FLAG restores classic Scheuerle lowbed
April 7 - Switzerland-based E. Flückiger AG (FLAG) acquired a lowbed trailer from Scheuerle in 1964. 56 years later, the unit is still on the road having been full restored.
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Nurminen Logistics names Paasonen
April 7 - Jonna Paasonen has been appointed as vice president, freight forwarding at Nurminen Logistics.
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Liebherr reports strong 2019 but future looks uncertain
April 7 - 2019 was another successful year for the Liebherr Group, with a turnover of EUR11.75 billion (USD12.8 billion). Forecasts for 2020, however, are harder to predict.
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Dorian returns to Dunkirk with SafetyLiftinGear
April 7 - SafetyLiftinGear has supplied a Modulift CMOD 12 spreader frame to lift and lower a 9.7-tonne ship into the sea in Southampton, UK.
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XLP members co-ordinate muffler move
April 7 - Freight Traders has teamed up with Flogis International to move two oversized brine mufflers from South Korea to New Zealand.
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Konecranes lands largest-ever reachstacker order
April 7 - Konecranes, in partnership with Richter Foerdertechnik, landed an order for 36 SMV 2216 TC3 reachstackers.
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Business | Mergers and acquisitions | Forecasts | Investments | Appointments | Archive
Damco names Meierkort
April 6 - Mike Meierkort has been appointed as head of Americas at freight forwarder Damco.
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Beeg joins BSM
April 6 - Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has appointed Stefan Beeg as its head of communications.
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Covid-19 shakes up Sulphur 2020
April 3 - The rapid spread of Covid-19 has had a multi-faceted impact on global shipping. HLPFI takes a look at how the outbreak has caused shockwaves in bunker prices and what this means for the implementation of the sulphur 2020 regulations.
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Sectors | Shipping | Overland | Logistics | Airfreight | Ports and terminals | Networks | Archive
Seafarers on the front line
April 6 - Seafarers themselves are on the front line of this Covid-19 crisis, playing a critical role in keeping the world economy moving.
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Kota Bakat gets under way
April 6 - The 25,000 dwt Kota Bakat – operated by King Ocean Gulf Alliance (KOGA) Shipping – made its maiden voyage from Port Houston's CARE Terminal last week.
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Bolloré introduces e-payments at Dakar
April 6 - Bolloré Ports has implemented an electronic payment solution at Dakar Terminal in Senegal.
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Projects | Archive
Odyssey begins epic move
April 6 - S7 Space called on the project logistics industry to help relocate its Odyssey launch platform, part of the Sea Launch project, from the USA to the port of Slavyanka in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
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Jan De Nul moves ahead with Changhua project
April 3 - Jan De Nul has almost completed the construction of 21 foundations for Taiwan’s Changhua offshore wind farm.
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Megalift moves for MRT project
April 3 - Megalift has moved a 60-tonne locomotive and a 17-tonne wagon for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) railway project in Malaysia.
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Logistics Plus assists build of FRSU
April 2 - Logistics Plus has assisted with the construction of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in China.
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Insight | Archive
Boskalis issues Covid-19 update
April 2 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has suspended crew and project staff rotations in response to the outbreak of Covid-19, but cargo is still moving.
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A bleak economic picture
April 2 - As a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has revised its growth forecasts for countries across the world.
Views: 782
Qatar Airways adds belly-hold capacity to China
March 31 - Qatar Airways Cargo has resumed its bellyhold cargo operations to six of its passenger destinations in China.
Views: 898
Equipment
Cranes | Heavy haulage | Under the jib | Jacks, skates & rollers | Software | Strapping & lashing | Packing & crating | Archive
Myshak calls in reinforcement for wind power
April 3 - Canadian Crane and heavy haul contractor Myshak Crane & Rigging is due to take delivery of two Liebherr mobile cranes.
Views: 635
Liebherr installs Orion boom
April 1 - Liebherr has installed the 145 m-long boom of the HLC 295000 – the largest crane ever built by the manufacturer – at the port of Rostock, Germany.
Views: 995
Huisman lands SEP crane order
April 1 - PaxOcean Engineering has placed an order with Huisman for a 1,600-tonne lifting capacity leg-encircling crane, which will be installed on Penta-Ocean Construction’s self-elevating platform (SEP).
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