North America news – Page 56
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NewsRoll Group awarded Total contract
Roll Group has secured a contract to transport 24 modules for Total’s ethane cracker project in the USA.
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NewsHöegh handles shore crane shipment
Höegh Autoliners has handled the shipment of a 400-tonne lifting capacity shore crane from the port of Ennore, India to port Freeport in the USA.
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NewsMarmedsa expands Houston facilities
Noatum Maritime, through its Marmedsa Oil & Gas division, has expanded its capacity in the USA by opening a larger warehouse in Houston.
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NewsAAL completes 22 module shipment
AAL has shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules from Wison Heavy Industry’s facilities in China for an ethylene-glycol plant expansion project in Point Comfort, Texas on behalf of Pacific Ocean Group.
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NewsFrölich steps up at Lankhorst
Lankhorst Ropes, which manufactures and supplies a range of fibre ropes and under-the-jib equipment to the maritime, oil and gas, and crane industries, has appointed Mark Pieter Frölich as commercial director for its North American operations.
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NewsModulift in action at Turcot Interchange
A Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 mobile crane has lifted a girder using a Modulift MOD 110H spreader beam at a project in Canada.
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NewsALE completes test run
UK-headquartered heavy lift and transport engineering provider ALE has lifted three huge modules at a project in Texas, USA, using its AL.SK350 crane.
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NewsJJ Curran completes tandem lift with Grove
Crane rental and lifting service provider JJ Curran has utilised Grove GMK6300L and GMK6400 all-terrain cranes to lift a 116.5-ton (115.4-tonne) gas scrubber in Michigan, USA.
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NewsALE completes load out in Mexico
ALE has deployed its Mega Jack system to jack up a 13,000-tonne topside platform in Mexico.
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NewsMiller steps up at OXBO
OXBO Mega Transport Solutions has appointed Richard Miller as chief operating officer.
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NewsC.H. Robinson acquires Space Cargo
C.H. Robinson has acquired the Space Cargo Group, which provides freight forwarding, Customs brokerage and logistics services in Spain and Colombia, for approximately USD48 million.
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NewsShipping lines cleared by DOJ
Several of the world’s biggest container shipping lines, including Maersk and MSC, have been cleared of wrongdoing in a price fixing case in the USA.
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NewsTadano introduces GTC-500
Tadano Mantis has launched the GTC-500 telescopic boom crawler crane.
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NewsMixed impact from existing US tariffs and shifting deadlines
Asian shares improved dramatically this week on the news that the USA could delay a planned tariff increase on Chinese goods.
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NewsCalifornia readies for offshore wind energy
Domestic and international companies are looking to California’s offshore wind energy potential, as the first phases of a federal leasing process are put in place.
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NewsAir Charter Service on the up in LAX
Air Charter Service (ACS) has expanded its office size in Los Angeles as it continues its investment in California, USA.
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NewsGTI acquires Precision Specialized Division
Canada’s GTI Transport Solution has acquired Precision Specialized Division (PSD), the heavy haulage arm of Precision Truck Lines.
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NewsMammoet in massive quench tower lift
Mammoet has utilised its MSG80 ring crane to hoist a 2,000-ton (1,814-tonne) quench tower into position at Shell’s Pennsylvania chemicals project in Potter Township, USA.