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BNSF opens project cargo centre
January 20 - BNSF Logistics has opened its global project cargo centre in Houston, USA, which will provide pricing, solutions development, carrier management and operations execution to its customers engaged in the movement of over dimensional and overwei
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GBS enters North America
January 20 - German yacht transport company, Global Boat Shipping (GBS), has opened two new offices in Fort Lauderdale and Vancouver.
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Emerging markets rising
January 20 - The potential growth opportunities on offer in emerging markets outweigh the concerns over political and economic instability that affected developing countries in 2013, according to the 2014 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index.
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Cargo fraud warning in Turkey
January 20 - Signum Services - the investigative arm of Thomas Miller & Co Ltd working on behalf of the members of the UK P&I Club - has uncovered a series of frauds perpetrated against ship owners with regard to bogus cargo in Turkey.
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The Friday Flyer - January 17th 2014
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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BBC opens in France
January 16 - Global provider of multipurpose and heavy lift shipping services, BBC Chartering, has launched its new representative office in Rouen, France.
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STX gets a boost
January 15 - STX Corp, the holding company of Korean conglomerate STX Group, has agreed to salvage the firm in the form of a USD660.3 million debt-to-equity swap, say reports from the South Korean media.
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XLP scores hat trick
January 15 - KG Shipping & Project Transportation Foreign Trade Ltd Co (KG Projects), QC Logistics Limited and Sacema Project Shipping have become the latest members to join the XLProjects (XLP) network.
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Stoltenberg joins Deutsche Bank
January 14 - Klaus Stoltenberg is to join the Deutsche Bank as its new global head of shipping on April 15, 2014.
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GAC Australia signs contract with MOL
January 14 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has awarded an exclusive three-year contract to GAC Australia, part of the GAC Group, to serve its vessels and port calls across Australia.
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BIMCO identifies shipping's big challenges
January 13 - According to global shipping association BIMCO, regulatory burdens concerning the environment, maritime security and the supply and demand imbalance with newbuilding orders reaching "worrying" levels, are some of the critical issues facing th
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Universal in Paraguay transhipment
January 13 - Paraguay based project forwarder Universal Shipping Agency has transhipped a consignment of dismantled cranes in Nueva Palmira, destined for a shipyard in Asunci
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APM receives ship-to-shore cranes
January 13 - Two Kalmar Cargotec ship-to-shore cranes have been delivered to Rotterdam, which will be deployed at the under-construction APM Terminal in the Maasvlakte II area.
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Moore Stephens is upbeat on 2015
January 13 - International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens believes that the shipping industry's fortunes should be noticeably improved by 2015 if it maintains the recovery which got under way last year.
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The Friday Flyer - January 10th 2014
Could a dispute between client and builder push back the completion of lock upgrading on the Panama Canal past the planned competition date of October 21, 2014 into 2015?
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KR authorised to survey and certificate Danish ships
January 9 -The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) have signed an agreement enabling the Korean classification society to survey and certify Danish ships.
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Greencarrier expands in Scandinavia
January 8 - Greencarrier Shipping & Logistics has opened a new office in Stavanger, Norway and appointed Georg Skivik Moltu as its new director of global energy and project solutions.
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Global Shipping delivers transformers
January 8 - Global Shipping Services has handled the shipment of five transformers and 475 cu m of accessories and spare parts from the Port of Houston to the Tin Can Island Port and onwards to the IBESE cement plant in Lagos, Nigeria.