All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in August 2015

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  • News

    Rostock on the rise

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Rostock Port has reported a double-digit increase in cargo volumes for the first half of 2015, with 13.1 million tonnes of goods handled at the German gateway.

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    Terex gives Versailles a lift

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - DUFOUR Transport Handling has used a Terex Superlift 3800 crawler crane to erect a footbridge at the Versailles Chantiers train station in France.

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    Volga-Dnepr packed to the gills

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Volga-Dnepr has delivered a shipment of 1,236,000 Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob River basin in northern Russia.

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    Sovereign rushes to replace gearbox

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Sovereign Logistics, part of the Express Shipping & Logistics Group, has coordinated the transport of a new cement mill gearbox from China to Kenya, to replace a broken unit and maintain operations.

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    Ekin in mega mill move

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Ekin Heavy & Project Cargo Transportation has delivered the main body of a mill from Turkey's Samsun port to a site 60 km away.

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    Scaldis plays in offshore duet

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Scaldis has completed the transportation and installation of two offshore high voltage substations for the Gemini project in the Netherlands.

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    Maxikraft in double Dresden lift

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Maxikraft has used two Liebherr mobile cranes - an LTM 1500-8.1 and an LTM 1750-9.1 - to load two condensers and a turbine from low loaders onto vessels at Dresden's Alberthafen dock.

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    CLC heads to Dubai

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - The CLC Projects network will hold its eighth global conference in Dubai, UAE from November 28 - 29.

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    LR to classify Heerema crane vessel

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Lloyd's Register (LR) secured the contract to classify the world's largest heavy lift crane vessel (NSCV), under development by Netherlands headquartered Heerema Group.

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    ABC shines in solar car flight

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported a Nuna Solar car, which is competing in the 2015 World Solar Challenge in Australia, from Amsterdam to Hong Kong onboard one of its B747 freighter flights.

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    Manufacturing milestone for MAX

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - MAX Trailer's 1,000th vehicle has rolled off the assembly line.

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    Laser sharp job from Volga

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has safely delivered high-value industrial laser equipment from Sweden to Japan onboard one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighters.

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    Gruber takes on Trumpf move

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Gruber Logistics' German subsidiaries, Gruber Montage in Nurnberg and Gruber Logistics in Kreuztal, have worked together to relocate a Trumpf laser-welding machine.

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    Japan goes ro-ro to Teesport

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Commencing in September, "K" Line's new ro-ro service will transport cargoes from the Japanese port of Tokuyama-Kudamatsu to Teesport on the northeast coast of the UK.

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    Saudia Cargo makes way to JFK

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Effective September 4, Saudia Cargo will begin operating freighter flights to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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    Calls to end 'slow steaming' as bunker prices fall

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - There is increasing pressure on shipowners and operators to scrap fuel-saving "slow steaming", with bunker prices at six-year lows.

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    Nicolas delivers for Alstom

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - French special vehicle manufacturer Nicolas, a subsidiary of the TII Group, has delivered two self-propelled MHD G2 transporters to Alstom.

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    V. Alexander presses ahead

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - V. Alexander Transport Systems has coordinated the delivery of an automotive press, weighing over 270 tonnes, from Germany to White in the US State of Georgia.

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    DHL invests in African promise

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Deutsche Post DHL Group ceo Frank Appel made a visit to South Africa and Nigeria this week, demonstrating the importance of emerging markets for the company's future business strategy.

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    ZOMC joint venture launched

    2015-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) subsidiary ZPMC Offshore Services has formed a joint venture with OffshoreTech LLC (OTL) to pursue offshore transport and installation projects.