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NewsAffolter installs crossing bridge in night-time operations
Crane and transport firm Affolter, headquartered in Schüpfen, Switzerland, has installed a wildlife crossing bridge over the A1 motorway near Solothurn. It deployed a trio of Liebherr cranes, with work taking place over six nights.
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NewsBigMove expands with Silvasti and Senn
BigMove, a European association of heavy haulage logistics companies, has expanded its network with the addition of Scandinavian specialised transport and project logistics provider Silvasti and Switzerland-based crane and transportation company Senn.
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NewsOzgun joins HPL One
Dubai-headquartered HPL One has appointed Mert Ozgun as its regional business development manager in the UAE.
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NewsPacific Basin appoints Swinbank
Pacific Basin Shipping has appointed Felix Swinbank as its bulk parcel and projects manager.
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NewsShortlist spotlight 2025: Excellence in Engineering
HLPFI reviews the entries that made it onto the shortlist for this year’s Excellence in Engineering Award, sponsored by DHL Industrial Projects.
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NewsSGL delivers passenger bridges for future Vietnamese airport
Denmark-headquartered Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has delivered 1,397 cu m worth of passenger bridges from Singapore to Vietnam, to be used at a new airport in the country.
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NewsMammoet achieves record-breaking dragline relocation using SPMTs
Transport engineering and heavy lift specialist Mammoet has achieved a record-breaking dragline relocation using SPMTs, having moved a 3,100-tonne dragline 27 km from one end of an Australian coal mine to another in 10 days.
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NewsChipolbrok gets FMC exemption
Chinese-Polish shipping company Chipolbrok has been granted, with conditions, an exemption from publication requirements by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in the USA.
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NewsRice steps up at BIFA
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has appointed Jack Rice as its regional representative for Scotland.
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NewsPositive H1 2025 for Boskalis
Boskalis reported a strong first half of the year, with all three of its divisions showing substantial increases in their results.
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NewsDAKO returns to Garabito power plant for engine replacement
DAKO Worldwide Transport has returned to the Garabito power plant in Costa Rica 15 years after delivering the original engines to manage the replacement of an engine block.
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NewsRobert Wynn completes rotor swap for the Paluel nuclear power station
UK-based Robert Wynn & Sons has supported the replacement of a rotor at the Paluel nuclear power station, transporting a rotor, and its replacement, between France and the Netherlands.
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NewsTanks transloaded at Indiana River & Rail Terminals
Indiana River & Rail Terminals has managed the barge-to-truck transload of oversized cargo at the port of Indiana-Mount Vernon, with the units destined for a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility under construction in central Indiana.
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NewsSCACLI and Protranser team up to deliver transformers
Canada’s Sea Cargo Air Cargo Logistics (SCACLI) and China’s Protranser have teamed up to ship large transformers – each weighing 127 tonnes – from China to Canada.
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen delivers strong Q2
Ro-ro shipping specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen reported total revenue for Q2 2025 of USD1.35 billion, an increase of 4 percent quarter over quarter, thanks to an 8 percent increase in volumes offsetting lower freight rates in the shipping segment. The EBITDA for Q2 2025 of USD472 million was an increase of 2 percent quarter over quarter, mainly driven by the shipping segment.
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NewsWallace steps up at Norden
Danish shipping firm Norden has appointed William Wallace as its head of logistics.
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NewsEsgian: Ro-ro market softens but at a much slower pace
Esgian’s latest report on the global ro-ro shipping market shows a softening environment and changing sentiment.
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NewsPasha Logistics expands in the Pacific Northwest
USA-based Pasha Logistics has acquired assets of MacMillan-Piper and Tacoma Transload to launch operations in the Pacific Northwest.
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NewsShortlist spotlight 2025: Environment Award
HLPFI reviews the six entries that made it onto this year’s Environment Award shortlist, sponsored by Fracht Group.
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NewsHess deploys Enerpac gantry for recovery project
Germany’s Hess used an Enerpac SL380 hydraulic gantry to navigate tight space and height limits in a Ruhr residential area, recovering concrete pipe jacking sections during pipeline installation.