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.
Views: 357
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Turner named at IUMI
September 21 - Richard Turner, European director of global risk solutions at RSA Insurance, has been elected as the new president of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), taking over from Dieter Berg who has completed his four-year term of office.
Views: 209
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.
Views: 367
Saga Italia rebrands as Kerry Project Logistics
September 21 - Kerry Logistics is rebranding its Italian subsidiary Saga Italia to Kerry Project Logistics.
Views: 449
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.
Views: 213
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.
Views: 295
Business | Mergers and acquisitions | Forecasts | Investments | Appointments | Archive
Hybrid Air Freighters partners with Columbia Helicopters
September 20 - Approximately 18 months into the first flight of Lockheed Martin's LMH-1, the participants in the programme are busy with preparations for the commercial launch of the airship.
Views: 453
All change, but no change at AP Møller - Mærsk
September 20 - AP Møller - Mærsk (APMM) will maintain its Damco freight forwarding entity as a separate business under its own brand as part of a reorganisation that will see the Danish giant combine its ocean and supply chain offerings.
Views: 513
New ship for Scotline
September 19 - Multipurpose shipping operator Scotline has seen the launch of its latest newbuilding at the Royal Bodewes Shipyard in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Views: 433
Sectors | Shipping | Overland | Logistics | Airfreight | Ports and terminals | Networks | Archive
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.
Views: 328
Silk Way ups China flights
September 19 - Silk Way West Airlines is to increase its service between Baku, Azerbaijan and Zhengzhou, China from four to six flights per week.
Views: 339
New CEO for Wallem Group
September 19 - Frank Coles is to join Hong Kong-headquartered marine services company Wallem Group as chief executive officer.
Views: 368
Projects | Archive
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.
Views: 324
Equipment mover gets on the skids
September 20 - Edwards Moving & Rigging is using a variety of equipment, including a 150-tonne capacity Hydra-Slide skidding system to swap transformers at a high security power plant in the USA.
Views: 325
Newcastle gets on the rails
September 19 - Höegh Autoliners has moved the first six of a fleet of rail vehicles from Spain to Newcastle, Australia for the Newcastle Light Rail upgrade project.
Views: 405
Mammoet signs Samsung contracts
September 19 - Heavy lifting and engineered transport specialist Mammoet has signed two contracts with Samsung Engineering (Thailand) for petrochemical projects in Map Ta Phut, Rayong Province.
Views: 718
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.
Views: 289
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.
Views: 1112
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.
Views: 754
Equipment
Cranes | Heavy haulage | Under the jib | Jacks, skates & rollers | Software | Strapping & lashing | Packing & crating | Archive
Grubb grabs Demag crane
September 20 - USA-based WO Grubb Crane Rental has taken delivery of a Demag all-terrain AC 500-8 machine.
Views: 274
Wagenborg invests in new cranes
September 19 - Wagenborg Nedlift is investing in its equipment fleet with the acquisition of two mobile cranes from Terex - a Demag AC 500-8 and a Demag AC 160-5.
Views: 379
Liebherr to join ECOL
September 19 - Liebherr is to become an approved training centre for abnormal road transport and mobile crane rental industry association ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL), due to go live in early 2019.
Views: 477
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