All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in February 2014 – Page 3

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    Project cargo railcar under construction

    2014-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - UTC Overseas Inc. has commisssioned a new custom-designed railcar for handling project cargoes, with a 12.2 m long centre-deck and a load capacity of over 400 tonnes.

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    Teekay Offshore Partners to acquire ALP Maritime Services

    2014-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - ALP Maritime Services bv has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Teekay Offshore Partners lp (Teekay Offshore).

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    The Friday Flyer - February 21st 2014

    2014-02-21T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Super Puma hits the road

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Schenker of Canada and Schenker USA together executed a complex project shipment, delivering a USD6.5 million Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter from Langley in British Columbia to Lima, Peru.

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    It's a first for Chapman Freeborn

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Chapman Freeborn and its logistics partners, SPI Freight Ltd and Logik Logistics International have transported a C-Worker vessel from Portsmouth, UK to Lafayette, USA onboard a B747-800F.

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    Meyer heads up Universal in Bremen

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Universal Transport Michels GmbH & Co. KG. has opened a new office in Bremen and appointed Heike Meyer as its branch manager.

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    Hat trick for Blue Water in Tbilisi

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Blue Water Shipping's Tbilisi office has handled three complex unloading, loading and transportation projects in Georgia.

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    Hansa enters Latin America

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - As part of its ongoing expansion plans, Hansa Heavy Lift has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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    Rodriguez steps down from Altius

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Commercial director of Spain's Altius Projects, Enrique Rodriguez, is retiring from the company and being replaced by Salvador Corrales.

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    Chipolbrok adds four

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Chipolbrok has signed a contract with Shanghai Shipyard for the construction of four 32,000 dwt heavy lift vessels, for delivery to the company in 2015 and 2016.

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    ACS sees charter surge

    2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - UK headquartered Air Charter Service (ACS) completed almost 7,500 charter contracts in its financial year that ended January 31, 2014, a year-on-year improvement of 14 percent.

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    Tradelossa takes two

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Tradelossa has transported two modules for the oil and gas industry, weighing 216 and 395 tonnes respectively, over a distance of 10 km on double wide SPMTs.

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    Royal project for LoadLine

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - LoadLine has handled two project operations for the Saudi royal family, moving all of their belongings from Agadir, Morocco to Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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    Faymonville gets gas tank moving

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Maxtrans NV has transported a 400-tonne liquid gas tank from its manufacturing site to the nearest quay in Genk, Belgium on Faymonville's S-module axle lines.

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    Escalators fly with Volga-Dnepr

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered lifts and escalators to be used in the modernisation of the National Belarus Airport from Shanghai to Minsk, Belarus.

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    Terex crane takes a trip

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Kuwait's Integrated Logistics Company has transported a 1,600-tonne capacity Terex CC 8800-1 crawler crane over a distance of 1,250 km in order to lift a 771-tonne hydrotreating reactor for the Yanbu Export Refinery in Saudi Arabia.

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    Coscol sets single lifting record

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - COSCO Shipping Co. Ltd. (Coscol) has loaded two 566-tonne liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks on its heavy lift vessel DA AN at the Jiangyin Port in Jiangsu, China.

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    Consistent results for Toll

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Transport and logistics provider, Toll Group, has revealed that its revenue for the six months ended December 31, 2013 was in line with the year before at AUD4.5 billion (USD4.05 billion).

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    Saudia to increase belly capacity

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Saudi Airlines Cargo (Saudia Cargo) is increasing its belly capacity on new international routes to Manchester and Los Angeles as of April 1, 2014.

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    Columbia Helicopters acquires Chinook trio

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Columbia Helicopters has acquired three Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy lift helicopters from the US government.