All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in July 2012 – Page 4

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    New operations head for Rotterdam

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Effective September 2012, Ronald Paul will succeed Thessa Menssen as chief operating officer of Infrastructure and Maritime Affairs at the Port of Rotterdam Authority, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.

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    Peregrine flies into the Lion City's jaws

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Sherpa has delivered the drillship Peregrine 1 owned by LaPatagonia Offshore from Salvador in Brazil to Singapore, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.

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    Sochi cargo port development completed

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Basic Element Group, a diversified business group from Russia, has completed construction of the Imeretinskiy cargo port in Sochi in a investment of more than USD200 million.

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    Project Partners adds Precision Specialized Division

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Precision Specialized Division Inc has joined the Project Partners network as a member in Canada.

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    Urmila handles 1,000 tonnes for Godrej & Boyce

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Urmila Project Services recently handled a 1,000 tonne DHDS reactor using a newly-built Goldhofer self-propelled modular trailer (SPMT), writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Peel Ports seeks Vestas replacement at Sheerness

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Peel Ports Group, owner of the UK's Port of Sheerness, has moved quickly to pledge a major effort in securing a replacement for Vestas, following the latter's decision not to take up the option to locate a major wind turbine manufacturing facilit

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    Sanko Steamship files for reorganisation

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Sanko Steamship, one of Japan's oldest shipping companies, has finally given up on an out-of-court accounts settlement process it had pursued since March, and chosen to seek protection from its creditors by filing a petition with the Tokyo Distri

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    Intertransport hits the road to China

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - A road recycler being transported from Germany to China has been handled by Intertransport Hohnholz of Germany, a member of the Project Cargo Network.

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    Intertransport hits the road to China

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - A road recycler being transported from Germany to China has been handled by Intertransport Hohnholz of Germany, a member of the Project Cargo Network.

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    Turk Heavy Transport offloads a bending machine

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Bahrain-based Turk Heavy Transport (THT) has organised the movement of a 10 m long bending machine weighing 155 tonnes at Khalifa Bin Salman Port for RMA Middle East SPC from the ship's hook onto its 12-axle hydraulic lowbed.

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    Agility extends Gorgon business

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Agility has a new scope of work to support the Gorgon natural gas project in Western Australia, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Disruption in prospect for US ports

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Contract negotiations between the ILA (International Longshoremen's Association) and USMX (United States Maritime Alliance) continued last week and are expected to resume again on July 18.

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    Dockwise gets closer to complete control of Fairstar

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Dockwise has announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin bv, it now controls 80.4 percent of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport, having bought shares over the weekend from various shareholders includi

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    Spanish step up for Clipper Projects

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Clipper Projects and Maritima del Oriente have entered into an agreement covering commercial and port agency representation in Spain, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Fixed route in Mozambique Channel meets opposition

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) sub-committee on safety of navigation the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - which represents global shipowners and 80 percent of the world merchant fleet - will be opposin

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    Panama Canal delays toll hike

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has published a revised tolls proposal that defers the implementation date of new Canal tolls to October 2012 and October 2013.

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    Fifth IL-76TD-90VD freighter for Volga-Dnepr

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has added a fifth new IL-76TD-90VD cargo aircraft to its fleet. The modernised 50 tonnes capacity freighter performed its first commercial flight last month.

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    South Africa on track for domestic railway loco manufacture

    2012-07-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A move to manufacture railway locomotives in South Africa could bring some business for the country's project cargo forwarders.