All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in April 2011 – Page 4

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    Deugro (Brazil) welcomes back Pedro Arruda

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Coincidental with Intermodal Sao Paulo, Deugro has reappointed Pedro Arruda as sales manager.

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    Greener offshore installation thanks to W

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - A greener offshore wind farm installation ship will be the outcome of the collaboration between Finnish marine industry equipment manufacturer W

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    Dockwise signs with Seadrill

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Dockwise has entered into a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Seadrill Management AS to provide for the transportation requirements of all relevant rigs operated by the Seadrill group, including its subsidiaries.

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    Fairstar wins new contracts for FJORD and FJELL

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed two marine heavy transportation contracts with GAC's Aberdeen office.

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    "K" Line completes SAL Group takeover

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd ("K" Line), which has had a 50 percent stake in Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land GmbH (SAL Group) since 2007 has agreed to purchase the remaining shares in the SAL Group at the end of June 2011.

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    Volga-Dnepr helps sports broadcasters with Olympic trial

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has once again supported the hosts of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia - this time with the delivery of 93 tonnes of outside broadcasting equipment.

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    Erfmann secures control of Swift Freight brand in Dubai

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Barloworld Logistics (BWL) Middle East & Asia has sold a recently created entity Swift Freight LLC to the former ceo of Swift Freight International LLC, three years after it acquired the latter company along with its branch network in Africa and

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    Drewry analyses MPV prospects as industry emerges from gloom

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Drewry Maritime Research's latest Annual Multipurpose Market Review & Forecast details the state of the multipurpose (MPV) fleet, the demand for the cargo space on those ships and the outlook for the markets they trade in. Project carriers and h

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    Albacor barges heavy castings

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Albacor Shipping, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has transported two castings from the port of Houston by barge to Chattanooga.

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    REpower sells logistics subsidiary

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - REpower Systems AG has sold the assets of its logistics subsidiary Windenergie Logistik GmbH (WEL) to Universal Windkraft Logistik GmbH.

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    PL Shipping & Logistics is now M+R Logistics (India)

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - With the takeover of its Indian agent PL Shipping & Logistics Pvt. Ltd. in September 2010, Swiss based M+R Spedag Group created a strong position in the Indian logistics market.

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    Scheuerle drives success underground

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Deep under the Austrian Alps, engineers tasked with the installation of a 220 tonne transformer in a power station cavern required massive yet delicate handling of the cargo by SPMTs.

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    Precision loading secures oil field delivery

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Precision loading is one of the reasons Volga-Dnepr Airlines' technicians and loadmasters successfully handled the shipment of 100 tonnes of oilfield equipment carried onboard two flights from Luxembourg to Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Co

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    Sri Lankan peace dividend pays off with creation of Projects FPS

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - The ending of Sri Lanka's 30-year ethnic war in May 2009 has created an atmosphere so welcoming to infrastructure investments that FPS Sri Lanka, which has gained an unrivalled profile and reputation as a first-class member of the Famous Pacific

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    Tarros sets up joint venture for project cargoes

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - In Italy, Master Project & Logistics has been established as a 50:50 joint venture between Tarros SpA, Paolo Pellegrini and Gianni Lena, two shipping operators with more than 20 years of experience in the transportation of conventional and proje

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    Martin Bencher has opened a new office

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - The Martin Bencher Group has opened a new office in Marseille as a joint venture between Martin Bencher Denmark and Floris Schorsch.

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    Dutch arbitrators rule against Fairstar

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - The final chapter in the long-running dispute between Fairmount Marine and Fairstar Heavy Transport would appear to have been written following yesterday's ruling by The Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) rejecting Fairstar's 2008 claim tha