All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 343

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    Coscol puts topside down

    2014-07-09T00:00:00Z

    July 9 - Cosco Shipping Co.'s (Coscol) semi-submersible vessel XIANG RUI KOU has transported and installed an 18,500-tonne topside.

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    NIRAS cashes in on wind farm future

    2014-07-09T00:00:00Z

    July 9 - In conjunction with Vattenfall, Maersk Broker, DTU-Wind and The Welding Institute (TWI), Denmark headquartered consultancy company NIRAS is developing a process tool - ODIN-WIND - to optimise the decommissioning of offshore wind turbines.

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    Speed to Africa service takes off

    2014-07-09T00:00:00Z

    July 9 - SDV and Bollor

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    Light work of heavy weather

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - The Swedish Club has released a new report titled 'Heavy Weather' which offers guidance on how to avoid the problems associated with heavy weather conditions.

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    EMS-Fehn-Group takes two

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - The EMS-Fehn-Group has acquired two additional coasters - Fehn Companion and Fehn Caledonia - which are sister ships to its existing coasters, Catania, Norwind, Norwave and Fehn Courage.

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    New director for Hansa Meyer

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Henrique Wohltmann has joined Hansa Meyer Global Transport as its new director of projects and services.

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    Total chooses GAC

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Total E&P has appointed GAC South Africa to provide shipping and logistics support for its drilling project off the coast of South Africa, which began in June.

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    Nicaragua Canal route unveiled

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - The Nicaraguan government and the company behind plans to build the proposed canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic, Hong Kong Nicaragua Development (HKND) Investment Co., have settled on a route.

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    Denmark takes a bullet

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Wagenborg has handled the factory to foundation transport of eight LPG bullet tanks from the place of manufacture in Willebroek, Belgium to the Shell oil terminal in Fredericia, Denmark, writes Arjumand Qobil.

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    SAL Heavy Lift adds two

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - SAL Heavy Lift has added two ships of Type 116 to its fleet to serve clients with lift requirements of up to 900 tonnes.

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    WACO snaps into action

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Two saltwater crocodiles have taken a 12,000 km trip to a new home with the help of WACO members, Mainfreight International in Australia and Freightworks in the UAE.

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    ThyssenKrupp steels the show

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has begun the modernisation of its Duisburg-Bruckhausen steel plant.

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    Trident targets shipping's sulphur

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Today has seen the formation of the Trident Alliance - a shipping industry initiative for the enforcement of maritime sulphur regulations.

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    Van der Vlist ups the heat

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Van der Vlist has used its own terminal in Moerdijk to help a local company move four 179-tonne heat exchangers.

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    Four for Damen

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Atlantic Towing (USA) has selected newly-designed, ice-strengthened PSV 5000 vessels from Damen Shipyards Group to meet its demanding 10-year offshore support contract with ExxonMobil Canada Properties and Hibernia Management and Development Comp

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    UN calls for full TIR reinstatement

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - The United Nations TIR Executive Board (TIRExB), in the framework of its 59th session, has called on the Russian government to lift current TIR restrictions and fully reinstate the TIR System on the whole territory of the Russian Federation witho

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    New open box pool formed

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Saga Forest Carriers International and Westfal-Larsen Shipping have joined forces to form a joint shipping pool operation - Saga Welco.

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    ICS suggests ballast water reform

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - in co-operation with a coalition of international shipping organisations - has submitted a paper to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that proposes a means of overcoming the serious implem

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    Barge sinks with all cargo lost

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Augustea Maritime Transportation Ltd has confirmed that the AMT Explorer cable barge, whilst under tow by the tug Red Husky, carrying a cargo of electrical wires has capsized off the coast of Italy with the loss of all cargo.

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    Romania watches LR 11000 premiere

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - One of the first models of the new 1000-tonne capacity Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane has made its way to the Petrom refinery in Plojesti, where it is being used by Austrian heavy load contractor Felbermayr to hoist several steel columns into th