Cranes news – Page 175
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Erickson deploys Aircrane to South America
January 15, 2013 - Portland, Oregon-based Erickson Air-Crane Inc. has signed a deal with oil and gas company Pacific Rubiales Energy to provide heavy lift helicopter services in central Peru.
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Triple R. Transport secures beer supplies
January 11 - The Port of Wilmington, Delaware has handled 18 oversized brewery tanks weighing 243 tonnes for the Victoria Brewing Company. The tanks will be used at its new brewing facility in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania.
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Stedergroup shifts transformer at Port of Rotterdam
January 10 - Netherlands-based Stedergroup has completed the loading of a heavy electrical transformer at the Port of Rotterdam.
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KGL and AXL complete Afghan project
January 7 - Kuwait-headquartered KGL Logistics, in co-operation with AXL Logistics Karachi (AXL), has transported almost 5,000 tonnes of steel structures and building materials for a cold drinks manufacturing facility in Kabul, Afghanistan for client Alok
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SC&RA hosts Specialized Transportation Symposium 2013
January 4 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) will be hosting the Specialized Transport Symposium in Orlando, USA, between February 27 and March 1, 2013.
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Mill is no grind for HEAVY Logistics
December 31 - HEAVY Logistics, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in Belgium, recently organised a multimodal transport using 10 Goldhofer SPMT axle lines and a hired barge, to move a grinding mill from Tournai to Antwerp, Belgium.
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Ejar adds to crane fleet
December 18 - Ejar Cranes & Equipment LLC - the Dubai-based crane rental company - has strengthened its fleet with the addition of Liebherr crawler cranes through the course of 2012: two LR 1300, six LR 1280, and two LTM 1130-5.1 mobile cranes.
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Rickmers-Linie to build two new multi-purpose ships
December 17 - Rickmers Linie - the Germany-headquartered provider of breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo transportation - has commissioned two 20,000 deadweight tonne newbuilds.
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Conquest unloads hulls at Flushing
December 17 - Conquest Offshore - a Dutch joint venture between Concordia Offshore BV and Zwagerman Offshore Services BV - has used its Conquest MB I, 1,500 tonne offshore heavy lift crane barge to unload six ship hulls at Flushing, the Netherlands.
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Liebherr to launch subsea crane
December 17 - Liebherr will next month present its latest crane offering - the RL-K 7500 subsea crane.
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Marilyn Monroe joins Elvis at Smith Maritime
December 11 - Washington-based shipbroker and marine consultant, Marcon International, has announced that Foss Maritime Co has sold its US flag ocean deck barge, 'Foss 343', to Smith Maritime of Cove Springs, Florida. The ro-ro barge has been renamed 'Mar
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Felbermayr and Terex keep production going
December 10 - Hilden, Germany headquartered crane service provider Felbermayr recently replaced four gigantic whey tanks at the Leppersdorf facility of dairy company Sachsenmilch, where a Terex AC 1000, the world's most powerful all-terrain crane, proved
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Jumbo transports 1,125 tonne shiploader crane
December 4 - Jumbo Shipping, the Netherlands-headquartered provider of heavy marine transport, successfully completed the transport of a 1,125 tonne shiploader crane between Sines, Portugal and Nouadhibou, Mauritania.
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Barnhart expands with four new branches
December 3 - Barnhart Crane and Rigging, the Memphis-headquartered heavy lift and transportation organisation, has continued to develop its US network with the opening of four new branches: Charleston, South Carolina; Owensboro, Kentucky; Richland, Washin
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Terex launches 650 tonne capacity crawler crane
November 30 - Terex Corporation, the American-based diversified equipment manufacturer, has announced the launch of its Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane.
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The Friday Flyer
November 30 - Staff in HLPFI's London office awoke this morning to the first sub-temperatures of Winter and a malfunctioning office heating system. Typing in an overcoat and mittens is no fun, but the author of this week's Friday Flyer delivers a neat sna
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Reporting heavy lift crane accidents
November 28 - Heavy lift specialist Richard Krabbendam draws attention to a recent crawler crane accident in Vungtau, Vietnam, which left three men dead and two badly injured.
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HANSA handles Chile lift
November 23 - Heavy lift and project cargo shipping line HANSA HEAVY LIFT has transported two ship loading systems from Bremen to Punta Lackwater in Chile.
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The Friday Flyer
November 23 - It's Friday afternoon in a windswept London and so it must be time for this week's edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, delivering a neat snapshot of news from the last week for your to enjoy with your afternoon tea and slice of cake - lemon dri