All News articles – Page 697

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    North Sea decommissioning: changes afoot?

    2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Douglas Westwood's (DW) new publication, the North Sea Decommissioning Market Forecast 2016-2040, considers whether offshore decommissioning will continue to be carried out using heavy lift vessels.

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    Steady start for ABC

    2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 30 percent year-on-year increase in tonnage for January 2016, transporting 43,605 tonnes of cargo on board its Boeing freighter fleet.

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    Straightpoint puts two to the test

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Straightpoint has installed two new load cell test machines - a 100-tonne capacity unit at its Hampshire, UK headquarters and a 55-tonne capacity system at its North American facility in Camarillo, California.

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    Tough year for Milwaukee

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - The Port of Milwaukee handled 2.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2015, down approximately 300,000 tonnes compared with the previous year.

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    Jet rises with Rapid Response

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Rapid Response Solutions has used a mobile crane to lift a corporate jet at Royal Air Force (RAF) Northolt in Middlesex, UK.

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    Qatar reviews heavy transport regulations

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - The Cabinet of Qatar has reviewed recommendations from the heavy transport committee to improve the regulation of heavy transport in the country.

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    Positive growth for Niedersachsen ports

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - The Seaports of Niedersachsen, which comprises Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven, recorded a 12 percent year-on-year growth in cargo volumes for 2015 at 52 million tonnes.

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    Container weighing goes portable

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - With the subject of container weighing being heavily debated in the world's media, New Zealand based company BISON has invented a portable container weighing scale.

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    ABC finds way into Africa

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has begun twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services to Africa under an ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) contract with the new British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir (CLA).

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    Finnish rep for Flensborg

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - Flensborg and Associates has appointed Jari Pirhonen as its Finnish representative.

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    Tanks travel with Europatrans

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - Europatrans has delivered eight military tanks, weighing 65 tonnes each, from Eksjö in Sweden to Kiel, Germany.

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    CLA operates first flights

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - CargoLogicAir (CLA) has completed its first series of charter flights after receiving its Air Operator Certificate (AOC).

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    Crane Worldwide names Barnes

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Andrew Barnes as its new UK sales director, with effect from April 1, 2016.

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    PFN heads to Amsterdam

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - New project forwarder network Project Freight Net (PFN) will hold its first annual conference from November 8-9 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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    Shinui Petra adds MLC650

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - South Korean equipment rental company Shinui Petra has added a MLC650 crawler crane from Manitowoc to its fleet.

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    Super six for Tschudi

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Tschudi Project Transports will open its sixth office at Lilla Bommen in Gothenburg, Sweden on February 15.

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    UK offshore site on the market

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Bilfinger GVA has been instructed to market a former shipyard at Hadrian Road on the north bank of the River Tyne, Wallsend, in the UK.

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    Indiana sets shipping record

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - The Ports of Indiana handled over 12.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2015, surpassing 2014's record volume by nearly 18 percent.

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    FLS in drum roll

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has coordinated the shipment of a 45-tonne oversize drum from Faridabad, India to Kirkuk in Iraq.

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    DFDS names terminals manager

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - In the UK, DFDS has appointed John Kendall as project cargo manager - terminals.