All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in April 2017 – Page 4
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Van der Vlist widens Hull footprint
April 14 - Van der Vlist has added 3,000 sq m of secure outdoor storage adjacent to its office in Hull, UK.
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Rotterdam ramps up cargo volumes
April 14 - Cargo throughput at the Port of Rotterdam increased by 2 percent in the first quarter of 2017, in comparison to the same period last year, reaching 119.3 million tonnes.
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Indiana opens season with a Briese
April 14 - The first ocean vessel of the year arrived at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor - the 413 ft (125.8 m) heavy lift vessel BBC Mont Blanc marking the official opening of the international shipping season.
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Emirates' sees a flying boat
April 14 - Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has transported the New Zealand Aotearoa - Emirates Team New Zealand's race boat - from Auckland to Bermuda for the Louis Vuitton America's Cup sailing competition which will begin in late Ma
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Stena lines up Latvia
April 13 - In response to high demand Stena Lines has added Stena Nautica to increase the number of departures to five times a week on its service between Travemünder Skandinavienkai, Germany and Liepaja, Latvia.
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RSS names directors
April 13 - Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) has named Alan Varney and Angela Holmes as operations and finance directors respectively.
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Delta Maritime delivers in Greece
April 13 - Delta Maritime has delivered oversized cargo in north Greece for the Ptolemais V Lignite station.
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Cost of claims rising says insurance body
April 13 - According to statistics released by the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), average costs of global marine insurance claims are increasing on the back of increased risk onboard cargo vessels and in ports.
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Ravestein develops new movable ro-ro berth
April 13 - The Netherlands-headquartered shipyard and construction company Ravestein built a linkspan at its yard in Deest, the Netherlands, which will be used at the Albert II dock in Zeebrugge, Belgium.
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Survey says box lines “poor to average”
April 13 - The service provided by container shipping lines is rated as poor to average and has deteriorated in the past year, according to a survey of exporters, importers and freight forwarders conducted jointly by Drewry and the European Shippers' Coun
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GPA marches to a new record
April 12 - The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reported a 9.8 percent increase in total tonnage across all of its terminals in March, 2017, moving 2.89 million tons (2.62 million tonnes), marking the busiest March in the authority's history.
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SAL raises standard gear
April 12 - SAL Heavy Lift has purchased a tailormade set of lifting beams, which the company claims allows it to perform lifting operations not possible with standard gear.
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Dozen Demags for Integrated Logistics
April 12 - Integrated Logistics Company has signed an order for 12 Demag cranes, comprising of two AC 130-5, four AC 160-5, and six AC 300-6 all terrain cranes.
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Sarens skids the steel bridge
April 12 - Sarens has transported and installed a 530-tonne, 74 m long steel bridge into its final position in Germany.
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ALE leads JV for Yamal project
April 12 - ALE is leading a joint venture company with Iemants, a steel construction company, and ICO, a terminal operator for ro-ro cargo, to manage the Yamal LNG project's modular intermediate storage yard (MISY) in Belgium.
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Liebherr expands in Buenos Aires
April 12 - Liebherr-Argentina, a subsidiary of Liebherr, has opened a 314 sq m office in Buenos Aires, expanding the group's activities in Argentina and Uruguay, primarily in the areas of mining, mobile cranes, and port and harbour cranes.
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From Stansted to Seoul
April 11 - Antonov Airlines has transported three compressors, on behalf of its customer Kuehne + Nagel in Norway, on one of its seven AN-124-100s, from its UK base at London Stansted Airport to Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea.
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SOL is sailing with seven
April 11 - Swedish Orient Line (SOL) has increased the capacity and sailing frequency of its Gothenburg, Sweden - Zeebrugge, Belgium service due to the high growth and demand of cargo on this route.
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Aqualis opens in Taiwan
April 11 - Aqualis Offshore, part of Aqualis ASA, has opened an office in Taiwan to support local offshore wind and oil and gas developments.
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An Ace loading in Mumbai
April 11 - Ace Trading & Logistics, an India-based freight and project cargo forwarding company, has loaded a yacht on board Bahri's ro-ro vessel, Bahri Jazan, at Mumbai Port, India from where it was shipped to Savannah, USA.