All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in December 2010 – Page 3

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    Balnak hits 25 percent growth in 2010

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Turkish transport operator Balnak Lojistik is closing 2010 with a performance which exceeds budgetary targets says president of the board of directors, L

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    SCHEUERLE offers new scale models

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Model collectors will be pleased to hear that from the beginning of 2011, new SCHEUERLE InterCombi scale models will be available.

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    SCHEUERLE offers new scale models

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Model collectors will be pleased to hear that from the beginning of 2011, new SCHEUERLE InterCombi scale models will be available.

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    Braemar Seascope strengthens its research team

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Braemar Seascope has added a new research manager to its London-based research team with the appointment of Mark Williams, a highly regarded economist and consultant.

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    DB Schenker opens in Bern

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - DB Schenker Logistics will be operational in Bern from the beginning of next year with an office that will initially specialise in global air and ocean freight forwarding.

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    Australia is still a prime market say Volga-Dnepr

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Rules which came into force in Australia in September with the aim of preventing 'marginally noise-compliant' aircraft from flying in or out of the country's main airport - see page 21 of HLPFI Issue 16 - do not appear to be having a major i

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    American Commercial Lines goes Platinum

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Further to our report on November 30, shareholders have approved the acquisition of American Commercial Lines (ACL) by an affiliate of Platinum Equity by an 80 percent margin.

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    PD Ports director sets sights on new horizons

    2010-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Martyn Pellew, PD Ports' group development director, has stepped down after eight years from his full time role with the UK company.

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    NE Teesport in UK stays open despite heavy snowfall

    2010-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - In the UK, Teesport has remained 'open for business' in spite of being located on the North East coast, one of the areas hardest hit by the snow fall that has swept the country over the last two weeks.

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    Weather fails to delay windmill blade delivery

    2010-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Fierce snow showers failed to stop freight forwarders Maxlines of Taiwan and Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping of Shanghai from delivering a set of three windmill blades to a site in Mongolia.

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    Mobile app for crane hand signals available

    2010-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) now offers a free mobile app for instantly accessing all necessary crane hand signals. The new app is available in the iTunes App Store and Blackberry App World.

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    Reel deal for Tuscor Lloyds

    2010-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Tuscor Lloyds, the UK-based heavy lift specialist freight forwarder and shipping agent, recently undertook the movement of a large cable reel on behalf of a large shipping agent in Scotland.

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    Back to the classroom at Breakbulk Asia

    2010-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Next month's third annual Breakbulk Asia Transportation Conference & Exhibition in Singapore is offering two opportunities for industry professionals to brush up their training or to acquire new skills that can lead to accreditation and form

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    Volga-Dnepr flies mining vehicles to Mongolia

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently organised the shipment of two large mining vehicles to Mongolia.

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    Delighted daughter Svenja sees 'world's largest heavy lift vessel' put to work

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - The first of two new vessels commissioned by Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) will today embark on its maiden voyage.

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    Goldhofer offers "complete transportation solution" for Vestas

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Goldhofer, which provides trailers for heavy and over-dimensional cargoes, says it has developed a complete transportation solution for Vestas, the Danish manufacturer of wind turbines.

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    German shipyard claims a first with jack-up vessel for offshore wind installations

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - The Sietas Group says it will become the first German shipyard to develop and build a jack-up vessel to be used for offshore wind farm installations.

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    AOP Project Partners welcomes LEO Global Logistics

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Thailand's LEO Global Logistics is the latest member for fast-growing project forwarding network, AOP Project Partners.

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    Ahlers moves filtration systems

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Ahlers Belgium and Ahlers China worked together to move 2,100 tonnes of filtration systems from Wuhan, via Nantong to Blyth in the UK.

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    Drive Our Economy task force cautions against costly obstruction in permitting process

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Further to our previous reports, in the USA, as the Idaho Transportation Department meets this week to discuss applications to ship equipment loads along a U.S. 12 route through the state, members of Drive Our Economy task force warn that con