All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in February 2014
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Second release of heavy transport guide
February 28 - Marco van Daal's reference guide and engineering base for all heavy transports executed by hydraulic platform transporters, The Art of Heavy Transport, is now available in an updated second edition.
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Transpi puts trust in Goldhofer
February 28 - Blumenau, Brazil headquartered Transportes Pesados Itaja
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Northwest gears up with Liebherr
February 27 - Northwest Crane Service's new 750-tonne telescopic Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 crane completed its first project when it replaced the gearbox of an 80 m high 1.5 MW wind turbine.
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Ekin transports tank trio
February 28 - Ekin Heavy & Project Cargo Transportation Co has handled the shipment of three outsize tanks from Turkey to Bulgaria.
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Corporate rebranding for Erickson
February 28 - Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated has announced that it will now do business under the brand name, Erickson, effective April 1, 2014.
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Antitrust: EC consults on prolonging special competition regime for liner shipping consortia
February 28 - The European Commission is inviting comments on a proposal to prolong an exemption of liner shipping consortia from the application of EU antitrust rules that prohibit certain agreements between companies.
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MacGregor acquires Deep Water
February 28 - MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has acquired Norway's Deep Water Solutions AS to strengthen its offering for environmentally friendly solutions in the offshore load handling applications.
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Mojo eyes tidal energy with HF4
February 28 - Mojo Maritime has agreed a deal with German shipowner and manager, Hammonia Reederei GmbH & Co. KG to develop an brand new class of offshore construction vessels - the HF4.
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The Friday Flyer - February 28th 2014
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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Major players target Texas wind
February 27 - BNSF Logistics (BNSFL) and Tri Global Energy (TGE) have signed a formal agreement to align resources, market knowledge and industry relationships to support BNSFL's development of its West Texas Wind Energy Logistics Center (WTWLC).
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Houston on upward path
February 27 - The Port of Houston saw across the board increases in all areas of cargo throughput at the gateway during January 2014. More than 3 million of tonnes of cargo were handled, up 15 percent year-on-year over January 2013.
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Mixed results for German ports
February 27 - Bremenports has issued its 2013 throughput statistics for the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven. Conventional cargo declined from 8.4 million tonnes to 7.9 million tonnes, a year-on-year decline of 6 percent over 2012.
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New Singapore HQ for DNV GL
February 27 - Ship classification society and risk and sustainability service provider, DNV GL, has consolidate operations in its new Singapore headquarters to meet the growing demand for its services in the region.
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Star shines bright for Conquest Offshore
February 27 - Conquest Offshore has purchased maritime consultancy firm MirTac's Star software and related database implementation services.
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Steder Group brews up
February 27 - Steder Group FZCO is currently engaged in the movement of several large brewery tanks through Djibouti for four brewery projects in Ethiopia.
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Auckland breakbulk on the up
February 27 - The Port of Auckland has achieved record efficiencies and volumes for the six months ending December 31, 2013.
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Kalitta launches service to Amsterdam
February 27 - Effective March 9, Kalitta Air LLC is launching a twice weekly B747-400F scheduled service routing New York - Amsterdam - New York in cooperation with Inter Aviation Services (IAS) and HAE Group.
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Volga-Dnepr under pressure
February 26 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported the pressurised cargo module (PCM) of the Cygnus resupply spacecraft from Turin, Italy to Wallops Island in the USA.
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ISS warns of disruption at Port Metro Vancouver
February 26 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has warned that this week's industrial action by truck drivers serving Port Metro Vancouver is expected to severely impact the Canadian port.
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Tianjie delivers SPMTs
February 26 - Tianjie Heavy Industries has delivered 120 lines of Tianjie TJ-G3.0 type SPMTs.