All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in July 2017 – Page 2

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    Harren & Partner strikes SAL deal

    2017-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - Ten years after it first took a stake in the shipping company, and six years after it took complete control, Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisa ("K" Line) has sold SAL Heavy Lift to the Bremen, Germany-based shipping group Harren & Partner.

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    EMS establishes Croatian presence

    2017-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - EMS-Fehn-Group has expanded its presence in the Balkans with the formation of EMS Shipping & Logistics (EMS SLA) in Croatia.

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    Catamaran heads to Freetown

    2017-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - CEA Project Logistics has transported a catamaran ferry, weighing 17 tonnes and measuring 17 m in length, from Chonburi, Thailand to Freetown in Sierra Leone.

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    Manitowoc helps bridge the gap

    2017-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - Kraemer North America is replacing an 84-year-old truss bridge, the 2,482 ft (757 m)-long Savanna-Sabula Bridge near Savanna, Illinois, using a barge-mounted Manitowoc MLC300 equipped with VPC-MAX, hired from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental (Dawes)

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    Samskip eyes up Nor Lines

    2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Samskip will acquire the activities of Nor Lines, part of the DSD Group, subject to the approval of Norway's competition authorities.

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    Compass is Paramount for Magni delivery

    2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Compass Forwarding has been selected by New Jersey, USA-based Paramount Equipment to manage the international shipments of Italian-made Magni Telescopic handlers.

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    City Union's final push to Kentucky

    2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - City Union Logistics, on behalf of its client Otto Junker, transported a pushing furnace from a factory in Changshu, China to the project site in Kentucky, USA.

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    First Sapphire shipment arrives at Newcastle

    2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - The Port of Newcastle has welcomed the first shipment of wind turbine components bound for the Sapphire Wind Farm, which it claims will be the largest wind turbines to be imported into Australia.

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    ANL goes direct to Townsville

    2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Global shipping line ANL will begin direct services from the Port of Townsville, Australia to Malaysia, Singapore and Jakarta, effective August 2017.

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    Fesco handles the heat in Vietnam

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Fesco Transportation Group has delivered 444 tons (402.8 tonnes) of equipment to the Long Phu-1 thermal power plant, which is under construction in Vietnam on behalf of Power Machines, a global power engineering company.

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    Mammoet opens Middle East offices

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Following an increase in projects across the Middle East, Mammoet has opened offices in the UAE and Oman in order to provide more localised support.

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    Collett steps up with footbridge delivery

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Collett & Sons recently delivered a 160-tonne footbridge to South Wales intended for the A465 Heads of the Valley Improvement Project.

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    Fagioli to get equity boost

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - QuattroR, a management company specialising in corporate restructuring, is in advanced talks to acquire an initial 49 percent of Italy's Fagioli group.

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    Laser leaves Compass beaming

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Compass Forwarding has completed the movement of what it claims to be the world's largest metal fabrication laser.

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    Alternative loan for ro-ro

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a EUR27.5 million (USD32 million) loan to Turkey-based Alternative Transport to finance the acquisition of a EUR55.5 million (USD64.6 million) ro-ro vessel.

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    Antwerp invests in Açu

    2017-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - The Port of Antwerp, through its subsidiary Port of Antwerp International (PAI), will invest USD10 million in the Port of Açu, a privately owned port complex in São João da Barra, Brazil.

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    Grimaldi's Grande delivery

    2017-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Grande Baltimora, the first of a series of three sister ships manufactured at Jinling Shipyard, China.

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    Stena ups North Sea capacity

    2017-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - Stena Line will replace the vessels operating on its Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Harwich, UK service with larger ro-ro ships in response to demands for increased freight capacity.

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    Talleyrand cargo generates buzz

    2017-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - Stevedores employed by Seonus, a tenant at the Port of Jacksonville, USA, have unloaded a 108,000-lb (49-tonne) generator at the port's Talleyrand Marine Terminal.

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    SFO launches Amec investigation

    2017-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened an investigation into the activities of Amec Foster Wheeler for suspected offences of bribery, corruption and related offences.