All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in May 2014 – Page 4

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    ACS assists Iraqi elections

    2014-05-21T00:00:00Z

    May 21 - Air Charter Service (ACS) has performed more than twenty charters carrying necessary equipment for the Iraqi elections which took place last month.

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    Aaras busy in Karachi

    2014-05-21T00:00:00Z

    May 21 - Aaras Project & Logistics Pakistan has handled various project cargoes arriving on three different vessels at the Port of Karachi from China.

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    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - The latest addition to H

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    WWPC duo teams up

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Portlog International, member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Mexico, and fellow WWPC partner for the USA, BNSF Logistics, have worked together to transport a flight simulator from Toluca to Dallas for airline training purposes.

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    Oily move for Fast & Direct

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Fast & Direct Heavy Lift Solutions has arranged the transport of oilfield equipment from a factory in Jebel Ali Free Zone to Kuwait.

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    Cargo on the up at Hamburg

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - In the first quarter of 2014 total throughput in the Port of Hamburg reached 35.6 million tonnes, representing 8.6 percent growth.

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    Tacoma breakbulk continues to climb

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Breakbulk cargo volumes continued to rise at the Port of Tacoma, with the seaport posting a 28 percent year-to-date rise in April 2014.

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    Power shipment arrives in St Petersburg

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - JSC Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg (SP SPb) has handled a consignment of out-of-gauge oil and gas equipment, with a total weight of 1,672 tonnes, which arrived from Canada on board Hansa Heavy Lift's HHL Tokyo.

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    IMO approves container weighing verification requirement

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - The IMO has confirmed that the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved draft amendments to Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) chapter VI to require mandatory verification of the gross mass of containers.

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    ALE breaks another record

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - ALE has claimed another world record with the load-out of a 47,830-tonne topside for the Arkutun Dagi oilfield off the east coast of Russia.

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    Air Partner bags two

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Air charter broker, Air Partner, has revealed that Mark Middleton has joined the group as director of business development for freight - Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Middleton was previously commercial director at Chapman Freeborn.

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    Adani in bumper Dhamra acquisition

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone - one of India's largest private port operators - has acquired Dhamra Port in Odisha in a deal worth approximately USD941 million.

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    Record load out for Lift & Shift

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - Lift & Shift Engineering Middle East (LSEME) - a joint venture between Lift & Shift India and OHI Group Oman - has completed the load out and transport of heavy offshore decks in Oman.

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    Las Vegas welcomes PPG

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG), with the support of its USA member TransProject LLC, enjoyed a successful annual conference in Las Vegas from May 7-9.

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    UTi opens Houston hub

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - UTi Worldwide Inc. has opened a global hub and freight forwarding facility in Houston with special capabilities focused on the energy sector.

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    Ro-ro resurgent at Gothenburg

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - The Port of Gothenburg has seen ro-ro traffic increase during the first quarter of 2014 - 142,000 units were shipped via the gateway signifying a 7 percent year-on-year improvement over Q1 2013.

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    TT Club keeps even keel

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - Specialist insurance provider TT Club has released its financial results year ended December 31, 2013 and has maintained its A- rating by AM Best for an eighth consecutive year.

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    SEA CHALLENGER ready for debut

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - A2SEA's new purpose built installation vessel SEA CHALLENGER has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg ready for its first project at DONG Energy's Westermost Rough in the UK.

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    High five for CEE

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - At the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network's fifth annual membership conference in Antwerp last week, members were entertained via a number of company presentations and numerous member-to-member meetings were held.

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    Old friend at QCN booth

    2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - Visitors to the Quality Cargo Networks' booth at the Breakbulk Europe exhibition in Antwerp last week, got a pleasant surprise with the appearance of industry veteran, Kai-Stefan Vogel, who had been recruited by QCN directors, Wolfgang and Maarit