All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in August 2016 – Page 3
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Multi Marine and Conti7 strengthen alliance
August 23 - Belgium's Conti7 shipping group and Italy's Multi Marine Services (MMS) have strengthened their short sea services partnership through a new joint operation, Conti Carwil Line, combining the respective services of Conti Med Line and Carwil Lin
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Terex makes monumental move
August 22 - Working alongside two other cranes, Germany's Steil Kranarbeiten has used a Terex AC 200 crane and a AC 350 crane to lift and install the 35 m long, 60-tonne observation deck for the Saarpolygon monument.
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JAXPORT gets heavy lift of its own
August 22 - In the USA, JAXPORT's ongoing investment could be seen as three container cranes arrived at the port's Blount Island Marine Terminal aboard the ZPMC semi-submersible ship, Zhen Hua 14, which departed from Shanghai, China in early June. They wi
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Milwaukee steps up for Emmert
August 22 - Emmert International has arranged for the transportation of a 295 tonnes (650,000 lbs) press from Canada on a McKeil Marine deck barge across the Great Lakes through the Port of Milwaukee to a Scot Forge plant in Illinois.
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MSG Krandienst takes Demag cranes
August 22 - Kehl-based MSG Krandienst has acquired a Demag® AC 700-9 all-terrain crane.
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Changes at the top for Fednav
August 22 - Effective September 10, Paul Pathy will assume responsibility as the sole chief executive officer of Fednav Limited and of Fednav International Ltd (FIL).
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Nigeria Navy beats off pirates
August 19 - Carisbrooke Shipping's Vectis Osprey, which is under the commercial management of the Zeaborn Group, has been rescued by the Nigeria Navy from attempted piracy, having been offshore of Bonny Island, Nigeria.
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PPG milestone
August 19 - Project forwarder network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG), is set to celebrate its tenth anniversary on August 27.
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General cargoes up in Lower Saxony seaports
August 18 - In the first half of 2016, the nine Lower Saxony seaports in Germany handled 23.8 million tonnes of cargo, slightly down on the same period of 2015 (25.7 million tonnes).
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Profits tumble at Boskalis
August 19 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) realised a net profit of EUR147.5 million in the first half of 2016, less than half of the EUR 306.5 million it achieved in the corresponding period of 2015, with the spot market in its Offshore Energy dep
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Pan Ocean back in the black
August 19 - South Korean shipping company, Pan Ocean has reversed the loss it recorded in the first half of 2015, turning in a profit for the same period of this year.
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Inchcape opens in Amsterdam
August 19 - Maritime and logistics service provider, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has opened an office in Amsterdam - the company's second office in the Netherlands.
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More mergers and acquisitions says Drewry
August 19 - Poor first half results in container shipping in the first half make it more likely that more merger activity can be expected, says London's Drewry Maritime Research.
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Manser in at Hunt & Palmer
August 18 - Steve Manser, a 40 year veteran of the air cargo industry, has joined UK air charter broker, Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters Ltd.
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Another Kazakh contract for Blue Water Shipping
August 18 - Blue Water Shipping will lead a consortium which has been awarded a USD 154 million contract by Tengizchevroil (TCO).
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ALE stays on the rails in Doha
August 18 - ALE has moved 1,470 heavy items to successfully complete the first phase of its work on the new Doha metro project.
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Maiden flight for world's largest aircraft
August 18 - An airship that is claimed to be the world's largest aircraft made its maiden flight with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in the English Midlands.
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All change at Dachser Air & Sea Logistics
August 18 - Effective January 1, 2016, Jochen Müller will join the Dachser management team and will take over from Thomas Reuter as chief operations officer of the company's Air & Sea Logistics business on January 1, 2018
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UK set for largest offshore wind farm
August 17 - Companies active in providing logistics, transport and installation services for the renewable energy sector will be buoyed from the news that the UK Government has given planning consent to Dong Energy for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm.
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Throughput down at Hamburg
August 17 - The Port of Hamburg has reported that for the first half of 2016 total seaborne cargo throughput was down 0.9 percent on the previous year at 70.2 million tonnes.