Latest news – Page 573

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    Transaid trains Ugandan drivers

    2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - Transaid, the international development organisation, has started a major project to develop heavy goods vehicle and passenger service vehicle driver training in Uganda.

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    Tradelossa opens in Nuevo Laredo

    2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - Tradelossa has opened its 17,000 sq m facility in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

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    Ukraine clarifies Antonov situation

    2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - Following potentially misleading reports in some media, Antonov Airlines has issued a statement that seeks to clarify the situation in regards to the company.

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    CES claims heavy-duty reachstacker first

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - During an event at its factory near Verona, Italy, Containerhandling Equipment & Solutions (CES) presented its new heavy-duty reachstacker, the VRS-K, which boasts a lifting capacity of 150 tonnes.

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    Mammoet moves for Hywind

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Mammoet has assembled the first five test turbines for Statoil's Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, at the NorSea Group's Stordbase yard in Norway.

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    Mitchell named at Crane Worldwide

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Chris Mitchell as vice president, global specialized solutions.

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    ALE adds second Mega Jack

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - ALE has started construction of a second Mega Jack 800, an 800-tonne capacity jacking system that was first launched in 2014 as part of ALE's Innovation Series.

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    LHG on track for locomotive project

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) has handled five Siemens' locomotives bound for Finland, at its Seelandkai terminal in Lübeck, Germany.

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    Demag launches pedestal crane

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Demag has launched the PC 3800-1 pedestal crane, which it claims provides access to job sites previously inaccessible with a standard crawler model, while boasting strong load charts.

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    Long Beach appoints to board

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - The Port of Long Beach has appointed Lou Anne Bynum as president and Tracy Egoscue as vice president of the board of harbor commissioners, while Lori Ann Guzmán has been named secretary of the board.

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    Cranes on route to Houston

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Three Post-Panamax cranes bound for the Port of Houston's Barbours Cut Container Terminal have departed Shanghai, China on board ZPMC's heavy lift vessel Zhen Hua 13.

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    Liebherr responds to wind energy boom

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Liebherr has increased the lifting capacity of its 750-tonne capacity LR1750/2 and LG 1750 models, with an upgraded SX boom system.

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    Helipad gets Certex lift off

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Certex (UK) has used two modified spreader beams from Modulift's heavy, off-the-shelf range to lift two halves of a helipad in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

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    Schutte promoted at Crane Worldwide

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - George Schutte has been promoted to vice president, global energy solutions, at Houston-headquartered Crane Worldwide Logistics.

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    Particle hunter reaches final destination

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - ICARUS, the world's largest liquid argon particle hunter, has arrived at the US Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.

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    DrayQ relaunched

    2017-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has relaunched the DrayQ mobile application to help speed the flow of cargo along local freight corridors, reduce truck-related air emissions, and save fuel.

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    Subsea 7 sees market improvement

    2017-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Subsea 7's renewables and heavy lifting business unit saw increased offshore activity in the second quarter of 2017, following its acquisition of Seaway Heavy Lifting.

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    SAL heaves in international patent

    2017-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - SAL Heavy Lift has been granted an international patent for its active passive heave compensation (APHC) system, which combines the advantages of active heave compensation (AHC) and passive heave compensation (PHC) technologies.

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    Jagulak lifts with Demag

    2017-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - France-based crane operator Jagulak Levage has taken delivery of a Demag AC 250-5 all terrain crane.

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    Ironshore insures BRI's project cargo

    2017-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Pembroke Managing Agency, part of the international insurance company Ironshore, has launched a project cargo consortium on Lloyd's China related to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).