure o

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    Intermarine revises BSC

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Intermarine, the agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers and West Coast Industrial Express has announced that the carriers will revise the bunker surcharges on all their services to/from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean effective April 22

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    Project Cargo Network adds two

    2011-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has named Spark Global Logistics PTY Ltd as its new member in Australia. along with Casmal Cargo & Projects in Mexico.

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service strengthens Canada set-up

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed a new general manager for Canada, Brian Philip, based in Vancouver.

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    New multipurpose service from Antwerp to Suriname and Guyana

    2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Next week will see Martinique-based shipping company, Soreidom start a new shipping service from Antwerp and Ipswich to Suriname, Guyana, French Guyana and Point Lisas (SSI).

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    Sarens' worldwide menu of heavy lifts

    2011-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - In a bi-annual message to its heavy lift industry clients, Belgium-based heavy lift multi-purpose contractor Sarens Group has revealed the range of recent lifting operations it has been involved in as well its acquisition of a new Canadian memb

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    BDP names new senior managers, Crowley names Larkin as VP

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - BDP International has promoted John Bolte to the newly created position of chief strategy and development officer, and Michael Andaloro has been promoted to global chief operating officer. Both will report to president and ceo Richard J Bolte J

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    Swire orders second windfarm installation vessel

    2011-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - Swire Blue Ocean's parent company, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd, has executed its option with Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) in Korea to build a second windfarm installation vessel.

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    Corpus Christi completes property sale to Canyon

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Further to our report on February 23, the Port Corpus Christi commissioners have approved a letter of intent with Canyon Supply & Logistics for the sale of its Ingleside Facility, formerly known as U.S. Naval Station Ingleside, for USD102.1 mil

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    Crowley adds service between Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico and St. Thomas

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Effective March 17, Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group will launch a new ro-ro liner cargo service between Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and St. Thomas, USVI.

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    Tuscor Lloyds offers advice on Mexico

    2011-03-08T00:00:00Z

    March 8 - Tuscor Lloyds gave a keynote presentation at a recent Mexico Matters seminar given by the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) department, in a workshop which covered crossdock, distribution, warehousing and transport security and other related inform

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    Vanguard on the move with auto plant relocation

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Vanguard has completed a turnkey two-phase project for Benteler Automotive, involving the complete relocation and installation of a 2,600 tonne press and a hot forming line from Goshen in Indiana, USA to Uitenhage in South Africa.

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    Vanguard on the move with auto plant relocation

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Vanguard has completed a turnkey two-phase project for Benteler Automotive, involving the complete relocation and installation of a 2,600 tonne press and a hot forming line from Goshen in Indiana, USA to Uitenhage in South Africa.

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    Kuehne + Nagel benefits from recovery

    2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - The Kuehne + Nagel Group says that it benefitted from the recovery of world trade in its last financial year - 2010.

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    Beluga Shipping announces restructuring

    2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Beluga Shipping has responded to reports that its future ownership structure is in question with the announcement that the group is to undertake a comprehensive financial restructuring.

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    Air charter companies respond to crisis in North Africa

    2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Two aircargo charter companies are busy moving emergency aid to assist the thousands of people fleeing Libya for Tunisia.

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    Albacor Shipping opens in Edmonton

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) member in Canada, Albacor Shipping has opened an office in Edmonton, Canada.