All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 671
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Heavy cargoes pose challenge for Mombasa
October 29 - According to a report in the Daily Nation, Kenya's leading newspaper, the arrival of huge steel imports at Mombasa port for Uganda's World Bank-funded hydro power project is posing a huge challenge on how the cargo will be delivered to Uganda
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Felbermayr invests in Nooteboom windmill transporters
October 29 - Felbermayr has expanded its transport fleet with a significant number of vehicles for the wind energy industry.
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Forwarders see volumes up, but profits down
October 28 - Two of the world's largest transport and logistics companies, both with a significant presence in the movement of heavy and OOG project cargoes have reported significant increases in transport volumes in the third quarter of 2009 compared to
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Sarjak launches into Europe and Russia
October 28 - Mumbai-based Sarjak Container Lines is set to start a new service via Riga, Klaipeda and St Petersburg, with the aim of entering the Russian import/export market for project and oversize cargoes.
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Nautical Institute addresses piracy, terrorism in November
October 27 - Increasing acts of terrorism and piracy and their impact on the safety of crews and vessels are to be debated at the Nautical Institute's Terrorism, Piracy and War Risks seminar in Southampton November 6-7.
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ADM team Heavy Weight boosts online presence
October 27 - ADM team Heavy Weight has a new website which gives greater details on the company's overland transport services by road, rail and inland waterways
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Freight by Water AGM & Regional Seminar
October 27 - The Freight by Water organisation will be holding their AGM and Regional Seminar next month.
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UTC Overseas opens for business in Australia
October 27 - Secaucus-based, UTC Overseas Inc has established a new office in Tullamarine (Melbourne), Australia, headed by newly appointed country manager, Hagen W. Pusch.
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Vessel piracy increases insurance costs
October 27 - At the recent Breakbulk Transportation Conference in New Orleans, an executive from the marine insurance industry said that the surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean is causing ocean carriers, cargo interests and insurers to ta
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Panalpina and Atlas Air remain in the land of Dixie
October 26 - The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air have renewed their cooperation agreement.
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Donjon Marine digs archaeology
October 26 - Well known for its heavy lift services, Donjon Marine has been awarded two separate contracts for salvage work on archaeological sites in Texas and New York.
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Flinter returns boats
October 26 - Flinter has completed the round trip carriage of some Dutch flat-bottomed daggerboard yachts.
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AirBridgeCargo adds Amsterdam - Tokyo option
October 23 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines is launching a new weekly B747 freighter service from one of its European gateways at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Narita in Tokyo, Japan.
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SRT awaits delivery of super heavy rail car
October 23 - In the United States, Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) is awaiting delivery of a specially-commissioned 20-axle railcar which boasts a total freight capacity of 450 tonnes.
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Borealis launched in China
October 22 - The hull of the Nordic Heavy Lift line heavy lift/construction ship Borealis has been launched and is now afloat alongside at Nantong Yahua Shipyard in Nantong, China.
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UAL reaches halfway point of key cement contact
October 22 - UAL-SA, the local subsidiary of global heavy lift line Universal Africa Lines (UAL), has reached the halfway point of a six-month contract to carry cement from Cape Town to Soyo, Angola where a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is under
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Zagrebtrans moves a monster crane
October 22 - Zagreb-based Zagrebtrans has relocated a 725 tonne crane at the container terminal of Port Rijeka, Croatia to its final quayside location.
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Project forwarder network expands into heart of Africa
October 21 - Specialist project cargo forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group, is building its profile in the central African countries of Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger with the appointment of Afriglobe shipping lines as the network's repres
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AOP Project Partners faces the music in Bremen
October 21 - JH Logistik GmbH has become the most recent company to join the AOP Project Partners network.