All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 664
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      NewsYantai Raffles achieves the heaviest-ever commercial liftDecember 18 - Singapore-based Yantai Raffles shipyard is claiming a record for the achieving the heaviest-ever commercial lift when it successfully lifted the deckbox of Saipem's Frigstad D90 semi submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 9. 
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      NewsALE and Megatranz in 8,000 tonne load-outDecember 18 - ALE Heavylift Iberica and Megatranz Transportes has successfully performed the load out of a 55 m long, 30 m wide, 70 m high M02 module weighing and 8,000 tonnes at Mau 
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      NewsTopaz wins multi-million dollar EPC contract by FRCLDecember 17 - Fujairah Refinery Company Ltd, jointly owned by Vitol Group and the Government of Fujairah, recently awarded a multi-million dollar EPC contract to the Topaz Energy and Marine subsidiary, Nico International. 
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      NewsDonjon completes Gibraltar clear upDecember 17 - As reported by HLPFI in June, Donjon Marine has been working on the wreck removal and disposal of the remnants of the MV Fedra which grounded and partially sank during a storm late last year off Gibraltar. 
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      NewsDon't miss out on project cargo training courseDecember 17 - Further to the HLPFI news report on November 10, organisers of an international freight forwarding training short course are keen that participants do not miss out as there are only a few places left. 
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      NewsNordic Heavy Lift sheds contracts for Borealis constructionDecember 17 - Rotterdam-based Nordic Heavy Lift (NHL) has sold the construction contracts for the heavy lift crane ship Borealis to a subsidiary of London-based Acergy Group, the seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor to the offshore oi 
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      NewsFunding in place for Smit acquisition, says BoskalisDecember 17 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced that financing of its intended public offer of EUR60 per share (cum dividend) for Smit Internationale is now in place. 
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      NewsChipolbrok adds Adam AsnykDecember 16 - Adam Asnyk, the first of six new, multipurpose, heavy lift ships which have been ordered by Chipolbrok from the COSCO Dalian Shipyard has entered into service 
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      NewsSC&RA announces 2010 Annual Conference detailsDecember 16 - "Connect for Success" is the theme for the 2010 Annual Conference of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), April 6-10, in Orlando. 
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      NewsInmarsat activates 5,000th Fleetbroadband terminalDecember 16 - Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has activated the 5,000th FleetBroadband terminal. 
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      NewsHamburg port to offer lower feesDecember 15 - The port of Hamburg is gearing up for future growth and has lowered its fees. 
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      NewsLaunch of BDP Oil and Gas Logistics for petroleum industryDecember 15 - BDP Project Logistics has established a new subsidiary - BDP Oil and Gas Logistics Pte Ltd. 
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      NewsProject forwarder network names new member in Jebel AliDecember 15 - Project forwarder network, the Worldwide Project Consortium has appointed a new member in Dubai, with the agreement of its existing long-standing member in Dubai, Triple Crown Logistics. 
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      NewsBeluga forms joint venture agency with Peter W LampkeDecember 15 - Beluga Chartering GmbH, a subsidiary of the Bremen-based project cargo and heavy lift shipping company, Beluga Shipping, has formed a new agency joint venture with independent liner agent, Peter W Lampke. 
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      NewsEuropeans sign up to Europe's first offshore wind gridDecember 14 - In what could be a significant boost to heavy lift operators servicing the offshore wind energy sector, nine European countries have signed up to an agreement to develop Europe's first offshore wind grid. 
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      NewsMaiden voyage for Beluga's new flagshipDecember 14 - Beluga Houston, the first of 16 multipurpose heavy lift vessels of which the shipping line will take delivery by 2011 has made its maiden voyage. 
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      NewsSC&RA reveals dates for 2010 specialised transportation symposiumDecember 14 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) will host its annual Specialized Transportation Symposium between March 3-5, 2010, at the Intercontinental Dallas, Addison, Texas. 
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      NewsWWPC members remain busy in AsiaDecember 11 - Maxlines International and Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping have successfully transported 135 packages of over dimensional and heavy ship's equipment and accessories from Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan to Shanghai port, China. 
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      NewsRoyal visit for GPLNDecember 10 - At the 5th Trans Middle East 2009 event, Gary Dale Cearley, executive director of the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) had the pleasure of a royal visit at the projects logistics network's exhibition booth. 
 









