All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in July 2015 – Page 8
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Bosphorus Strait to close
July 9 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has advised that the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey will be closed in both directions on July 10 between 06:00 and approximately 14:00 due to ongoing construction works on the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge.
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Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight route kept alive
July 9 - DFDS Seaways and Forth Ports are to invest over EUR6 million (USD6.6 million) in the future of the Rosyth-Zeebrugge ro-ro freight route, following a meeting with Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
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New Target for Trireme
July 8 - Trireme Maritime will now officially trade under a new company name: Target Maritime Transport.
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First step for Mile Point project
July 8 - Jaxport's Mile Point harbour improvement project, which will remove an existing navigational restriction in the St Johns river, has got underway in Florida.
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Jumbo participates in naval exercise
July 8 - As part of a naval exercise, the multipurpose vessel Jumbo Jubilee has transported two 600-tonne minehunters from Brest, France to Abu Dhabi in the UAE before returning both vessels to their naval base in France, writes Isabel Freedman.
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Rotterdam to widen Breeddiep
July 8 - The Breeddiep - an important connection for inland shipping at the mouth of the port of Rotterdam - is to be widened from 75 m to 350 m.
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First cargo ship for New Bedford terminal
July 8 - According to reports in the local US media, the multipurpose vessel Thorco Svendborg has become the first cargo ship to arrive at the new marine commerce terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Protranser in Asian transformation
July 8 - Protranser International Logistics has handled the shipment of a 158-tonne transformer from China to Vietnam.
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ALE completes Bechtel project
July 8 - As part of the Australia Pacific LNG project, ALE has completed transportation, load-out, and load-in operations for Bechtel in Indonesia and at the LNG facility on Curtis Island offshore Gladstone, Australia, writes Isabel Freedman.
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AGL engines ahead
July 8 - Alexander Global Logistics (AGL), member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) for Germany, Russia and Mongolia, has shipped a number of heavy diesel engines from Germany to China, writes Isabel Freedman.
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Liebherr gives German power a lift
July 7 - KVN Autokrane has acquired a new Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane for numerous applications involved in the expansion of German power lines, writes Isabel Freedman.
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Drilling tower sails to Hong Kong
July 7 - Van der Vlist has arranged the shipment of an enormous geotechnical drilling tower, from its manufacturer in the Netherlands to Hong Kong, writes Isabel Freedman.
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ISS inks Technip contract
July 7 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has signed a contract with Technip to provide marine agency services and logistics for the Rashid C project in the Middle East.
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Carrara ups lifting capacity
July 7 - Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has delivered a 150-tonne capacity Terex Gottwald Model 7 mobile harbour crane to Italy's Marina di Carrara.
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Hull Blyth heads to Cote d'Ivoire
July 7 - African ship agency specialist Hull Blyth has opened a new office in Cote d'Ivoire's port Abidjan.
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Blue Water gains Enhanced offering
July 7 - Blue Water Shipping has signed a global logistics contract with offshore technology provider Enhanced Drilling.
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Big buy for BKV
July 7 - Barneveldse Kraanverhuurs (BKV) has invested in a new 600-tonne capacity Liebherr LR1600-2 crawler crane.
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American ports go green
July 7 - The US ports of Tacoma, Seattle and New Orleans have all recently received recognition for their efforts towards being more environmentally friendly organisations, writes Isabel Freedman.
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Air cargo boosted by Calais chaos
July 7 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has reported a sharp spike in demand for air cargo charters in response to the gridlock caused by striking workers blockading the French port of Calais.
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A2SEA wins role in Race Bank
July 7 - From early 2017, A2SEA will use its offshore installation vessel, Sea Challenger, to install 91 Siemens 6 MW turbines for the 580 MW Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK.