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    Rate pressures facing conventional sector being seen by heavy lift operators

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Speaking at this week's Breakbulk Europe conference in Antwerp, Arie Peterse, managing director of BigLift Shipping suggested that shipping lines that focus on heavy lift and over-dimensional cargoes, blessed with many years of capacity shortages

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    Atlanticargo drops Charleston

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - From July, Atlanticargo's North Atlantic service will no longer call at Charleston, but will continue to call Mobile, and Houston, providing scheduled liner connections for shippers of containers, project cargoes and breakbulk between the two por

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    4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Conference & Exhibition

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    May 22 - All eyes are now focused on Antwerp where the cream of the world's heavy lift and project forwarding community will gather next week for the 4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Conference and Exhibition.

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    Braemar Shipping Services: Best year ever

    2009-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - In reporting its best ever annual results ending February 28th, Braemar Shipping Services identified its Cory Brothers, Fred Olsen and Freight Action business units for particular praise.

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    TBS International swings to Q1 loss

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    May 8 - In its first quarter results, TBS International swung to loss, hurt by a drop in freight rates, sending its shares down as much as 18 percent.

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    Idled ships return to service

    2009-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - After AXS-Alphaliner reported a decrease in idled container ship capacity during the first half of April, the first dip in six months, experts are predicting a surge of overcapacity by the end of the year as seasonal cargo volume increases.

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    Drewry Report says shipping lines must act now to survive

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - According to a Drewry Shipping Consultants report, container shipping lines must act now to survive the crisis in the industry.

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    Record results now 'history' for TBS

    2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Whilst profits doubled for TBS International last year, the company is confronting an opaque market in 2009.

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    4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference and Exhibition

    2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - 'Working Toward Recovery" is the theme of the 4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Conference and Exhibition which will take place in Anwterp between 26 -28 May 2009.

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    First for Gottwald in the Dominican Republic

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Gottwald Port Technology GmbH (Gottwald) has recently received its first ever order for the Dominican Republic. The order is for two G HMK 6407 Mobile Harbour Cranes, variants of the Model 6 series of Generation 5, Gottwald's current bestseller

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    Beluga anticipates new ships

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Beluga Shipping will take delivery of a new class of heavy lift cargo ship later this year.

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    Truckers strike in India

    2009-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 05 - Trucks were noticably absent from the the roads today (Monday) after talks with officials to cut taxes and diesel prices broke down.

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    Heavy lift activities lift SMIT in second half

    2008-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Today, Dutch maritime services company SMIT forecast net profit to be equal to last year's figure and said expansion into new markets will help offset the impact of a recession next year.