All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in May 2011 – Page 3

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    Volga-Dnepr Airlines approved to handle cargo at Russian airports

    2011-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia's Ministry of Transport has awarded a certificate to Volga-Dnepr Airlines to perform its own cargo handling at Russian airports.

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    Steil strengthens fleet with Nooteboom acquisitions

    2011-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Trier, Germany-based crane operator Steil Kranarbeiten has acquired mobile ancillary crane equipment from Dutch manufacturer Nooteboom.

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    Don't miss out on HEAVY Asia Pacific 2011 early-bird offer

    2011-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - There are just three days left to take advantage of the early-bird registration discount of USD300 for the Heavy Asia Pacific 2011 event (July 26 - 27 in Singapore). The special discount closes on May 20.

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    Blue Water Shipping takes on a series project transports

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - As part of an agreement with Dutch company SBM Offshore for all logistics in connection with the FPSO Cidade de Paraty project in Brazil, Blue Water Shipping in Aberdeen recently arranged part of a series of project transports.

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    Air Charter Service welcomes new director in Big Apple

    2011-05-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Richard Thompson has moved to Air Charter Service's New York office as its new cargo sales director, replacing Stuart Smith who has transferred to the company's Paris operation becoming cargo sales director there.

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    Freight Wings handles significant loadout

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Heavy lift transportation and erection company, Freight Wings has completed a project involving critical logistics and engineering after handling a significant loadout of over-dimensional cargo at the Kattupalli yard of Larsen & Toubro Ltd near E

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    Liebherr proves its worth at industrial gas facility

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - A Liebherr LR 1600/2 lattice boom crane operated by Breuer&Wasel GmbH achieved a major success at an industrial gas installation in Duisburg.

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    Martin Bencher now open in Sao Paulo

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - The Martin Bencher Group has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, managed by Mikkel Kristensen, former manager of Martin Bencher Germany.

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    Pedestal crane handed over just 15 months after deal inked

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Huisman, the Dutch-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has handed over a new 600-tonne pedestal crane after successful competition of load testing to clients Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd and MPI Offshore, just 15 months a

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    TBS warns that financial difficulties leave questionmarks over long term viability

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Ferdinand V. Lepere, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of TBS International has said that any failure to meet any of the financial covenants, or any inability to obtain a waiver of such future covenant violations in plac

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    Fairmount delivers FPSO

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - A specialised team lead by Fairmount Marine has completed successfully the tow, mooring and positioning hook-up of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Pazflor offshore Angola.

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    DB Schenker debuts Eco Solutions for greener transport

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - DB Schenker has exhibited its new portfolio of services at the Transport Logistic 2011 trade fair in Munich. This includes its Eco Solutions, the forwarder's range of climate-friendly transportation and logistics services.

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    HLPFI partners industry conference

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - HLPFI is continuing its partnership with Hanson Wade as official media partner for HEAVY Asia Pacific 2011, which takes place from 26-27 July in Singapore.

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    Heavy lift comes to the small screen

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Viewers of a TV documentary series on the global aviation industry will be treated to a behind-the-scenes look at a recent heavy lift maindeck shipment made on an AN-124 freighter.

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    SDV Horoz on the double

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) member for Turkey, SDV Horoz has completed the shipment of a transformer, pictured below, weighing over 170 tonnes to Germany from Turkey.

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    Breakbulk Europe starts next week

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - 'Thinking Globally for the Long Haul' is the banner for the 6th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & Exhibition which will take place next week in Antwerp, Belgium, from May 17 - 19.

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    Wind flows through BOW Terminal's sales

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Zeeland Seaports' BOW terminal in Vlissingen's Westhofhaven says that business really started to move in the first quarter of 2011 and the company, which began its operations in 2010, concluded various contracts for the handling, transhipment and

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    Heavy lift specialist joins Tiaca board

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Volga-Dnepr's Vladimir Zubkov is one of four leading air cargo industry executives elected onto the board of directors of The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca).

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    Project Cargo Network names Conveyor Logistics in Bangladesh

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Dhaka-based Conveyor Logistics is the latest recruit to the fast growing Project Cargo Network, its first member in Bangladesh.

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    WWPC's Albacor and Steder move chimneys

    2011-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Worldwide Project Consortium members Albacor Shipping and Steder Group teamed up to move two chimneys from Esbjerg, Denmark to a refinery in Whiting, Indiana in the USA.