All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2014 – Page 3
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Robert Wynn goes inland
January 24 - Robert Wynn & Sons has handled the shipment of six 170-tonne electricity transformers on its inland barge, the Inland Navigator, to the Drax power station in North Yorkshire.
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Quality Freight is gaining power
January 24 - Quality Freight UK has been transporting some of the giant modules used in the construction of Alstom's new GBP500 million (USD831 million) gas-fired power station in Trafford.
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SAL executes tidal turbine project
January 24 - SAL Offshore - the offshore installation arm of SAL Heavy Lift - has successfully installed a VOITH Hytide 1000-13 tidal turbine, offshore the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
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Weg resigns from Cargolux
January 24 - Cargolux International Airlines' senior vice president of sales and marketing and member of the Executive Committee, Robert van de Weg, has resigned after 14 years with the company.
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JB Rawcliffe on the boil
January 24 - JB Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd has handled the transportation of a 63-tonne RCR Energy boiler from Tilbury Docks to Nestl
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Tomiasi completes river barge crane lifts
January 24 - Three Terex all terrain cranes have been used to extend a floating pier at the port of Chibatao, Brazil.
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BOCS extends West Africa MPV service
January 24 - Germany's Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (BOCS) has extended its multipurpose service to West Africa by adding a fourth multipurpose vessel on the route.
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The Friday Flyer - January 24th 2014
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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Heavy lift installation vessel for Petrofac
January 23 - Sharjah based oil and gas industry services provider Petrofac has placed an order for a high-end offshore construction vessel, Petrofac JSD 6000.
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Streetcar record for DB Schenker
January 23 - DB Schenker has handled the transportation of two heavy streetcars from Shijiazhuang, China to Samsun, Turkey in a time of just two weeks, which it says is a record.
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Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV sign MOU
January 23 - Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) about combining the container liner shipping activities of the two companies.
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Kotug completes offshore tow
January 23 - Kotug Offshore recently completed the anchor handling and towage of the JB118 jack-up platform from the Borwin Alpha site in the North Sea to the port of Rotterdam.
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New Cleveland-Europe liner service
January 23 - The Spliethoff Group and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority have struck a deal to start a combined container and general cargo shipping route between Cleveland and Northern Europe from March 2014.
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Liburnia claims Croatian first
January 23 - Liburnia Maritime Agency has loaded seven tanker barges onto the Dockwise Tern at Rijeka port.
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Chapman Freeborn helps avoid plant shutdown
January 23 - Chapman Freeborn Australia has transported a 140-tonne turbo-shaft gas turbine a total of 18,606 km from Wilmington, USA to Karratha in Western Australia.
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Mitsui fires Siskin Arrow
January 23 - Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding has delivered the 72,800 dwt general cargo vessel Siskin Arrow to Panamanian shipping line, Misuga.
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Another for ISS in Nigeria
January 23 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has strengthened its presence in the Niger Delta with the opening of a new office on Bonny Island.
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Liebherr gives Hong Tai a lift
January 22 - Taiwanese crane contractor, Hong Tai International Crane Engineering Co. has added a new Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 and LTM 1100-5.2 to its fleet.