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Success Down Under for Volga-Dnepr first
April 16 - Volga-Dnepr's first IL-76TD-90VD flight from Australia has successfully completed an emergency shipment of 10m pipes bound for Noumea in New Caledonia. The charter required a 72 hour response over the course of a weekend and called for the use
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Winder drums delivered
April 16 - Project Management Logistics (Pty) Ltd, the South African member of the WWPC forwarding network, has undertaken the transport of over-dimensional winder drums for a mine hoist from Poland to a mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.
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Charles Gee in heavy haulage division launch
April 16 - UK transport company and freight forwarder Charles Gee Group is in the process of launching a specialist heavy haulage division, to be based at London Heathrow, in order to serve the complex project and out of gauge cargo markets.
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The Eagle lands windpower components as US wind energy market sees more home manufacturing
April 15 - Intermarine's Industrial Eagle has called at the US West Coast port of Olympia, Washington to discharge wind turbine components from Brazil. When discharge was completed, the ship was positioned to the Far East to join the line's intra-Asia ser
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Focus on civil engineering
April 15 - In the upcoming May / June edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding, we will analyse developments in the civil engineering environment that are impacting on the demand and supply of heavy lift shipping capacity.
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Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities
April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.
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Specialized Carriers & Riggers announces Financial & Risk Management Forum
April 15 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) will hold its 2009 Financial & Risk Management Forum at the Omni William Penn in Pittsburgh, Pa. on August 19-20.
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Albacor Shipping completes difficult transformer movement
April 15 - Albacor Shipping Inc, the WWPC member in the in USA has transported a massive transformer weighing 232 tonnes on a 12-axle FD from the Port of Norfolk to an Electric Utility site in Trapp.
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Columbia Helicopters celebrates 40 years of tandem rotors
April 14 - Columbia Helicopters, a world leader in heavy lift helicopter operations, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the operation of tandem-rotor helicopters.
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Rail is the answer for SRT
April 13 - The services of Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) were recently required by two clients, one wishing to transport a rotary dryer from USA to Canada and the other requiring two 14' storage vessels weighing a total of 563 tonnes lbs to be taken to
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Cometto names US rep
April 10 - Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has been appointed US dealer for the Italian Cometto range of specialised heavy lift transport equipment.
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Krabbendam takes seminar to Houston
April 9 - Anyone planning to visit next month's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, may wish to consider extending their stay and attending Richard Krabbendam's mini-Seminar on heavy transport and lifting on May 8th.
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HMS Endurance returns to the UK
April 9 - HMS Endurance has arrived back in the UK onboard Dockwise heavy lift semi-submersible vessel, Target.
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Linde walks like an Egyptian at Legoland Windsor
April 9 - Thousands of years after the ancient Egyptians took two decades, thousands of man hours and brute force to build the Great Pyramid at Giza, logistics planners turned to more modern equipment when an Egyptian Pharaoh was required to stand guard a
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Atlantic Street Capital Acquires EZE Trucking
April 9 - Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm with a focus on lower middle-market special situation and deep value investments, has acquired EZE Trucking, a leading provider of specialist logistics services for the infrastructure market.
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Round-trip transformer for Express Transport
April 8 - India's Express Transport has successfully completed the round-trip shipment of a 315 MVA transformer weighing 173 tonnes for ABB.
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Durban awaits gantry cranes
April 8 - The specialist Chinese heavy lift vessel, Zhen Hua 23 is scehduled to enter Durban harbour on Friday morning loaded with two rail mounted gantry cranes for the South African port's Pier 1 rail terminal.
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Salazar plugs wind
April 7 - According to reports in the international media, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has said that windmills off the U.S. East Coast could generate enough electricity to replace most, if not all, the coal-fired power plants in the United
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MarineLink appoints Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada
April 7 - MarineLink has announced the appointment of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada as its non-exclusive agent to market and sell transportation services related to the former's vessel, MarineLink Explorer, as well as the tugs and barges in the MarineLink fle
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Advance International Transport cements heavy shipment
April 7 - International project freight forwarder, Advance International Transport has undertaken the shipment of a cement-making machine and ancillary equipment from the United States to Turkmenistan.