All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in March 2014 – Page 9

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    Breakbulk up in Tacoma

    2014-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Despite a 5 percent drop in container volumes in January 2014, the Port of Tacoma posted a 15 percent rise in breakbulk cargo volumes compared with the same period in 2013.

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    BBC ships catamaran

    2014-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - The Damen-built catamaran, Liberdadi, has been transported from Jurong port in Singapore to Portugal's Mindelo port on board BBC Chartering's heavy lift vessel BBC Plata.

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    Aliani puts Nicolas to the test

    2014-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Italy's Aliani Project has transported a transformer for the Terna power plant in Rosara on behalf of the Getra company, using a Nicolas MDED platform trailer and 230-tonne capacity Nicolas side girder deck combination.

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    Van der Vlist bulldozes into Africa

    2014-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Van der Vlist has transported seven used CAT D8R bulldozers from Germany to Equatorial Guinea.

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    ABP petitions against ABLE renewables project

    2014-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Associated British Ports (ABP) has petitioned against the decision by the British transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, to grant a Development Consent Order for the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP), to the dismay of the park developer, ABLE, an

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    Volga-Dnepr on the run

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a 73-tonne turbine runner to Russia's Bratsk hydroelectric power station for OJSC Irkutskenergo.

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    MFC turns up the heat

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - India's MFC Transport Pvt Ltd has handled the transportation of two air heat exchangers from Walchandnagar Industries to the BHAVINI atomic power plant in Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, India, on behalf of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).

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    Hacklin gets steel tank moving

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Hacklin Logistics Ltd has transported an 80-tonne steel tank from its manufacturer Japrotek's premises in Pietarsaari on the west coast of Finland to Norway.

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    Fairmount delivers ENSCO rig

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Expedition has towed the rig ENSCO 5002 from Rio de Janeiro to Singapore via the Cape of Good Hope.

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    Fourth round for BigLift

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - This month, BigLift Shipping's Happy Dynamic will complete the fourth of four shipments of five automated rail mounted gantry cranes (ARMGs) for Konecranes, from Gydnia, Poland to Global Terminal in New Jersey.

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    Alstom barges in new power

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - International engineering, procurement and construction contractor Alstom accepted its first gas turbine for the Carrington Power Station, utilising the nearby Manchester Ship Canal.

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    Gulf Agency on the double

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Gulf Agency Services had handled two project cargo vessels at the Port of Djibouti.

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    Boskalis reaches agreement on Fairmount acquisition

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has reached an agreement to acquire Fairmount Marine bv and Fairmount Ocean Towage Company bv from the French group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.

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    AAPA welcomes Obama's bill

    2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has commended steps taken by President Barack Obama toward increasing the investment in transportation infrastructure, including needed infrastructure in and connecting to America's seaports.