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Combi Lift handles Gazprom cargoes

September 25 - Germany’s Combi Lift has completed the first phase of a transport contract for the Gazprom Amur Gas Processing Plant project in Russia, delivering the first tranche of oversized cargo to Svobodny one month ahead of schedule.

Confidence slips marginally on geopolitical fears

September 25 - Concerns about geopolitical factors have taken their toll on shipping confidence in Moore Stephens' latest survey, with confidence levels slipping from the four-year high of 6.4 out of a maximum of 10.

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Express Mondor continues expansion

September 25 - Canada’s Express Mondor has completed the acquisition of Transport L’Épiphanie and integrated the entire team and assets into the Express Mondor Group.

C.H. Robinson is the safe bet in Vegas

September 25 - C.H. Robinson Project Logistics has handled the delivery of a transformer from the port of Long Beach in California to a substation site near Las Vegas in Nevada.

AAL names Morland in North America

September 24 - AAL has strengthened its North American expansion strategy with the appointment of Michael Morland as general manager Americas.

RSA inaugurates Dubai terminal

September 24 - RSA National, the joint venture between USA-based National Air Cargo and UAE-based RSA Global, has opened its flagship air cargo terminal, located at Dubai World Central (DWC).

Business | Mergers and acquisitions | Forecasts | Investments | Appointments | Archive

Jumbo wins Sapura contract

September 24 - Sapura Energy has awarded Jumbo a contract to transport and install a mooring system for a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), as well as project management and engineering services, for the Porto de Sergipe project in Brazil.

Preparing for the 2020 Sulphur Cap

September 24 - Ahead of the global sulphur cap on marine emissions, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has produced comprehensive guidance on implementation planning to help ensure compliance with the regulatory game changer.

Floating wind farms face infrastructure challenges

September 24 - Analysis of 96 European ports has revealed that only a few ports are capable of accommodating the quayside manufacturing and assembly required for building and operating large-scale floating offshore wind farms, says LOC Renewables.

Sectors | Shipping | Overland | Logistics | Airfreight | Ports and terminals | Networks | Archive

Multipurpose rates continue to rise

September 21 - Time charter rates in the multipurpose shipping sector have increased over the last month, according to the latest data from shipbroker Toepfer Transport.

Saga Italia rebrands as Kerry Project Logistics

September 21 - Kerry Logistics is rebranding its Italian subsidiary Saga Italia to Kerry Project Logistics.

DFDS to offer more project space from Norway

September 20 - Danish-owned ferry operator DFDS says it will be able to carry a wider range of out-of-gauge (OOG) and project cargo between Norway, Belgium and the UK from February 2019, when its enhanced service enters operation.

Projects | Archive

Blades flow through Gujarat

September 24 - NTC Logistics has handled the delivery of 48 wind turbine blades from Deendayal Port in Gujarat, India to Laem Chabang in Thailand.

Getting the beers in for Haiti

September 21 - Germany-based forwarder and Latin American specialist Schryver has handled a door-to-door delivery of bottling equipment for a brewery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Fast footwork to Chechnya

September 21 - Abnormal load specialist Universal Transport has transported a heavy mill shell from Prerov in the Czech Republic to Chechnya.

Hamburg deploys floating crane for prop lift

September 20 - Following road transport from a production facility in Waren an der Müritz in Germany, Hamburg port operator HHLA has overseen the loading of what is claimed to be the world's biggest ship propeller onto the Hyundai Supreme containership.

Insight | Archive

FROM THE MAGAZINE: Shock monitoring in transformer transportation

September 18 - Damage to transformers during transit can go unnoticed until after installation. However, impact monitoring during the move can highlight problems and save considerable time and expense, according to impact monitoring equipment manufacturer SpotSee.

Insourcing: a threat to project forwarders?

September 14 - At the inaugural Project Cargo Summit, held at Rotterdam’s Onderzeebootloods this week, questions were raised about the future role of freight forwarders in the project cargo supply chain, as shippers start to bring their transport activities in-house.

Huisman and ATC develop offshore training

September 12 - Huisman and Australasian Training Company (ATC) have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of offshore crane training packages in Singapore.

Equipment

Cranes | Heavy haulage | Under the jib | Jacks, skates & rollers | Software | Strapping & lashing | Packing & crating | Archive

Sin Heng builds fleet in Indonesia

September 24 - Indonesian dealer PT SH Machinery is to add four all-terrain Grove cranes to its stock.

New crane to lift Venice port’s prospects

September 20 - The Italian port of Venice says it will shortly put a new Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour crane into operation at its Multi Service Terminal.

Grubb grabs Demag crane

September 20 - USA-based WO Grubb Crane Rental has taken delivery of a Demag all-terrain AC 500-8 machine.

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