All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2012 – Page 3

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    Port of Antwerp handles 187 million tonnes of freight in 2011

    2012-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - The port of Antwerp handled 187.152 million tonnes of freight last year.

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    Nice dozen for KGW Logistics

    2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - KGW Logistics didn't let festive celebrations and holidays prevent it from moving 12 tanks from Port Klang to Singapore.

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    Tuscor Lloyds packs case for Mexico

    2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Tuscor Lloyds arranged a multimodal transport of a large breakbulk case, originating in the English Midlands and going to the port of Veracruz, Mexico.

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    Vanguard is on the ball with DRC mine installation

    2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - South African heavy lift and relocation specialist, Vanguard, has recently completed the installation of a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) and ball mill for a renowned copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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    Cargotec appoints new senior vice president for Offshore business

    2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Pasi Lehtonen (pictured below) has been appointed as senior vice president of Cargotec's Offshore business segment.

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    ALS powers Scottish wind farm projects

    2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Abnormal Load Services (ALS) has provided UK port and vessel agency services for three N80 R 60 wind turbines destined for Lairg Wind Farm near Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands and supported the importing of phase 1 material for Drone Hi

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    Albacor Shipping moves heavy transformer

    2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Albacor Shipping (USA) Inc, the US member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), through their branch in Banning, USA, has handled the transportation of transformer measuring 42 x 12 x 16 ft from the Port of Newark, USA to Cranberry, USA

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    Stefan Kohlmann joins NEO

    2012-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - NEO Air Charter - the recently-launched cargo charter broker which has famously pledged only to deal with freight forwarders - has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Stefan Kohlmann as joint managing partner.

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    Dockwise Yacht Transport ship heads for South Pacific

    2012-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Brisbane, Australia will welcome Dockwise Yacht Transport's (DYT) Super Servant 4 when the 169.49 m semi-submersible ship berths at Fisherman's Island Terminal to unload a cargo of yachts with a total value of approximately USD35 million.

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    Lufthansa Cargo Charter names new general manager

    2012-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter Agency has named Steve Day as general manager for Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent.

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    HMB Shipping & Trading joins Project Cargo Network

    2012-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - HMB Shipping & Trading Co Ltd is the Project Cargo Network's (PCN)'s official representative in Sudan.

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    Air Partner opens dedicated Italian freight operation

    2012-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Air Partner has opened a specialist cargo department at its Milan office in Italy as part of its strategic expansion plan to develop its worldwide freight charter services.

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    Rickmers-Linie's christens newest ship in Mumbai

    2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - As part of its upgrading programme for its Europe India service, Rickmers-Linie, has added the 17,000 dwt newbuilding Rickmers Tianjin to the schedule.

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    Safmarine announces three new senior appointments

    2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Safmarine has named three experienced Safmariners as senior members of the newly-established Safmarine commercial team which will be headed by Grant Daly, Safmarine's new CEO.

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    New heavy lift joint venture launched

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - A new joint venture covering transport, shipping and installation of heavy and/or 'out-of-gauge' cargo has been established by three industry veterans.

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    Good news from Breakbulk event organisers

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - The organisers of the Breakbulk China Transportation Conference & Exhibition now have until January 28 to register and save up to an additional USD100 on the passes to the event.

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    PPG makes Indian appointment

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Kolkata, India-based Reach Cargo Movers has been appointed as the new member for Northern and Eastern India in the heavy lift freight forwarding network the Project Professionals Group (PPG). Reach also has a branch in New Delhi.

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    Polet in pair of Latin America firsts

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Heavy lift aircraft owner and operator Polet Airlines has enjoyed two firsts while undertaking a cargo shipment from the UK's East Midlands airport to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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    AirBridgeCargo converts Chengdu from charter to scheduled services

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - Moscow-based AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has commenced scheduled all-cargo services to Chengdu International Airport (CTU) in China, operated by a maindeck B747-400 freighter.

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    PCN's famous five in China after Ningbo Sailing signing

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its fifth and last representative forwarder in China, completing its Chinese representation.