All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2016 – Page 2
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AGL expands in Russia
January 27 - Alexander Global Logistics (AGL) has opened a new sales and marketing office in Moscow, as well as a new sales and operations office in Vladivostok, Russia.
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Straightpoint names Chandran
January 26 - Straightpoint has appointed Sarath Chandran as project engineer, to join a team led by design engineer Roshan Divakaran.
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Cold call for Kässbohrer
January 26 - Reiser Schwertransport has used a Kässbohrer K.SLH 8 trailer to move a 60-tonne transformer frame from Nordhausen to Duisburg port in Germany.
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Things heat up at BigLift
January 26 - BigLift Shipping's vessel Happy Buccaneer has transported a 1,200-tonne continuous ship unloader (CSU) from Taiwan to Japan, and installed it at the Haramchi thermal electric power station.
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Teamlifting assists rotor repair
January 26 - Teamlifting has coordinated the replacement of a 49.9-tonne rotor at the Qurayyah power plant in Saudi Arabia.
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Iowa asks for axle limit raise
January 26 - The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is asking state legislature to increase permitted tandem axle weight to 46,000 lbs (20.8 tonnes), up from 40,000 lbs (18.1 tonnes), informs the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA).
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Haropa to build on solid 2015
January 26 - Haropa, the French group of ports including Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, reported a 2.4 percent year-on-year increase in overall tonnage during 2015 at 91.4 million tonnes.
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Maxim goes for 13
January 26 - Maxim Crane has begun taking delivery of an additional 13 crawler cranes from Manitowoc, ranging in capacity from 400 to 825 tonnes.
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Thorco takes on Dragon
January 25 - Thorco Shipping has added the 12,580 dwt multipurpose vessel Thorco Dragon to its fleet on a one-year time charter from SE Shipping.
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DP World looks to Rwanda
January 25 - DP World has been granted a 25-year concession to develop and operate a new logistics centre in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Posh inks Prelude tow deal
January 25 - Posh Terasea secured the contract to tow and position the Shell Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform from South Korea to Australia.
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European shuffle for DB Schenker
January 25 - DB Schenker has reorganised its European business and merged its four management regions into one.
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Delmas brand to disappear
January 25 - Effective March 1, 2016, CMA CGM will scrap the Delmas name and unify all its maritime activities to and from Africa under its own brand.
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ZPMC - Red Box gets Audax
January 25 - ZPMC - Red Box Energy Services has taken delivery of Audax, one of two 25,000 dwt PC-3 module carriers that the company is having built in China.
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Faymonville takes another to America
January 25 - Faymonville has launched its TeleMAX - a flatdeck semi-trailer extendable to a maximum length of 210 ft (64 m) - for the North American market.
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Record year at Sohar
January 22 - Breakbulk cargo volumes at Sohar Port and Freezone rose 46 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year.
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MEPL takes on two
January 22 - Middle East Project Logistics (MEPL) has handled two challenging project moves from Turkey to Pakistan and China to Oman.
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RiverOak targets Manston reopening
January 22 - The UK's National Infrastructure Planning inspectorate has received an application from RiverOak Investment Corporation to reopen Manston Airport in Kent.
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Kita overcomes obstacles in Iraq
January 22 - Kita Logistics, a member of The Heavy Lift Group (THLG), has transported over 3,000 trailer loads of cargo from Turkey to Iraq for two cement plant developments.
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Blue Water ceo steps down
January 22 - Kim Hedegaard Sørensen has stepped down as ceo and managing director of Blue Water Shipping, with chairman and founder of the company, Kurt Skov, taking on the role temporarily.