All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 193

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    Bacon on top at Tacoma

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The Port of Tacoma commissioners have named Connie Bacon to lead the 2016 commission.

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    Cargolux begins pilot recruitment

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Following the adoption of a new collective work agreement (CWA), Cargolux Airlines has begun the hiring and training process for 100 new pilots in Luxembourg.

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    Mammoet gets big fleet boost

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Mammoet USA has invested in a 1,600-tonne capacity Terex CC 8800-1 crawler crane to tackle several upcoming projects on the Gulf Coast.

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    What next for US crude?

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - With US Congress nearing a deal to end its longstanding crude oil export ban, HLPFI considers the impact this will have on the languishing sector.

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    M-Star on the double

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - M-Star Freight Services recently completed a pair of project moves from multiple points of origin to Russia.

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    SCPA sees 'moderate' growth

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has seen a 13 percent year-on-year rise in non-containerised cargo volumes in the period covering July - November 2015.

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    New projects network launched

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - A new project freight forwarder network - Project Freight Net (PFN) - has been launched.

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    Six missing after tanker collision

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Denmark headquartered Thorco Shipping confirmed that its multipurpose vessel, Thorco Cloud, sank following a collision with a Stolt Tanker vessel.

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    Airlines overturn price-fixing fines

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - The General Court of the European Union has upheld an appeal by 11 airlines against a EUR790 million (USD864 million) fine, originally imposed in 2010 for air cargo price-fixing between 1999 and 2006.

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    Doll lands Algerian deal

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - German trailer manufacturer Doll has secured a contract for the production of vehicles for Algerian state enterprise ENGOA (Entreprise Nationale des Grands Ouvrages d'Art).

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    Aqualis finance chief moves on

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Christian Opsahl has resigned as chief financial officer of energy consultancy firm Aqualis to pursue interests outside the company.

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    Tradelossa on the boil

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Tradelossa has transported an 850-tonne boiler from the Mexican Port of Altamira to a waiting barge, ready for shipment to the USA.

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    Swire links China to Pacific

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Effective January 1, 2016, Swire Shipping is enhancing its Bali Hai service from North Asia to the South Pacific.

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    Rhenus delivers supersized Christmas

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Rhenus helped to cheer up the good folk of Bangor, Northern Ireland by planting a giant Christmas bauble in the town square.

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    Water damage still a problem

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - According to the UK P&I Club's risk assessor David Nichol, members continue to experience high value cargo damage relating to the ingress of water into the cargo holds of vessels.

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    Record SPMT run for Mammoet

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - A recent transport project saw Mammoet move 16 heavy items over 247 km for the Egyptian Refinery Company - the longest route that the company has ever moved out of gauge cargoes by SPMT (self-propelled modular transporter).

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    Westlink tracks mining move

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Westlink Logistics has completed the initial shipment of 120 rail wagons out of a total consignment of 562 wagons from China to Pilbara, Western Australia for a large mining company.

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    Cargolux agreement finally reached

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Following repeated meetings over the last 24 hours, Cargolux says that an 'amicable agreement' has been achieved between all concerned parties on the new collective work agreement (CWA) for staff of the freighter airline.

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    Blue Water puts turbines to test

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Blue Water Shipping has coordinated the transport of four wind turbines to the Danish turbine test centre in Osterild.

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    The Freight Co boils over

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - The Freight Co has coordinated the transport of a boiler from its manufacturing plant in Thailand's Chachoengsao province to the Port of Sri Racha in Chonburi.