All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in March 2016 – Page 2
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Freja makes for Oulu
March 29 - Freja Transport & Logistics has shipped a 295-tonne transformer from the Port of Rotterdam to Oulu in Finland.
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Enerpac reveals EVOB-System
March 29 - Enerpac has unveiled its EVOB-System, which it says combines high-pressure hydraulics with a PLC system to monitor and control the precise movement and positioning of heavy loads.
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Dozen delivered to Schot
March 29 - Dutch crane contractor Schot Verticaal Transport has ordered 12 new mobile cranes, ranging in lifting capacity from 60 to 400 tonnes.
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Kenyan breeze blows for Bolloré
March 29 - Bolloré Logistics has been awarded a contract by Vestas to provide project logistics services for the Lake Turkana wind power plant in Kenya.
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ALE scoops Karbala contract
March 29 - ALE's branch in Iraq has been awarded a heavy lifting and transport contract for the Karbala refinery project in the Middle Eastern nation.
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Agility prepares for challenges
March 29 - Agility recorded a net profit of KWD53 million (USD175 million) in the 2015 financial year, a 5 percent increase compared with 2014.
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Zoomlion ups Terex offer
March 24 - Terex Corporation has received a revised non-binding proposal from Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology to acquire all of the company's outstanding shares for USD31 per share.
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Hansa Meyer shuffles management
March 24 - Germany headquartered forwarder Hansa Meyer Global has named Georg Bödecker as its new chief operating officer.
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ESTA to publish SPMT guide
March 24 - The European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) is to publish its long-awaited best practice guide for the use of self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT) at its meeting in Munich in April.
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New low in shipping confidence
March 24 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to a record low in the three months to February 2016, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens.
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Year of growth for Cargolux
March 24 - Cargolux Group reported a net profit after tax of USD49 million for 2015, up from USD3 million in 2014, while increasing freight tonne kilometres flown by 8.7 percent.
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Airlander readies for take-off
March 24 - Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has completed the final assembly of its airship, Airlander 10.
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Aeros granted structure patent
March 24 - Aeroscraft Corporation (Aeros) has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the outer structure of its Aeroscraft cargo airship.
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ABC flies high in February
March 24 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 15 percent year-on-year growth in airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network.
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AAL adds Stewart call
March 24 - AAL has added a call at Stewart World Port in British Columbia, Canada to its Pacific service.
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Volga-Dnepr aids Sakhalin-2
March 24 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' AN-124 and IL-76 freighters were called into action to ensure the repair of a compressor at Russia's Sakhalin-2 natural gas liquefaction plant.
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Hapag-Lloyd results on track
March 23 - Hapag-Lloyd achieved a net profit of EUR114 million (USD127 million) in the 2015 financial year, compared with EUR -604 million (USD -674 million) in 2014.
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Riga Mainz gets a lift
March 23 - Riga Mainz has taken delivery of a 500-tonne capacity LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane.
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Rhenus in German takeover
March 23 - The Rhenus Group has expanded its capacity in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia through the acquisition of Allgemeine Land und Seespedition (ALS).
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Finnish transformation for Silvasti
March 23 - Silvasti Heavy has transported a 138-tonne transformer from the Kalajoki substation to an expanded substation next to the Vajukoski hydropower plant in Sodankylä, Finland.