All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in December 2008
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World's smallest shipment?
December 31 - Having spent the last 12 months reporting on the biggest items of cargoes, we end 2008 with the heart-warming story of what could well be the world's smallest shipment!
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Composite Technology's Dewind completes turbines for Chile
December 31 - The last five D8-2000 wind turbines for a wind power generation project in Chile have been moved to the Port of Houston by Composite Technology Corporation's subsidiary DeWind Inc.
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Intermarine on the move in Shanghai
December 30 - Intermarine has moved its Shanghai office to a new larger location to accommodate the growth of its Asia Service and expanded customer service to clients in the region.
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Dockwise subsidiary takes delivery of the Trustee
December 30 - Following the delivery of the Triumph earlier this month, the final vessel out of a series of six, the Trustee has joined the fleet of Dockwise Transport, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd.
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Dockwise subsidiary takes delivery of the Trustee
December 30 - Following the delivery of the Triumph earlier this month, the final vessel out of a series of six, the Trustee has joined the fleet of Dockwise Transport, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd.
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BRIC nations to see 40 percent of global growth
December 30 - A recent Ernst & Young report brings a note of optimism to the heavy lift and project forwarding sector.
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First call at Hamburg for Grimaldi Lines Euro-Aegean service
December 29 - The sailing of the Grande Sicilia from Hamburg's Unikai Terminal on 27 December 2008 marked the start of calls at the port by Grimaldi Lines new Euro-Aegean service.
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Ocean HeavyLift acquires and adopts new name
December 29 - Ocean HeavyLift ASA (OHL has acquired the company that is responsible for the commercial management of its fleet - Offshore Heavy Transport AS (OHT).
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Fuselages fly with Geis SDV
December 23 - Geis SDV, a joint venture between the Geis Group and the French SDV Group
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Reports say Coastal Bulk Shipping has ceased trading
December 23 - In the UK, Coastal Bulk Shipping, which made its debut in 2006, is reported to have ceased trading.
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'Record' rail shipment leaves Thunder Bay
December 23 - The Port of Thunder Bay is celebrating the departure of what it says is a 'record' trainload of equipment on a 1,500 mile journey to Fort McMurray, Canada.
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Griffin inks Scheuerle heavy weight deal
December 22 - After a year of development, a self-propelled transport system based on the Scheuerle InterCombi series has been ordered by Griffin Coal Mining, one of the biggest strip mining companies in Australia.
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines renew ISO 9001-2000 certificate
December 22 - The Russian Register Certification Association has renewed the ISO 9001:2000 certificate of conformity of Volga-Dnepr Airlines for another three years.
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Fairstar Fjell named
December 19 - Fairstar Heavy Transport NV (FAIR) held the naming ceremony of its second heavy transport vessel Fjell in Malta on Friday.
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Wave and tidal projects offer optimism to forwarders
December 18 - Eighty-six MW of wave and tidal current stream capacity will be installed world-wide in the next five years, according to a new survey.
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Sahil Freight Express carries generators to Iraq
December 18 - Sahil Freight Express has transported an over-dimensional transformer from India to Iraq for EMCO, one of India's largest manufacturers of transformers.
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MacGregor gets orders
December 17 - Cargotec's MacGregor business has received orders worth close to EUR 30 million from China for ten shipsets of cranes, hatch covers and fixed container fittings for delivery in 2010-2011.
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DB Schenker claims new weight record with luxury yachts
December 17 - Schenker Deutschland AG has transported five yachts weighing 540 tonnes in total to the halls of the D
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Turbines energise Vancouver business
December 17 - The Port of Vancouver is bustling with activity, on and off the Columbia River, according to press reports in the local media, with imports and exports lively; and a storage yard packed with sections of wind turbines.
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UN General Assembly adopts new cargo rules
December 17 - The United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea on 11 December 2008.