All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in August 2016
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Kässbohrer showcases new home
August 31 - Kässbohrer has welcomed business partners from 15 different countries to its new production plant in Ulm, Germany.
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Rickmers releases half-year report
August 31 - The Rickmers Group has issued its 2016 half-year report, which confirms consolidated revenues of EUR249.3 million (USD277.6 million) - a 13.9 percent decrease compared with the same period of 2015.
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Freja posts half-year growth
August 31 - Freja Transport & Logistics posted year-on-year growth of 1 percent in turnover at EUR166 million (USD184 million) for the first half of 2016, with a 20 percent increase in EBIT to EUR4.2 million (USD4.6 million).
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Hanjin to file for receivership
August 31 - South Korea's Hanjin Shipping is to file for court receivership after losing the support of its banks.
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Mallory Alexander names admin chief
August 31 - Robert E. Mallory has been appointed chief administrative officer of Mallory Alexander International Logistics.
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Khalifa Port to expand
August 30 - Abu Dhabi Ports has revealed a major expansion plan for Khalifa Port, which will see an extra 1,000 m of quay wall added at the UAE gateway.
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Intermarine receives first Ecolift ship
August 30 - Intermarine has taken delivery of the 12,500 dwt multipurpose vessel Industrial Skipper, which was constructed at Shandong Huanghai shipyard in Rongcheng, China.
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Johnson Crane in drydock triple lift
August 30 - Johnson Crane Hire has helped remove three large components from a dredging vessel at drydock in Cape Town harbour, South Africa.
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Combi Lift opens US hub
August 30 - Combi Lift has established a US subsidiary - Combi Lift America - based in Houston, Texas.
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Petrasco in chopper move
August 30 - Petrasco Energy Logistics has coordinated the delivery of two helicopters from Eastern Europe to the UK.
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Nitto Baxi JV established
August 30 - “K” Line has established a cargo handling service provider in India, Nitto Baxi, through a joint venture with its group company Nitto Total Logistics and business partner J.M. Baxi.
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Aqualis names Middle East head
August 30 - Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has appointed Ben Lazenby as director of its Middle East operation.
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Karlsen up at ALE
August 30 - ALE has appointed Paul Karlsen as commercial manager for its Scandinavia business.
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BNSF moves press across states
August 30 - BNSF Logistics' global project centre in Houston has coordinated the transport of a large automotive press from Lafayette, Indiana to Georgetown, Kentucky in the USA.
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Alliance and acquisition for Ritchie Bros
August 30 - Ritchie Bros has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, and reached an agreement to acquire online marketplace IronPlanet.
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Jurassic move for Jan de Rijk
August 26 - Jan de Rijk Logistics has transported a 66-million-year-old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to the city of Leiden in the Netherlands.
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Topkran ups crawler fleet
August 26 - Moscow based crane hire company Topkran has taken delivery of its second 350-tonne capacity LR 1350/1 crawler crane.
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DHL inks racing car contract
August 26 - A new partnership agreement has been signed by DHL and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), which will see the logistics provider organise the shipment of the teams' motor sport materials and equipment to the overseas events.
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Rickmers cancels ship management merger
August 26 - Rickmers Holding and E.R. Capital Holding have jointly decided not to pursue the merger of their ship management activities for the time being.
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Global fleet growth expected
August 25 - The heavy lift and multipurpose (HL/MPV) shipping sector is under extreme pressure. With desperately low commodity prices laying waste to new capital projects, and increasing competition from other shipping modes for cargoes, the HL/MPV sector