All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in February 2016
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Nordana Sea now in service
February 29 - Earlier this month, Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit delivered the 10,550 dwt multipurpose cargo ship Nordana Sea to fellow shipping company Symphony Shipping.
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Museum piece for Prangl
February 29 - Prangl has handled the transportation of an 80 tonne vintage excavator to the mining museum in Karlschacht, Austria.
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Polynesia Line goes direct to Tonga
February 29 - Polynesia Line is adding a direct monthly call into Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga to its service from the US West Coast ports of Long Beach and Oakland.
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Ulber climbs Panalpina ranks
February 29 - Panalpina's current ceo Peter Ulber is to succeed Rudolf Hug as the company's chairman with Stefan Karlen, who is currently regional ceo for Asia Pacific, replacing Ulber as ceo.
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Air Charter Service now in Australia
February 29 - Air Charter Service is set to open its first Australian office.
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Subsea restaurant on the move
February 26 - GAC is coordinating the transport of the acrylic and steel structure for the world's biggest underwater restaurant from New Zealand to the Maldives.
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Projects rush in for PCN members
February 26 - Intertransport Gruber, member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Germany, has coordinated the shipment of a 135-tonne consignment of cement plant equipment from Poland to Saudi Arabia.
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Manitowoc in taxi crane launch
February 26 - Manitowoc has introduced a new 100-tonne capacity Grove all-terrain crane - the four-axle GMK4100L-1.
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Training course heads to Shanghai
February 26 - iBrabble is offering a project freight management course during Breakbulk China, which is being held in Shanghai from March 14-17.
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Caucasian partnership formed
February 26 - Georgia's Logistics Solutions has joined forces with Turkish heavy haulier Hareket to execute projects together in the Caucasus region.
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Volga-Dnepr delivers space cargoes
February 26 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its latest aerospace project, utilising one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighters to deliver a spacecraft payload module from Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow to London Stansted.
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Project cargo climbs at Walvis Bay
February 26 - The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) has stated that part of its strategic initiative within its current five-year plan is to facilitate the growth of project cargo and abnormal loads through the Namibian Port of Walvis Bay.
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Universal buys Züst & Bachmeier
February 26 - Universal Transport has taken over Nuremberg headquartered project logistics specialist Züst & Bachmeier.
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NileDutch upgrades African network
February 26 - Effective March 9, NileDutch is upgrading its existing West Europe - West Africa (WEWA) service to operate weekly sailings.
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Ningxia adds new ATC
February 26 - Ningxia Wang Thai Engineering Machinery has strengthened its longstanding relationship with crane manufacturer Manitowoc by acquiring a new 300-tonne lifting capacity Grove GMK600L all terrain crane (ATC).
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Broshuis reveals SL2
February 26 - Broshuis has unveiled its latest innovation - the SL2 low loader trailer series.
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PD Ports on right track
February 25 - PD Ports says that it will handle the majority of Hitachi Transport System Europe's (HTSE) railcar imports destined for Hitachi's new rail vehicle manufacturing facility (RVMF) in Newton Aycliffe, UK.
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Plastic plant move for SAL
February 25 - SAL Heavy Lift's vessel Lone has completed the second shipment of cargo from Mai Lao, China, to Point Comfort in Texas, USA for a plastic plant expansion project.
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Steder propels forward
February 25 - Steder Group has coordinated the transport of new propulsion system equipment from the European ports of Antwerp and Southampton to Charleston in the USA.
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PPG duo ships seven
February 25 - TransProject and ScanGlobal have completed a three-year-long project to deliver seven 400-tonne transformers from Sweden to The Dalles in Oregon, USA.