All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in July 2016 – Page 3

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    Two up at Chi Deh

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - Taiwanese crane contractor Chi Deh has added two new Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile cranes to its fleet.

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    Pole dance for Chapman Freeborn

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has promoted Radoslaw (Radek) Puchalski to head up its business in Poland.

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    ESTA welcomes engine emissions agreement

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - The European association for the abnormal road transport and mobile crane rental industry, ESTA, has welcomed news that the European Parliament has agreed to extend the timetable for the introduction of new Stage V engine emissions regulations.

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    CEA adds Volvo duo

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - CEA Project Logistics has added two Volvo FH 440 prime movers to its heavy haulage fleet.

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    Boskalis wins Aberdeen contract

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of an offshore wind farm in Aberdeen, dubbed European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).

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    Splitter sets sail to US Gulf

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - LPL Projects Logistics in Spain has worked together with US headquartered TransProject to load a 275-tonne splitter in Tarragona for delivery to a refinery in Houston.

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    Truck manufacturers fined for price fixing

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - The European Commission has found truck manufacturers - MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and DAF - guilty of breaking EU antitrust rules, by colluding for 14 years on truck pricing and passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission

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    Throughput down in Rotterdam

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - The Port of Rotterdam handled 3 percent less cargo in the first half of 2016 than it did in the same period last year.

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    New chief in at PRPA

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has appointed Jeff Theobald as its new ceo.

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    Breakbulk grows at SCPA

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) recorded a 33 percent year-on-year increase in breakbulk tonnage handled at the Port of Charleston during its 2016 fiscal year, which ended June 30.

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    Big blade makes maiden journey

    2016-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - A wind turbine blade manufactured by LM Wind Power - claimed to be the world's longest at 88.4 m - has been transported from Lunderskov to Aalborg in Denmark.

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    WWL keeps railcars rolling

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has been awarded a contract to ship a series of railcars from Spain to Chile for the expansion of the Santiago metro network.

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    Panalpina responds to oil and gas slump

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Due to the continuing slowdown in the oil and gas business, Panalpina recognised a restructuring cost of CHF26 million (USD26.3 million) in the second quarter of 2016, leaving it with an adjusted consolidated profit of CHF47.9 million (USD48.4 m

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    SLC puts Faymonville to the test

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Angolan transport and logistics company SLC has used ten axle lines of Faymonville's G-SL series of ModulMAX trailer to deliver several gas turbines and generators throughout the country.

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    Breakbulk struggles at NWSA

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) handled 93,975 tonnes of breakbulk cargo in June - a 36 percent decrease compared with the same period of 2015.

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    Jumbo loads barge quartet

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Jumbo's heavy lift vessel Jumbo Kinetic has loaded four Damen barges - weighing 1,100 tonnes each - at the Port of Rotterdam for delivery to Russia's Port of Sabetta.

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    Silvasti in Baltic tank tow

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Finnish heavy transport company Silvasti has assisted with the delivery of a 136-tonne pressure vessel from Estonia to Finland.

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    WWL welcomes Themis

    2016-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added its fourth neo-Panamax class newbuild vessel, Themis, to its fleet.

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    Strong half for Schiphol

    2016-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Freight volumes at Schiphol Cargo - the cargo department of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands - reached 796,801 tonnes in the first six months of 2016, representing a 1.6 percent year-on-year increase.

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    Fehn Pollux readies for rotor

    2016-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - Scientists from the Emden-Leer University in Germany have visited Fehn Ship Management's general cargo vessel Fehn Pollux in preparation for the installation of a Flettner rotor.