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    Seven Waves sails into Lerwick

    2016-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Subsea 7's construction vessel Seven Waves has become one of the first ships to use the extended quay at Lerwick Port's deepwater Dales Voe Base in the UK.

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    Vancouver extends Vanport lease

    2016-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - The Port of Vancouver USA's board of commissioners has approved a lease agreement with its long-term tenant Vanport Trucking at a recent meeting.

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    Omni Specialized now in operation

    2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - In the USA, Omni Holdings has announced that its Omni Specialized subsidiary is now in full operation after it acquired the flatbed assets of Tennant Truck Lines.

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    Mammoet expands in US Gulf

    2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Mammoet USA has opened two new offices on the US Gulf Coast - one in Westlake, Louisiana and the second in Columbus, Mississippi.

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    SRT doubles up

    2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Houston headquartered SRT Transportation Solutions completed the multimodal shipment of a 49.07 m long by 4.2 m wide splitter tower using a combination of rail transport, river barge and an ocean class deck barge.

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    Long Beach re-elects Guzmán

    2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Lori Ann Guzmán has been re-elected president of the board of harbour commissioners that oversee the Port of Long Beach, USA.

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    Air Partner names US director

    2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Air Partner has appointed Seth Rotman as director of business development in the USA.

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    SAL in Lone record smash

    2016-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - SAL Heavy Lift's vessel Lone has transported a 1,100-tonne submerged turret production buoy from Batam, Indonesia to the Firth of Forth in Scotland - a 8,733 nautical mile (16,173 km) journey that took just 20 days to complete.

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    DHL signs Madagascan mine deal

    2016-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - DHL Global Forwarding has entered into a three-year global freight forwarding agreement with Madagascan mining enterprise Ambatovy - a joint venture between Sherritt International Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation and Korea Resources Corporation

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    Maersk welcomes US chief

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) - the US-flag arm of Maersk Line - has appointed William (Bill) Woodhour as its new president, with effect from July 1.

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    GAC inks Team Britannia deal

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - GAC has been named official shipping and logistics partner of Team Britannia, which is attempting to break the round-the-world powerboat record later this year.

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    Splitter sets sail to US Gulf

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - LPL Projects Logistics in Spain has worked together with US headquartered TransProject to load a 275-tonne splitter in Tarragona for delivery to a refinery in Houston.

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    Panalpina responds to oil and gas slump

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Due to the continuing slowdown in the oil and gas business, Panalpina recognised a restructuring cost of CHF26 million (USD26.3 million) in the second quarter of 2016, leaving it with an adjusted consolidated profit of CHF47.9 million (USD48.4 m

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    Breakbulk struggles at NWSA

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) handled 93,975 tonnes of breakbulk cargo in June - a 36 percent decrease compared with the same period of 2015.

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    WWL welcomes Themis

    2016-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added its fourth neo-Panamax class newbuild vessel, Themis, to its fleet.

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    Strong half for Schiphol

    2016-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Freight volumes at Schiphol Cargo - the cargo department of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands - reached 796,801 tonnes in the first six months of 2016, representing a 1.6 percent year-on-year increase.

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    Qatar adds American flights

    2016-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Qatar Airways Cargo has launched freighter services to New York (JFK), USA and Halifax, Canada.

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    RTL opens in Vladivostok

    2016-07-18T00:00:00Z

    July 18 - Russian logistics specialist RTL has opened a new office in Vladivostok.

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    EXG delivers to Malawi

    2016-07-18T00:00:00Z

    July 18 - Express Global Logistics (EXG) has coordinated the shipment of 14 earthmoving machines from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Malawi.

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    Chipolbrok moves to C. Steinweg

    2016-07-15T00:00:00Z

    July 15 - In light of the upcoming closure of Buss Hansa Terminal, Chipolbrok has decided to nominate C. Steinweg (Süd-West Terminal) as its new Hamburg terminal, with effect from September 1.