UAL vessels gather in Antwerp
August 23 - Three Universal Africa Lines (UAL) ships have been spotted at the port of Antwerp. All three are being loaded with cargoes destined for West Africa.
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Roll Group opens in Asia
August 23 - Roll Group has strengthened its presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) market by opening offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea.
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Höegh rolls to Mombasa
August 23 - Höegh Autoliners has shipped 100 breakbulk units destined for a cement plant in Kenya on using two of its ro-ro services.
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ALE-Giant executes Formosa works
August 23 - ALE has established a joint venture with Giant Taiwan to handle the movement, transport and storage of wind turbine foundations for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm.
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Ceva secures Borr contract extension
August 23 - Ceva Logistics has renewed its rig hub services contract with Borr Drilling for an additional year.
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Barrus supports wind energy projects
August 23 - Barrus Projects has delivered nacelles for the Kamensko-Krasnoselskaya and Gukovo wind farms in Russia.
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Business | Mergers and acquisitions | Forecasts | Investments | Appointments | Archive
Peel Ports prepares for Brexit
August 23 - The UK’s Peel Ports Group has been accredited as an authorised economic operator (AEO) at all of its principal ports.
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TCC 78000 prepares for work in Rostock
August 22 - Liebherr has inaugurated its rail-mounted heavy lift crane – the TCC 78000 – in Rostock, Germany.
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Changing offshore landscape drives down Boskalis results
August 22 - In announcing its half-year results, Royal Boskalis Westminster cited “operational and contractual issues on a limited number of offshore projects” as a key reason behind the drop in its six-month core earnings.
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Paderewski completes maiden call in Emden
August 23 - Chipolbrok’s multipurpose vessel Paderewski made its maiden call at the German port of Emden to load wind energy equipment destined for Masan, South Korea.
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Esbjerg welcomes LHM 800
August 23 - Denmark’s Port Esbjerg has taken delivery of a 308-tonne lifting capacity LHM 800 mobile harbour crane from Liebherr.
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Beluga adds to fleet with Neptune Marine tug
August 22 - Russia’s Beluga Projects Logistic has taken delivery of an ice-classed EuroTug 3010 from Neptune Marine.
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Tschudi delivers for Belgian paper mill
August 22 - Tschudi Logistics has coordinated the delivery of five digesters and a liquor accumulator for Burgo Ardennes’ paper mill in Belgium.
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Tuvia Italia handles exchanger shipment
August 21 - Italy-headquartered Tuvia Italia has loaded a heat exchanger on to a heavy lift vessel at Monfalcone port.
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Mammoet delivers for PCK refinery
August 21 - Mammoet has handled the delivery of two cracking columns for PCK’s oil refinery in Schwedt, Germany.
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ACS delivers in Japan
August 20 - Air Charter Service (ACS) has coordinated the shipment of a 35-tonne flight simulator from Texas to Japan using a Boeing 747.
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FROM THE MAGAZINE: Floating technology finds new markets
August 20 - A push to develop commercially viable floating offshore wind turbines looks set to open up long-term opportunities for heavy lift operators, writes Phil Hastings.
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The scrubber solution for GHG emissions
August 16 - Advocates of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) are championing the use of the technology as a way to reduce global CO2 emissions, as well as complying with the looming IMO sulphur 2020 regulations.
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Trade war effects hit the West Coast
August 13 - Protracted trade tension between the USA and China has hit the bottom lines of ports and terminals active on the US West Coast. Predicting how volumes will develop in the coming months is proving difficult.
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Equipment
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ECOL gets certified
August 21 - The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) said that its European Crane Operators’ Licence (ECOL) has been awarded ISO 9001-2015 certification.
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ALE moves mining trucks across South Africa
August 19 - ALE has handled the delivery of five Caterpillar mining trucks from an iron ore mine in Sishen to the port of Durban.
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Mobile crane survives ‘mighty forces of nature’
August 16 - A crane supplied by Schmidbauer for the upgrade of the GARS O’Higgins (German Antarctic Receiving Station) research station in Antarctica has completed its test phase.
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