All Heavy haulage and trailers articles – Page 127

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    Breakbulk keynote speaker calls for creative solutions

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Giga projects are the new landscape of the heavy lift marketplace, and logistics is "even more critical than ever before to EPC success", according to John Mika, senior vice president of procurement, CH2M HILL, reports HLPFI editor, Emma Murr

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    ALE establishes new offices in Iraq and Australia

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - After almost two decades in the Middle East, heavy lift material handling provider ALE has opened a new office in Basra, Iraq, its first in the country, just months after it expanded its Australian presence.

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    Advertise your employment vacancy with HLPFI

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    In response to reader demand, we are introducing a classified recruitment section into HLPFI and on this website.Why not advertise your employment vacancy with Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International?The magazine has an international circulation of 15,000, and a pass-on readership of around 90,000.The number of visitors to the website ...

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    Flying a kite with BBC SkySails

    2011-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 -German multi-purpose and heavy lift operator BBC Chartering is to co-operate with SkySails, the alternative propulsion system developer based in Hamburg, to further promote the latter's kite-based system.

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    Project Partners adds Orbit Transport & Trading

    2011-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Orbit Transport & Trading Services Ltd has joined the Project Partners network for Jordan and Iraq.

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    Airbus flies with Rickmers-Linie

    2011-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Rickmers-Linie has been selected by Spirit AeroSystems as its partner for the transportation of fuselage sections for Airbus from Morehead City, USA to Montoir (Port of Nantes St. Nazaire), France.

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    Project forwarder network appoints Icecorp Projects in Canada

    2011-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its second representative in Canada, Icecorp Projects, a division of Icecorp Logistics Inc.

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    Charleston breakbulk volumes surge on back of investment

    2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - With a USD23 million improvement project at its Columbus Street Terminal completed, the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reports a surge in non-container cargo at the Port of Charleston.

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    Antwerp growth stalls as biomass power station agreement signed

    2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - During the first nine months of this year, the port of Antwerp handled a total of 142.07 million tonnes of freight, including project cargo and wheeled heavy lift movements, to enjoy an increase of 7.5 percent compared with the first nine mon

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    Four more Liebherrs for Wille-Krane

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - As can be seen in the picture below, Wille-Krane managing director Karsten Schneider and his son Mario were welcome guests at the Liebherr-Werk Ehingen plant, collecting their new LTM 1095-5.1 mobile crane. Three more LTM cranes are already o

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    India must up game on global piracy

    2011-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Indian naval forces must be ready to increase shipping security in the Indian Ocean as the country's geographical location means that it has been at the forefront of efforts to tackle piracy head on.

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    Success in the pipeline for Wagenborg Nedlift

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Dutch-based heavy lift transport solutions provider Wagenborg Nedlift has placed the last pipe in the multi-million dollar, 302 km Nord-europ

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    Fairmount tug positions FPSO Usan offshore Nigeria

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11- Fairmount Marine's tug, Fairmount Glacier has successfully assisted in the installation of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Usan, offshore Nigeria.

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    ALS handles huge pile driver

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Global project specialists - ALS (Freight Management Group)'s - European project teams have worked together with their South American partners to successfully deliver a crawler crane, described as being "the biggest pile driving machine ever

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    Terex Demag move lifts Van der Vlist business

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - European abnormal and heavy haulage provider Van der Vlist has undertaken the recent movement of a Terex Demag CC8800 crane from the manufacturer's factory at Zweibrucken, Germany to the port of Antwerp, Belgium.

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    Liebherr throws down challenge in lattice boom crane sector

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Heavy lift crane manufacture Liebherr is backing the development of the power boom system by setting new benchmarks in the large lattice boom crane sector, says the company.

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    Heavy lift technical workshop to be held at Breakbulk Americas 2011

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Industry experts from the fields of logistics, rigging, engineering and naval architecture will present, in partnership with Breakbulk Americas 2011, a practical and learned heavy lift technical workshop at the Breakbulk conference in New Orl

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    Tiong Woon inks contract with JGC Corporation

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Tiong Woon Corporation Holding Ltd (Tiong Woon) has inked a contract for heavy lifting and installation works with leading global engineering company JGC Corporation at a Singapore refinery project related to an oil major.

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    Fairmount Alpine delivers rig Ocean Yorktown in Gulf

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the semi submergible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown safely in Brownsville, USA, after a 5,400 miles (8690.5 km) tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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    Significant membership increase for WPA Network

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - The Worldwide Partners Alliance (WPA), a global network of independently owned and operated freight forwarders, including those with a project cargo and heavy lift expertise, has seen a significant expansion of membership across the world.