All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2022 – Page 2
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NewsContainer profits set to climb again
Container demand growth is losing some momentum amid mounting headwinds, but carriers will continue to rake huge profits, according to Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster report.
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NewsBeluga aircraft ready to serve
Airbus has launched a service using its Beluga super transporter (ST) fleet to support commercial customers with outsized transport needs.
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NewsMSC moves to acquire ITA Airways stake
The trend of liner shipping companies expanding their portfolios beyond traditional marine cargo carriage has continued. This week it was MSC, now the world’s largest container shipping line, that made its move into airfreight, expressing an interest to the Italian government in the acquisition of a majority stake in ITA Airways.
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NewsWiesbauer moves with Cometto SPMTs
Wiesbauer has utilised its SPMTs from Cometto to transport a 318-tonne generator and a 335-tonne gas turbine to the coal-fired power station in Marbach am Neckar, Germany.
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NewsLüning promoted at Bertling
Stephanie Lüning has been promoted to director of tendering and marketing at Bertling Logistics.
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NewsBelgian order for Broshuis
Broshuis has secured an order from the Belgian army for nine PL2 pendular axle low loaders.
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NewsHeerema lands decommissioning work
Oil and gas decommissioning work is expected to ramp up in the next decade. Dutch contractor Heerema is set to benefit, having been awarded an integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) decommissioning contract for multiple North Sea oil platforms by Petrogas E&P Netherlands.
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NewsWWPC members shine despite inclement weather
Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) members have been busy moving heavy cargoes safely in the face of heavy weather conditions.
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NewsXin Yao Hua semi-sub delivered to COSCO
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers took delivery of its 80,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel Xin Yao Hua on January 19, 2022.
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NewsLaso starts year in style
Laso Transportes has kicked off 2022 in style with the delivery of components for the Escusa wind farm in Vila da Malveira, Portugal.
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NewsDeltamarin scoops Aurora-class work
Deltamarin has signed an agreement with China Merchants Industry (Jiangsu) for the design and engineering of the new series of Höegh Autoliners Aurora-class pure car and truck carriers (PCTC).
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NewsIraq focus for Al Faris
UAE-headquartered Al Faris has executed a complex shipment in Iraq, moving 96 components for natural gas liquids plant in the country
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NewsBreakbulk gains for Port NOLA
The USA’s port of New Orleans ended 2021 in strong fashion, reporting positive results across all of its lines of business, including a 46 percent year-on-year improvement in breakbulk and bulk volumes.
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NewsBlank joins Shipping Australia
My Therese Blank has been appointed as a director of Shipping Australia. She is currently Maersk Group’s head of Oceania and has responsibility for ocean business in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
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NewsRSS named UK vendor for Verton
Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) has been named a UK distributor of Verton’s under-the-jib equipment and load orientation products.
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NewsEXG supports MTHL project
Express Global Logistics (EXG) has assisted with the transport of the first of 30 orthotropic steel decks (OSD), weighing 1,362 tonnes, for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project.
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NewsBIFA 2021 Freight Service Awards winners revealed
HLPFI thoroughly enjoyed the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) 2021 Freight Service Awards, where Ace Forwarding took first place in the Project Forwarding category.
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NewsOffshore platform delivered to Texas
Jumbo Shipping, part of the Jumbo-SAL-Alliance, has transported fully assembled offshore platform modules on a single voyage on behalf of Kiewit Offshore Services.
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NewsDHL IP keeps on schedule
DHL Industrial Projects transported four azimuth thrusters from Mexico to Texas, the USA, for repair.
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NewsHöegh enters Aurora-class contract
Höegh Autoliners has entered into a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of four multi-fuel Aurora-class vessels.