All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in December 2009 – Page 2

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    Payne Named to Executive Board of Seaports Industry Association

    2009-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - J. Stanley 'Stan' Payne, chief executive officer of the Canaveral Port Authority, will serve on the 2009-10 Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). He was named to the 10-member b

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    Ahlers Dubai secures project move to Qeshm Island

    2009-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Abu Dhabi based drilling company NSCC Drilltec has appointed Ahlers Dubai to move a shipment of drilling equipment from their Madham site in the UAE hinterland to Qeshm Island in Iran.

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    Jumbo Shipping breaks own record with tanker barges

    2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Jumbo Shipping's vessel, Fairpartner has successfully discharged the longest load in the shipping line's 41-year history heavy lift shipments.

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    Galvanizing line equipment from Mumbai to Baltimore

    2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - A regular client has contracted Ahlers Belgium to undertake a project shipment from India to the United States.

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    SNS completes logistics for new Tunis airport

    2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - The new Tunisian airport at Enfidha was declared open by the Tunisian subsidiary of its Turkish operator TAV earlier this month, writes Oliver Ward.

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    Agility appoints global SVP Sea Freight

    2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Agility Global Integrated Logistics has appointed Thomas Peikert as global SVP for Sea Freight.

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    Topaz secures USD42m financing

    2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Topaz Energy and Marine has raised USD42 million from Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai in support of its fleet expansion plans, taking its total financing raised in 2009 to USD150 million, the lion's share of which has been deployed to support

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    ALE raises the bar for lifting at Lisbon

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - ALE Heavylift Ib

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    Ahlers signs contract for Minsk power plant project

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Ahlers China has signed a contract to ship components for a massive power plant project in Minsk, Belarus.

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    Yantai Raffles achieves the heaviest-ever commercial lift

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Singapore-based Yantai Raffles shipyard is claiming a record for the achieving the heaviest-ever commercial lift when it successfully lifted the deckbox of Saipem's Frigstad D90 semi submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 9.

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    ALE and Megatranz in 8,000 tonne load-out

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - ALE Heavylift Iberica and Megatranz Transportes has successfully performed the load out of a 55 m long, 30 m wide, 70 m high M02 module weighing and 8,000 tonnes at Mau

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    Topaz wins multi-million dollar EPC contract by FRCL

    2009-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Fujairah Refinery Company Ltd, jointly owned by Vitol Group and the Government of Fujairah, recently awarded a multi-million dollar EPC contract to the Topaz Energy and Marine subsidiary, Nico International.

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    Donjon completes Gibraltar clear up

    2009-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - As reported by HLPFI in June, Donjon Marine has been working on the wreck removal and disposal of the remnants of the MV Fedra which grounded and partially sank during a storm late last year off Gibraltar.

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    Don't miss out on project cargo training course

    2009-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Further to the HLPFI news report on November 10, organisers of an international freight forwarding training short course are keen that participants do not miss out as there are only a few places left.

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    Nordic Heavy Lift sheds contracts for Borealis construction

    2009-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Rotterdam-based Nordic Heavy Lift (NHL) has sold the construction contracts for the heavy lift crane ship Borealis to a subsidiary of London-based Acergy Group, the seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor to the offshore oi

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    Funding in place for Smit acquisition, says Boskalis

    2009-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced that financing of its intended public offer of EUR60 per share (cum dividend) for Smit Internationale is now in place.

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    2009-12-16T00:00:00Z

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    Chipolbrok adds Adam Asnyk

    2009-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Adam Asnyk, the first of six new, multipurpose, heavy lift ships which have been ordered by Chipolbrok from the COSCO Dalian Shipyard has entered into service

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    SC&RA announces 2010 Annual Conference details

    2009-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - "Connect for Success" is the theme for the 2010 Annual Conference of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), April 6-10, in Orlando.

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    Inmarsat activates 5,000th Fleetbroadband terminal

    2009-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has activated the 5,000th FleetBroadband terminal.