All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in February 2018
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NewsFirst for Melbourne terminal
A huge generator used at the Loy Yang 'A' power station in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia has been loaded onboard the multipurpose ship BBC Alberta at the port of Melbourne for shipment to Germany, where it will be repaired.
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NewsMammoet extends Middle East fleet
Mammoet has added 35 telescopic and crawler cranes to its existing fleet in the Middle East.
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NewsNo delay for Sulphur Cap implementation
Kim Yeon-tae, executive director of the Korean Register is unequivocal when he states that the chances of postponing the Sulphur Cap 2020, "are very, very small".
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NewsBiesterfeld up at C.H. Robinson
Third-party logistics (3PL) provider C.H. Robinson has appointed Robert Biesterfeld's as its chief operating officer.
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NewsFirst for BigLift Baffin in new livery
BigLift Baffin has delivered a crane boom and luffing frame from the Huisman wharf in Xiamen, China, to Singapore. The unit will be installed on Heerema Marine Contractor's new semi-submersible crane vessel, Sleipnir.
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NewsAAL accomplishes record in Adelaide
AAL has transported 135 wind turbine blades - destined for the AGL Silverton wind farm in New South Wales - into the port of Adelaide, Australia.
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NewsScholpp orders Demag trio
Germany-based crane service provider, Scholpp, has ordered three Demag all-terrain cranes from Terex.
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NewsHevile handles deckhouse shipment
Hevile Logistica e Consultoria Internacional and its South Korean partner, Panstar, have managed the transportation an 833-ton (755.7-tonne) ship deckhouse from South Korea to Brazil.
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NewsConbit unveils Vickas
Conbit, part of the ALE, has designed a re-usable sea-fastening solution for monopile transportation and installation.
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NewsDan-Czech handles Doosan cargoes
Dan-Czech Specialtransport has handled the delivery of three oversized turbine components from Pilsen to the river port of Lovosice in the Czech Republic.
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NewsGrove supersizes Burger's fleet
Burger Crane Company, a Chilean crane rental firm, has taken delivery of a Grove GHC130 from Manitowoc.
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NewsNWSA cranes arrive in Tacoma
Four container cranes have arrived at the US port of Tacoma on board ZPMC's heavy lift vessel Zhen Hua 28.
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NewsCollett gets tunnel vision
Collett & Sons and Fracht UK Projects have transported a disassembled tunnel boring machine (TBM) from Immingham docks to Goxhill in the UK.
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NewsColour coded delivery for Faymonville
South Africa-based ST Crane Hire has taken delivery of a Faymonville MultiMAX semi-trailer.
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NewsC.H. Robinson handles tank transport
C.H. Robinson Project Logistics has handled the shipment of four processing tanks, weighing a total of 2,300 tonnes, in China.
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NewsBuyers found for HSH Nordbank
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported that US private equity firms J.C. Flowers & Co and Cerberus Capital Management have agreed to buy German lender HSH Nordbank for up to EUR1 billion (USD1.2 billion).
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NewsBIMCO relaunches Shipping KPI
The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) has relaunched the ship benchmarking system, Shipping KPI, after two years of redesign.
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NewsJanuary/February 2018 - now available!
HLPFI's first issue of 2018 is now available to view and is packed full of useful information. Click here to see more.
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NewsNola names Langenstein
The port of New Orleans (Port Nola) has appointed William H. Langenstein III to the board of commissioners.
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NewsDjibouti seizes control of DP World terminal
The government of Djibouti has seized control of the Doraleh Container Terminal from Dubai Ports World (DP World).