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NewsHeavy Lift Awards 2025: Winners revealed
Yesterday (October 22), HLPFI welcomed more than 400 guests for a night of celebration at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London as the winners of the Heavy Lift Awards 2025 were announced.
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NewsHeavy Lift Awards 2025: Gallery
Take a look back at the Heavy Lift Awards 2025. HLPFI welcomed over 400 guests at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London for a night of celebration, as the winners of the Heavy Lift Awards 2025 were announced. Take a look at who took home a trophy here.
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NewsMcKay chosen as ICHCA chair
International Cargo Handling Association (ICHCA) has appointed Scott McKay as its chair, effective September 30, 2025.
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NewsVanguard takes delivery of Cometto SPMTs
South Africa-headquartered heavy transport and rigging specialist company Vanguard has taken delivery of 32 SPMT axles and power pack units (PPUs) from Cometto.
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NewsDenzai orders second LR12500-1.0 crawler crane
Japan-headquartered heavy lifting and transportation firm Denzai has purchased a second 2,500-tonne capacity LR12500-1.0 crawler crane from Liebherr, with delivery slated for March 2026.
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NewsBIMCO developing standard clause addressing Chinese port fees
BIMCO is developing a clause specifically addressing the new fees introduced on October 14, 2025 for US-related ships calling at ports in China.
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NewsEXG moves trio of transformers across India
Express Global Logistics (EXG) has transported three transformers, weighing a combined 225 tonnes, from a manufacturing base in Western India to a power project site in the Eastern Himalayan region of the country.
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NewsSotrama takes delivery of AC 5.250L-2 from Tadano
French equipment rental and sales company Sotrama, a long-standing partner of Tadano’s, has taken delivery of the first AC 5.250L-2 all-terrain crane ever sold in France.
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NewsWiesbauer uses LTM 1650-8.1 for hospital expansion
German Crane and heavy haulage company Wiesbauer has put its recently acquired LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane from Liebherr to use for the first time as it lifted large construction modules onto the flat roof of a hospital clinic building.
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News‘Balanced yet challenging picture’ for Antwerp-Bruges
In the first nine months of 2025, the port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 202.6 million tonnes of maritime goods, a decrease of 3.8 percent compared with the same period last year.
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NewsMenon promoted at Blue Bell Shipping
UAE-headquartered project freight forwarder Blue Bell Shipping has promoted Aditya Menon to commercial director.
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NewsCollett opens Sherburn warehouse in partnership with Wilson Power Solutions
UK-based heavy haulier Collett & Sons has opened a power distribution warehouse in Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, that will house Wilson Power Solutions’ transformers.
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NewsMingyang plans Scottish plant amid push for ever-larger floating wind turbine
Chinese OEM Mingyang Smart Energy plans to build the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland. It is also pressing ahead with plans for truly massive floating wind turbines.
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NewsCelebrating excellence: The Heavy Lift Awards returns to London this evening
The Heavy Lift Awards is returning to London this evening, where we will announce who is taking home the trophies for our 12 coveted awards.
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Newsproject cargo at transport logistic Americas
Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) is bringing project cargo to transport logistic Americas as part of its partnership with Messe München. From November 11–13, 2025, Miami will be the meeting place for global leaders in logistics and we’re pleased to share details of our project cargo-specific conference sessions.
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NewsSarens loads out quintet of modules in Brazil
Heavy lift and transport engineering specialist Sarens has loaded out five modules, which weighed between 1,400-4,000 tonnes, for the FPSO P-79 at the Estaleiro EBR (EBR Shipyard) in São José do Norte, Brazil.
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NewsChapman Freeborn appoints Gerasimova as CEO
Air charter broker Chapman Freeborn has appointed Saska Gerasimova as ceo, effective October 20. She takes over from Eric Erbacher, who will become chair of the company’s board of directors.
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NewsIMO net-zero shipping talks delayed until 2026
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), held October 14-17, voted to delay the adoption of the draft revisions to MARPOL Annex VI including the IMO Net-Zero Framework.
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NewsCuxport boosts capabilities with LHM 600
Germany’s Rhenus Cuxport has strengthened its heavy-duty handling capacity with a new Liebherr LHM 600 mobile harbour crane (MHC).
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NewsCollett returns to deliver trio of transformers
UK-based heavy transport specialist Collett & Sons has delivered and installed three transformers at the New Cumnock Substation in East Ayrshire, Scotland.