All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in April 2012 – Page 5

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    Port Everglades adds new shipping service to Venezuela and Colombia

    2012-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Port Everglades, USA, has a new shipping service to Venezuela and Colombia with Naviera Master Line de Venezuela C.A. moving heavy equipment and machinery/rolling stock on a fortnightly basis from the port, with plans to offer a weekly service

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    TransRussia on the horizon

    2012-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - TransRussia, the country's largest and most comprehensive transport, will take place on 26-29 April 2011 in Expocentre, Moscow's best known and most central exhibition venue.

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    BDP International denies sale rumours

    2012-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Leading global logistics company, BDP International has issued an official denial that it is for sale.

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    ACE Winches exports Scotland's heaviest air cargo

    2012-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - ACE Winches staff recently celebrated the completion of their largest manufacturing contract, worth GBP4.2 million (USD6.67 million) for Superior Energy Services, based in Houston, USA, which was partly delivered on the world's largest plane, th

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    Schmidbauer relies on Scheuerle SPMT

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Schmidbauer, the German crane rental and specialised transportation company, has moved a large transformer through Wiesbaden's narrow streets, as well as tight passageways within an electricity substation.

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    Tight squeeze for Mammoet Road Cargo

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - A six-pack of brewery tanks proved a tight squeeze for Mammoet Road Cargo recently.

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    Transfennica offers new connections between Spain and the UK

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Transfennica Iberia (Spliethoff Group) has implemented a new maritime service that makes a direct weekly connection between the port of Bilbao, Spain and Tilbury, UK, sailing from Bilbao on Friday afternoon and reaching the British port on Sunda

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    New Boeing 747-8 Freighter gains high marks after six months in service

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - The new Boeing 747-8 Freighter reaches six months in service this month, and the airplane is setting new standards of efficiency and performance - meeting or exceeding expectations in service reliability, fuel burn, and payload capacity, claims

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    Shuttlelift wins C-Tech Oilwell Technologies business

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Edmonton, Canada-based C-Tech Oilwell Technologies has purchased a Shuttlelift single-beam mobile gantry crane to use with its portable factories that produce a sucker rod for oil pumping facilities.

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    End of the line for Hartmann Asia RTW Line

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - HLPFI understands that Hartmann Asia RTW Line Pte Ltd has been placed into provisional liquidation with accountancy practice, Lau Chin Huat & Co of Singapore, appointed as the provisional liquidator of the company.

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    Store-Ship BV adopts parent company name

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Store-Ship BV is now operating under a new name: Broekman Logistics Europoort BV.

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    BDP adds second service centre in South Asia

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - BDP International has opened another Global Services Centre (GSC) in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The US-based, global logistics and transportation services firm opened its first such centre in Kuala Lumpur in March 2008.

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    IATA reveals 5.1 percent increase in global air cargo traffic in February

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - After revealing that global air cargo traffic increased by 5.1 percent in February, compared to the same month last year, the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) said that the outlook for cargo remains fragile.

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    Terex lifts footbridge in Metz, France

    2012-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Belgian crane, lift and transportation service provider, Sarens, recently set a steel footbridge on its foundations in Metz, France.

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    Hamburg hosts maiden call for BBC Chartering's new Europe-Asia service

    2012-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Last week saw BBC Karan make the maiden call of BBC Chartering's new Europe-Asia service in the Port of Hamburg, when the ship called at C. Steinweg (S

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    BACA training day highlights complexities of international sanctions

    2012-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - It is not always easy for those involved in the air freight industry to recognise when they are breaking international sanctions rules, delegates to the Baltic Air Charter Association's latest training day were somewhat surprised to learn.

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    Agenda for Breakbulk Europe 2012 conference announced

    2012-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - UBM Global Trade's 7th annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference and Exhibition will take place May 22-24 at the Antwerp Expo in Belgium and will address anticipated industry growth from emerging markets, says the organiser.

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    Volga-Dnepr on starting grid for Honda reconstruction

    2012-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has carried over 200 tonnes of project cargo from Japan to Thailand to help with the reconstruction of Honda's assembly facilities after they were severely damaged in floods at the end of 2011.

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    Bangkok setting for PPL Network global meeting

    2012-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - The PPL Network's global meeting 2012 is to be held in Bangkok from May 27 - 30 at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel.

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    Ship out of water is no problem for ALE

    2012-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Global heavy lift and transport company ALE is claiming a world record with a recent project - the transport of a ship overland.