Cranes news – Page 183

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    SUMO-Shipping sets sail

    2012-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - The heavy lift shipping industry is set to welcome a new kid on what most would describe as a pretty overcrowded block.

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    Lerwick harbour deep-water facility opens ahead of schedule

    2012-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - An additional deep-water facility at Lerwick Harbour,Scotland has been brought into operation ahead of schedule to support a major subsea project in the North Sea.

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    Sarens reports wide range of heavy lift project activity

    2012-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - A range of projects across most continents has demonstrated the breadth of heavy lift operations undertaken worldwide by Sarens Group, the Wolvertem, Belgium-based heavy lifting and engineered transport provider.

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    SCALDIS orders crane ship with 4,000 tonnes hoisting capacity

    2012-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Antwerp-based, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered a powerful, self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Korean shipbuilders STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. The vessel will be built in STX's shipyard in Dalian and finished in Xiamen, China

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    Art for art's sake

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    March 8 - An artwork, Max Bill's 66 tonne sculpture 'Continuity', has been lifted into place by a Terex mobile crane - but not an ordinary crane. It was the 200th unit of the AC 500-2 delivered from the Terex Cranes facility in Zweibr

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    Three into one will go as Isotec joins CEE network

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    March 8 - Singapore-based Isotec Project Logistics & Consulting Pte Ltd has joined the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in three different locations, representing the following service categories:

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    Santo Domingo on track, thanks to Multitrade Spain

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    March 7 - Multitrade Spain, a Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network member, worked with its Dominican company Multitrade Dominicana to be awarded a second contract of 45 metro cars, for the second metro line in Santo Domingo, Domenica.

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    Mammoet's new PTC completes test programme

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    March 7 - Global tailor-made heavy lifting and transport solutions manufacturer Mammoet has completed the test programme of its three new PTC 140/200 DS (Platform, Twin ring, Containerised) cranes at Westdorpe, The Netherlands.

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    New member for CEE in Turkey

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    March 6 - Ekin Nakliyat from Istanbul, Turkey, has been appointed as a new member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in Turkey, representing the service category: heavy haulage.

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    Barnhart and Goldhofer debut WesTrac system

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has added WesTrac Transportation System to its equipment inventory. Barnhart's engineers designed WesTrac together with German company Goldhofer. The Wes Trac is a new class of dual-lane transporter with unique new featu

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    Chinese market coming of age

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - US management consulting firm A.T. Kearney is "very optimistic" about the prospects for China's breakbulk market, saying important structural changes in the country's economy and a growing sophistication among Chinese shippers suggest opportunit

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    Four companies line up to ship stone

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - A new service has been launched by four companies, Stonetrans, Rickmers-Linie, Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies and DP World Breakbulk, to ship rough blocks of granite and sandstone from India to Antwerp.

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    Chinese Customs improving

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    February 28 - By Colum Murphy at Breakbulk China in Shanghai

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    Liebherr on the double

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH has delivered a new LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane to crane hire specialist, Sommer Kranverleih GmbH, or Bremen, Germany.

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    HOCHTIEF to build another special-purpose wind farm ship

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - HOCHTIEF Solutions has commissioned the construction of a further heavy-lift jack-up vessel from the Crist shipyard in Poland for the installation of offshore wind farms.

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    Vanguard positions large satellite dish

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Heavy lifting and transportation specialist, Vanguard, was contracted to assist with the rigging of the single satellite dish 24 m off ground at the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS), located 100 km southwest of Windhoek in the Khomas H

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    JSC Transafe Logistics partners with Sarens Group in Serbian project

    2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - In Pancevo, Serbia, Russia's JSC Transafe Logistics has worked with Belgium's Sarens Group on a hydrocracker/hydrotreater modernisation and construction project for NIS Petroleum Industry.

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    Indian takeaway for cranes

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - V.Alexander of Germany and InterMax Logistic Solutions of China, both members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, successfully cooperated in a shipment of two cranes from China to India.

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    Twaron in BigLift first

    2012-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Heavy lift shipping line, BigLift has just completed its first job with a new super fly jib, equipped with special Twaron stay cables to lengthen the crane to a radius of 55 metres.