All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2013

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  • News

    Sambo time at MIQ

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Kansas, USA headquartered MIQ Logistics has appointed Robert Sambo as manager of business development for the greater New York City area.

  • News

    InterGlobal joins PCN for Israel

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added InterGlobal Shipping 3001 Ltd as a new member, representing Israel.

  • News

    Political instability threatens Egyptian waterway

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in three Suez Canal cities, as rioting that has left dozens dead spills into a fourth day.

  • News

    COSCO Holdings faces heavy losses

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - China COSCO Holdings Company Ltd (COSCO), one of the world's largest shipping lines, is staring at a second-straight year of heavy financial losses as it prepares to announce its 2012 performance figures.

  • News

    All change at the top for DHL Industrial Projects

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - HLPFI understands that Hans Toggweiler, global CEO of DHL Industrial Projects, and a member of the DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Management Board (GFFB), will be leaving the company at the end of May.

  • News

    Boskalis claims a 90 percent commitment to Dockwise takeover

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Following its announcement that it would make an all-cash, mandatory offer of EUR18.50 per share cum dividend for all issued and outstanding shares in Dockwise, Royal Boskalis Westminster announced this afternoon that it has acquired a furthe

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    Liebherr breaks records in 2012

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    January 31 - Equipment manufacturer Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes achieved its highest-ever annual turnover during 2012, as well as delivering its 1,000th mobile harbour crane.

  • News

    HeavyLift@Sea presents prototype vessel

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - HeavyLift@Sea has presented a prototype draft of a new heavy goods transporter - the HLV1600.

  • News

    Steder delivers pipes for port project

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - Netherlands based member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, Steder Group, has organised the shipment of approximately 26,000 tonnes of land and sinker lines from China to Doha, Qatar.

  • News

    Sarens secures Statoil contract

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - Belgium headquartered heavy lift and engineering specialist Sarens AS has won a contract from Norway headquartered oil and gas company Statoil to provide crane, lifting and transport logistic services at the K

  • News

    Rolitrans cements worldwide contract

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - Jakarta, Indonesia headquartered Rolitrans International has been commissioned to execute multi-origin worldwide shipments for two brand new cement mills being constructed on the islands of Java and Sulawesi.

  • News

    Chinese jumbo air freighters take to the sky

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - China has conducted a successful flight of its first domestically developed jumbo air freighter, according to China's official state news agency Xinhua.

  • News

    Coyne strengthens African network

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - UK all-cargo carrier Coyne Airways has launched new services to over 30 destinations across Africa. The African service will use over 30 interline partners to create a comprehensive network across the continent.

  • News

    SAL Heavy Lift rebrands and relocates

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - In 2012, Germany headquartered SAL Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land was renamed SAL Heavy Lift. In March 2013, the over-dimensional and heavy lift specialist will relocate its head office from Steinkirchen to Hamburg, in a move to facilitate comm

  • News

    Gebr

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Gebr

  • News

    Dorset Vampires take flight with Davies Turner

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - UK-based freight forwarder Davies Turner has shipped vintage British fighter aircraft parts between Dorset, UK and South Africa.

  • News

    Panama Canal expansion moves forward

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - The Panama Canal Expansion project is now 50 percent complete, according to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). "The program continues to progress and reach milestones while we focus the next phases on building the locks," commented Panama Cana

  • News

    Cargotec appoints new president and ceo

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Finland's Cargotec has appointed Mika Vehvil

  • News

    EPCSA appoints new leaders

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - The European Port Community Association (EPCSA) has appointed Alan Long, managing director of Felixstowe based Maritime Cargo Processing, as its chairman.

  • News

    Agility and Rickmers-Linie in quality street

    2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Global logistics provider Agility has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification for its Area East region, which includes Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan; whilst Rickmers-Linie has undergone recertification according to the latest ISO