All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in February 2016 – Page 2
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WDS readies telescope for the cold
February 25 - World Distribution Services (WDS) has been awarded a contract by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) to help coordinate the transport of a new radio telescope from the USA to Greenland.
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Aqualis inks topside job
February 25 - Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Cantex Global Logistics to provide marine warranty surveyor services for the transportation of the FPSO P67 and P70 topside modules from various Brazilian ports to Qingdao, China.
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Tally Tech unveils weighing solution
February 24 - In light of the new Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation being implemented on July 1 2016, new German company Tally Tech has launched what it claims to be the first certifiable container weighing solution on the market.
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Vanguard kicks off Nojoli contract
February 24 - Vanguard has been awarded the turbine transport and installation contract for the Nojoli wind farm near Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
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SC&RA considers critical lift factors
February 24 - Heavy lifts are often referred to as 'critical' simply because it is the biggest lift the company has ever undertaken, but that should not be the determining factor, according to the SC&RA's new Guide to Mobile Crane Safety Management.
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ALE oils up in Iraq
February 24 - ALE has completed a year-long project for the Badra oilfield development project in Iraq, which involved the 660 km overland transport of 44 heavy and oversize units.
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ACS expands LA premises
February 24 - Air Charter Service's (ACS) Los Angeles operation has moved into newer and larger premises on Santa Monica Boulevard, following a record year for the company and its US west coast office.
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Locomotion at ABP Newport
February 24 - The last shipment of seven class 66 locomotives has arrived at ABP's Port of Newport from Indiana, USA on BigLift Shipping's vessel Happy Dragon.
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Goffin takes Great Yarmouth reins
February 23 - Following the acquisition of Great Yarmouth Port Company (GYPC) last year, Peel Ports has named Richard Goffin port director at the UK gateway.
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PTM expands portfolio
February 23 - Last year, Pérez Torres Marítima (PTM) acquired a sea fastening company - PTM Sea Fastening - which has recently undertaken the lashing and welding of six large coke drums in the Spanish Port of Avilés.
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Nordic Crane takes six
February 23 - Nordic Crane Group has purchased six Grove cranes - a GMK5130-2, a GMK6300L and four GMK5220 models - from Manitowoc dealer Normann Olsen.
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Challenging market harms Terex
February 23 - Terex has recorded an income from continuing operations of USD142.5 million in 2015, compared with USD259 million in 2014.
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Cargolux makes for Mumbai
February 23 - As part of the two airlines' cooperation agreement, Cargolux and Oman Air have introduced two weekly flights to Mumbai, with effect from March 8, 2016.
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Expansion on cards for Niedersachsen
February 23 - Niedersachsen Ports has invested EUR36 million (USD39.6 million) in the construction of a fourth berth at the Port of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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ALE crosses busy UK capital
February 23 - ALE has completed a complex transportation project to deliver three 135-tonne transformers to the new National Grid substation in Highbury north London.
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Siemens powers ahead in Egypt
February 23 - The first two Siemens gas turbines for the Beni Suef power plant project have begun their journey from Germany to Egypt.
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Kobelco merger to go ahead
February 23 - Kobe Steel will merge the businesses of Kobelco Construction Machinery and Kobelco Cranes together with effect from April 1, 2016.
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Jones in at Straightpoint
February 22 - Straightpoint has named ex-NMB Technologies ceo, Myron Jones, as its operations manager in the USA.
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Terex Konecranes merger on hold
February 22 - In a stock exchange statement, Terex Corporation has said that "it would be prudent to pause the integration planning activities for its merger with Konecranes for the time being".
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Vallur joins GAC
February 22 - GAC has appointed Madhu Vallur as the group vendor manager for its oil and gas division.