All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in May 2012 – Page 2
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CaroTrans adds specialised OOG team
May 24 - CaroTrans, well known as a global NVOCC (non vessel operating common carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, has created a specialised breakbulk, out-of-gauge (OOG) and ro-ro team that is positioned to serve local forwarders in all 14 of CaroTra
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LiftRig handles power cables
May 23 - Portland in the UK is an Olympic site this year, and also the location of LiftRig Consulting's latest subsea power cable handling and storage project.
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Boost delivered to Congo's mining power generation
May 23 - A Volga-Dnepr Airlines' AN-124-100 freighter chartered by Chapman Freeborn has carried a 22-ton (22.35-tonne) multi-stage press coil to the Congo to help progress the modernisation of the country's power generation.
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BigLift transports five mobile cranes to Nigeria
May 23 - BigLift Shipping has used its heavy lift ship, Happy Dragon, to transport five mobile cranes for leading crane manufacturers Liebherr and Gottwald from Germany and Belgium to Nigeria.
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Safmarine welcomes new WAFMAX vessel
May 22 - Safmarine Chachai, a new 4,500 teu, Safmarine-branded WAFMAX containership, was delivered to Safmarine yesterday.
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Scholpp moves two production lines
May 22 - Scholpp Montage from Germany has relocated and installed two production lines to China.
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Fairstar describes Dockwise tactics as "hostile and nasty"
May 22 - Fairstar Heavy Transportation, which opposes a takeover by Dutch rival Dockwise, has revealed a new credit line worth USD247 million.
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Five in line for Sietas Group companies
May 22 - Five concrete offers have been received for the companies of the Hamburg-based Sietas Group.
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Jumbo transports Gorgon caissons
May 22 - Jumbo Jubilee has transported and discharged 14 of the 25 Material Offloading Facility (MOF) caissons for the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project on Barrow Island, Australia.
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Crowley Maritime disposes of heavy lift tug
May 21 - Seattle, Washington-based Crowley Maritime has sold its 33.5 m, 40-year old twin-screw Seneca Class tug Sioux to Island Tug & Barge, also of Seattle. Sioux is to be renamed Island Venture by its new owner and is presently being painted in the new
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KPIs show that container industry needs to improve
May 21 - Project cargo consigned to ocean containers suffers from delays and service failures despite industry-wide vessel schedule reliability improvements to 72.3 percent in the first quarter of 2012.
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DSV Solutions Management Change
May 21 - Brian Ejsing is the new managing director of DSV Solutions.
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PD Ports staff to pound the Tarmac in a good cause
May 21 - Big-hearted employees from the Middlesbrough, UK-based PD Ports will be lacing up their running shoes and taking part in the 21 km Great North Run for Butterwick Hospice this year.
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Noatum Terminal Polivalente Santander handles 100 tonne chimney
May 21 - A steel chimney bound for a thermal power station in Morocco consisting of three pieces of 10 - 15 m in length and nearly 5 m in diameter, has been loaded by stevedore operator Noatum Terminal Polivalente Santander as the company seeks to boost i
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New port director at Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor
May 18 - Anthony Kuk has joined the Ports of Indiana as port director for the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor located in Portage, USA.
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Oil rig transportation bonanza for Fairmount Marine
May 18 - Three trans-ocean towage operations by marine contractor Fairmount Marine demonstrate the global reach of the Rotterdam-based heavy lift transportation operator's five modern long distance 250-tonne bollard pull super tugs.
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Air Partner names CIS sales manager
May 18 - Air Partner has appointed Alexandra Nepochataya as its new Sales Manager for CIS, with immediate effect.
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Cargolux adds Chongqing
May 18 - Cargolux has launched twice weekly scheduled flights to Chongqing, China.
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Infrastructure performance helps Q1 for Agility
May 18 - Global forwarder Agility has revealed Q1 2012 results that show the logistics provider had a net profit of USD 25 million in the quarter.
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Port Corpus Christi names director of Engineering Services
May 17 - Port Corpus Christi has promoted David Krams to director of Engineering Services under the supervision of the deputy port director of Engineering, Finance and Administration.