All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 185

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    Straightpoint pins down McLaughlin

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - McLaughlin Hoist & Crane has incorporated a Straightpoint load pin into a low headroom lifting beam application at a facility that machines components from metal bar.

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    New director for Rotterdam

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - The Port of Rotterdam Authority has appointed Yvonne van der Laan as director of process industry and bulk goods.

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    Incotec delivers to Tianwan

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Incotec Cargo has coordinated the shipment of 16 items of equipment, including a 323-tonne reactor vessel, from Russia to China on board the SAL Heavy Lift vessel Trina.

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    DP World chief retires

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Mohammed Sharaf has retired as DP World's group ceo to pursue other opportunities.

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    Mammoet heats up in Caribbean

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Mammoet has begun working on the construction of the Punta Catalina thermal electric power plant on the southwest side of the Dominican Republic.

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    Qatar adds three to network

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Effective Mach 2016, Qatar Airways Cargo will launch three new freighter routes to Budapest, Prague and Ho Chi Minh City.

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    RUD launches new load ring

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - RUD has unveiled its new ICE-LBG-SR super rotating load ring, with innovative double ball bearing technology.

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    NaviSite selected for ESDAL

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Engineering solutions provider Costain has selected NaviSite hybrid cloud hosting services to support the roll-out of its complex Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL) application for Highways England in the UK.

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    Volga-Dnepr appoints three

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has appointed Axel Kaldschmidt as global director, aerospace industry; Fayçal Boumerkhoufa as global director, oil and gas industry; and Colon Miller as global director, humanitarian, government and defence programmes.

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    Terex gets another offer

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Terex Corporation has received an unsolicited, non-binding acquisition proposal from Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology to acquire all of its outstanding shares, in what seems like an attempt to override the existing deal between

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    All eyes on Orlando

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Port Tampa Bay has received two huge shipments of heavy equipment from Chile and Peru, which are to be sold at the Ritchie Bros auction in Orlando, Florida from February 15-19.

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    ALE reveals plans for new jib

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - ALE has unveiled plans to build a heavy-duty jib, measuring up to 100 m long, which can fit onto both the AL.SK190 and AL.SK350 cranes.

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    AGL expands in Russia

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Alexander Global Logistics (AGL) has opened a new sales and marketing office in Moscow, as well as a new sales and operations office in Vladivostok, Russia.

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    Straightpoint names Chandran

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Straightpoint has appointed Sarath Chandran as project engineer, to join a team led by design engineer Roshan Divakaran.

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    Cold call for Kässbohrer

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Reiser Schwertransport has used a Kässbohrer K.SLH 8 trailer to move a 60-tonne transformer frame from Nordhausen to Duisburg port in Germany.

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    Things heat up at BigLift

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - BigLift Shipping's vessel Happy Buccaneer has transported a 1,200-tonne continuous ship unloader (CSU) from Taiwan to Japan, and installed it at the Haramchi thermal electric power station.

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    Teamlifting assists rotor repair

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Teamlifting has coordinated the replacement of a 49.9-tonne rotor at the Qurayyah power plant in Saudi Arabia.

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    Iowa asks for axle limit raise

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is asking state legislature to increase permitted tandem axle weight to 46,000 lbs (20.8 tonnes), up from 40,000 lbs (18.1 tonnes), informs the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA).

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    Haropa to build on solid 2015

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Haropa, the French group of ports including Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, reported a 2.4 percent year-on-year increase in overall tonnage during 2015 at 91.4 million tonnes.

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    Maxim goes for 13

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Maxim Crane has begun taking delivery of an additional 13 crawler cranes from Manitowoc, ranging in capacity from 400 to 825 tonnes.