All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in April 2016 – Page 6

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    Delta trucks to Albania

    2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Delta Maritime delivered two separator units from the Port of Piraeus, Greece to the client's site in Fier, Albania.

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    Airlander cleared for take-off

    2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - After unprecedented interest from the public for its crowdfunding, Hybrid Air Vehicles has received two key documents from its regulators, which are needed for the Airlander's first flight.

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    Scheuerle develops SPMT widening adaptor

    2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Scheuerle has developed a SPMT widening adaptor for high and wide loads, which is claimed will reduce the amount of trailers needed and the carbon footprint for specific transport projects.

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    ABC chips in

    2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) utilised two Boeing 747 freighter flights to transport microchip manufacturing units from Amsterdam to Dalian, China, on behalf of DB Schenker.

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    EMS gains Fehn Lyra

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - The 4,500 dwt vessel Fehn Lyra (ex-Fluvius Tamar) has joined the fleet of Fehn Ship Management and will subsequently be chartered by EMS Chartering.

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    DSV says UTi takeover going well

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Following its acquisition of UTi, DSV says that its 100 largest clients have all committed to continuing business with the combined group.

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    Freeport finds new chief

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - After several months of searching, Phyllis Saathoff has been appointed executive port director and ceo of Port Freeport.

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    Spliethoff in Canadian reshuffle

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Spliethoff Group is integrating BigLift Shipping's Toronto office into its Great Lakes department.

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    BUSINESSrun heads to bauma

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Flensborg and Associates' 28th BUSINESSrun is being held alongside the bauma exhibition in Munich on Thursday, April 14.

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    BigRoll Barentsz delivered

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - BigRoll Shipping's first MC Class vessel, BigRoll Barentsz, has been handed over to the company by Cosco Dalian Shipyard.

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    Broshuis rolls out SL-AIR 5

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Broshuis has launched its five-axle power-steered SL-AIR 5 trailer, which it says has the same weight as a self-tracking version but with independent air suspension.

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    Zeaborn expands fleet to 34

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Further to the news reported by HLPFI last week regarding the company's cooperation with Carisbrooke Shipping, Zeaborn has acquired a majority shareholding in the shipping-related companies of the HC Group.

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    PCN members ramp it up

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Turkey, Element International Forwarding & Logistics, has coordinated the transport of a cryogenic LNG storage tank from Bursa in Turkey to Tehran, Iran.

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    Kaleido launches logistics startup programme

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Kaleido Logistics, together with RocketSpace, has launched what it claims is the first acceleration programme for logistics startups - Logistics Tech Accelerator.

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    Mammoet inks large Kobelco order

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Mammoet has ordered 17 cranes from Kobelco, which will be officially handed over to the company at the bauma exhibition in Munich next week.

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    Johnson doubles up at Kolomela

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Johnson Crane Hire was contracted to undertake heavy lifts for two separate customers at the Kolomela mine in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

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    Meriaura carrier gets converted

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Meriaura Group's ship Aura is being returned to the company after being converted back into a multipurpose open-deck heavy cargo carrier from a cable laying vessel.

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    West of Scotland ups capacity

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - West of Scotland Heavy Haulage has taken delivery of a Manoovr trailer and a four-axle wind blade trailer from Nooteboom, alongside two new Mercedes-Benz Arocs tractor units.

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    Braid Logistics penalised for bribery

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Glasgow based logistics company, Braid Logistics, is to pay GBP2.2 million (USD3.09 million) after self-reporting over bribery and failure to prevent bribery, according to the Civil Recovery Unit of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

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    Borusan makes Scheuerle buy

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Turkish transport and logistics services provider Borusan Logistik has ordered a Scheuerle rotor blade adapter, which is designed to transport wind turbine blades under difficult conditions.