All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2013 – Page 7

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    Safmarine MPV eyes growth in USA

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Further to our exclusive report in the September/October edition of HLPFI, it was good to see the recently relocated management team of Safmarine MPV flying the flag at the Breakbulk Americas event in New Orleans.

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    Fairmount Marine completes Congo project

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Netherlands headquartered Fairmount Marine has mobilised its multipurpose vessel Fairmount Fuji to assist Italian contractor Saipem with operations offshore the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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    Liebherr cranes complete compact lifts

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Two Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 telescopic mobile cranes provided by Schmidbauer were used to complete a compact installation project inside the Liebherr Hydraulikbagger GmbH facility in Kirchdorf.

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    GPLN welcomes Cargo World Logistics

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Cargo World Logistics Ltd (CWL), based in Mombasa, has become the newest member of the Global Project Logistics Network (GLPN), representing Kenya.

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    Astral Aviation eyes Europe-Africa market

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Nairobi, Kenya headquartered airline Astral Aviation and UK based airline general sales agent (GSA) ANA Aviation Services have signed a strategic partnership, following the delivery of a B747-400 freighter from ACMI firm Atlas Air.

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    Arctic Circle attracts key industry figures

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Industry leaders, key government figures and other significant stakeholders will gather to discuss critical Arctic issues such as climate change, economic development and new shipping lanes at the inaugural Arctic Circle assembly, October 12-1

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    ABC sees sustained growth

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Russia's AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has transported 223,732 tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2013.

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    Wagenborg completes complex shipment

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Netherlands headquartered Wagenborg Nedlift recently coordinated the delivery of a 295-tonne transformer to the northern port city of Pite

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    Terex team in stadium build

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - A trio of Brazilian crane rental and construction firms are using their combined expertise, along with a fleet of Terex machinery, to build the 45,000 capacity Arena da Amazonia stadium in Manaus.

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    Sarjak names GAC exclusive agent

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Sri Lanka has been named the sole authorised agent for multimodal transport operator Sarjak Container Lines Pvt (Ltd). GAC Sri Lanka will handle all of the line's NVOCC activities in the cou

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    RAK joins PCN in South Africa

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - RAK Logistics has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) representing South Africa.

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    Subsea 7 in share buyback programme

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Luxembourg registered offshore engineering company Subsea 7 has initiated a share repurchase programme of up to USD200 million.

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    Regional and managerial reshuffle for Panalpina

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - In a quest to increase its customer focus, the Panalpina Group is realigning its regional setup and appointing a chief commercial officer.

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    Volga-Dnepr flies power plant into Kaliningrad

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported an 80-tonne mobile gas turbine power plant from the Russian city of Abakan into Kaliningrad, for a government programme aimed at increasing the reliability of electricity supplies.

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    US shutdown impacts supply chain

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - It has been four days since the US Federal Government shut its doors as a result of Congress and Barack Obama failing to agree on a new spending bill, with much of the dispute circling around the President's controversial health bill - dubbed

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    Hill Dickinson opens HK branch

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson LLP has opened a new office in Hong Kong to work in partnership with its established Singapore team.

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    HANSA appoints EPS in Scandinavia

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Hamburg, Germany headquartered HANSA HEAVY LIFT has appointed Denmark based Energy Project Shipping ApS (EPS) its exclusive agent in Scandinavia.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 4th 2013

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Who is to blame for the US government's partial shutdown and a potentially more damaging clash over the nation's borrowing authority, is best left to the political and economic classes.

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    Volga stars in satellite project

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Three satellites were carried on board three Volga-Dnepr Airlines' IL-76TD-90VD freighter flights between Germany and Russia, for aerospace firm Astrium GmbH.

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    Sims joins Schenker Limited

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Schenker Limited has appointed Michael Sims its new ocean freight director, effective October 1, 2013.