All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in April 2015 – Page 2

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    Swiss first for Terex

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Crane service and heavy transport provider Welti-Furrer has taken delivery of the first two Terex Explorer 5800 cranes to be delivered to Switzerland.

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    Fagioli and Scheuerle ink huge SPMT deal

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Italian heavy lift and project transportation company Fagioli and specialised trailer manufacturer Scheuerle have sealed a deal, which will see Fagioli receive 100 axle lines of self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs).

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    New and bigger base for Combilift

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Specialist straddle carrier and forklift manufacturer Combilift plans to invest EUR40 million (USD43.8 million) over the next two years in a new manufacturing facility in Ireland, which it says will create 200 additional jobs.

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    Wagenborg hammers away

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Wagenborg has transported a large hydraulic pile driving hammer, sleeve and associated materials from sites in Kinderdijk and Sliedrecht to Flushing in the Netherlands for IHC IQIP.

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    Concerns over aid reaching Nepal

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Air Charter Service (ACS) group commercial director Justin Lancaster has expressed concern that aid agencies are facing unprecedented logistical challenges in trying to help victims of the Nepalese earthquake.

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    NCSG agrees to buy B&G

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Holdings has signed a stock purchase agreement to buy 100 percent of the outstanding shares of B&G Crane Holdings.

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    Panalpina adds Baku calls

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Panalpina is adding calls to Baku, Azerbaijan with scheduled chartered flights operated by Silk Way West Airlines and flying between Luxembourg and Shanghai.

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    BNSF acquires Vectora wind assets

    2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - BNSF Logistics has acquired the wind energy related assets and contracts of Vectora Transportation - a Chicago-based third party logistics services provider specialising in over-dimensional and bulk cargo transportation.

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    New NileDutch vessel named

    2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - A naming ceremony has been held for NileDutch's latest newbuild vessel NileDutch Antwerpen at IMT Terminals in Antwerp.

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    Transformer trio moves with Steder

    2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Steder Group Logistics has coordinated the transportation of three transformers from Constanta, Romania to Saudi Arabia.

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    Crook resigns from DHL

    2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - With immediate effect, Roger Crook has resigned as a member of the management board of Deutsche Post DHL Group and ceo of Global Forwarding, Freight.

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    Kuebler gives cargo centre a big lift

    2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Kuebler Spedition has taken delivery of a giant mobile crane, weighing 450 tonnes, at its heavy cargo centre in Mannheim, Germany.

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    Allelys completes Siemens project

    2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - The Allelys Group, in coordination with its marine partner, Osprey Shipping, had to overcome major geographical challenges to provide a complete factory to foundation solution for Siemens.

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    Able expands development team

    2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Able UK has appointed Chris Mackinlay as its new group marketing and development executive, and Debbie Fell as the property and development team's administrator.

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    SC&RA reveals winners

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - This year's SC&RA Job of the Year competitions featured 28 entries - 15 rigging jobs and 13 hauling jobs, with the winners being announced at the SC&RA's Annual Conference Closing Night Awards and Recognition Dinner last weekend.

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    Painting saves numbers for Volga-Dnepr

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has provided one of its AN-124-100 freighters with a special paint job, which it claims will save USD100,000 per year in fuel costs.

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    Kalmar on the double

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - Kalmar has gained an order for two Super Gloria reachstackers from Tadarsa Logistics S.L. in Aviles, Spain.

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    SC&RA conference success

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - Last week's annual conference of the SC&RA, attracted over 740 participants from around the world, including 87 individuals from ten nations outside the USA, including Brazil, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherl

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    Broekman Logistics and Sea-Cargo open hub

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - The Norwegian Sea-Cargo Hub in Rotterdam has been officially opened by Broekman Logistics and Sea-Cargo.

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    Sea Challenger mobilised to Burbo Bank

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - A2SEA will provide its purpose-built offshore installation vessel, Sea Challenger, to install 32 wind turbines at Dong Energy's Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK.