August 30 - Combi Lift has established a US subsidiary - Combi Lift America - based in Houston, Texas.
Combi Lift has appointed Eric Schmid as vice president for the new Houston office.
"Having built up long-standing and reliable relations in this important region over the years, the opening of Combi Lift America is just the logical next step," commented the shipping line's ceo, Heiko Felderhoff.
Combi Lift is member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in Germany.
Dortmund-based heavy transport provider August Alborn has purchased two EuroCompact lowbed semi-trailers from TII Scheuerle.
Mammoet is deploying its 3,200-tonne capacity PTC210-DS ring crane to lift a huge A-frame for Van Oord’s installation vessel Svanen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI), in collaboration with DNV and Toepfer Transport, has developed two state-of-the-art multipurpose vessel designs: Octopus 12.6 and Octopus 12.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Liebherr USA has named Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
