All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in May 2014 – Page 8

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    Agility posts profit progress

    2014-05-08T00:00:00Z

    May 8 - Agility posted a net profit increase of 11 percent at KD11.24 million (USD40 million) in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the same period of 2013.

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    Messina axes Med/West Africa con-ro service

    2014-05-08T00:00:00Z

    May 8 - Messina Line is adjusting a number of its services on its Mediterranean/West Africa schedule.

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    PCN duo in drilling delivery

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Italy's Fortune International Transport and Indonesia's FPS Movers worked together to transport two drilling systems from their production site in Italy to an island in the Indonesian archipelago.

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    Terex ups Indonesia's floating crane capacity

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has strengthened its presence in Indonesia, with the order of three further Terex Gottwald Model 8 floating cranes from Winning Logistics Investments Pte Ltd.

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    US report calls for structural repair of bridges

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - An analysis of the 2013 National Bridge Inventory database released by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has found that more than 63,000 bridges in the USA are in need of structural repair.

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    SC&RA awards Forster

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) presented the President's Award to Ben Forster of Rigging Gear Sales during its 2014 annual conference in Boca Raton.

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    Arctic roll for Van der Vlist

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Van der Vlist has transported a 41-tonne bearing frame from Hamburg to a hydro-electric power station in the extreme north of Norway, 150 km into the Arctic Circle.

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    Alexander oils up

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Alexander Global Logistics has shipped over 1,200 cu m of tubes and accessories for an oilfield project from the German port of Brake to Hamilton in Canada.

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    Intermarine embarks on West Africa trade mission

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Intermarine LLC will join 19 other companies on an Energy Business Development trade mission to West Africa from May 18-23, led by US Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker.

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    WCA Projects Network gathers in Abu Dhabi

    2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - The WCA Project Network's eighth annual meeting has formally opened today in the beautiful surroundings of the Corniche in Abu Dhabi.

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    Liner lift for Liebherr

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - A Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane has erected a 170-tonne pre-formed ring liner during the construction of reactor block 3 at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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    Oversize Transport goes full thrust

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - In partnership with SZTU LLC from St Petersburg, Oversize Transport Service Finland Oy has delivered two Rolls-Royce azimuth thrusters from Rauma in Finland to Severodvinsk in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia.

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    Transitex Italia eyes sub-Saharan projects

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Spanish freight forwarding group Transitex has established a new division in Genoa - Transitex Italia - specialising in project cargo and reefer logistics.

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    CEE prepares for membership conference

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - The members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network will meet at the Hilton Hotel in Antwerp from May 11-12 to conduct the network's fifth annual membership conference.

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    BigMove welcomes Mammoet Road Cargo

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - BigMove AG has welcomed Dutch company Mammoet Road Cargo as the latest member of its European heavy transport network.

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    Boskalis begins study into new Dockwise vessel

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Royal Boskalis Westminster nv (Boskalis) announced at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston that it has started a study into a new ultra large V-class heavy marine transport vessel (HTV).

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    It's a gas for Faymonville in South Africa

    2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Brakpan based CTS East has transported a 90-tonne nitrogen gas tank from Elandsfontein in Johannesburg to Coega in Port Elizabeth using Faymonville's G-MT-Modules.

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    Universal Transport takes stake in Messingschlager

    2014-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Universal Transport, a leading heavy load logistics company based in Paderborn, Germany, has acquired a majority stake in fellow German transport specialist Messingschlager, which is based in Hirschaid, south of Bamberg.

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    James Lomma strikes gold at SC&RA

    2014-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - James Lomma was named the 12th recipient of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)'s Golden Achievement Award at its recent Annual Conference in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the specialised carrier and rigging ind