All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in November 2016 – Page 2

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    EC green lights Hapag-Lloyd and UASC merger

    2016-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - The European Commission has approved the merger between Hapag-Lloyd and UASC - subject to certain conditions, including the latter withdrawing from the North Atlantic trade.

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    Seaway inks Borkum contract

    2016-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a contract by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the turbine foundations for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm in th

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    UECC's dual-fuel LNG ship named

    2016-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - United European Car Carriers (UECC) named the world's first dual-fuel LNG pure car truck carrier (PCTC), Auto Eco, at a ceremony at the Port of Zeebrugge earlier this week.

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    Swedish Orient adds sailing

    2016-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - From today, Swedish Orient Line (SOL) is increasing the frequency of its sailings between the port of Gothenburg, Sweden and Zeebrugge, Belgium to seven times per week in each direction.

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    Chapman adds managerial pair

    2016-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed Pierre van der Stichele to the role of group cargo operations director.

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    ALE jib set for mid-2017 job

    2016-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - ALE is progressing with the fabrication of a new heavy-duty jib for its AL.SK190 and AL.SK350 cranes.

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    Scandinavian Shipping promotes Sundblad

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Pär Sundblad has been appointed managing director of Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics.

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    Cortland seals partnership deal

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Customised rope and cable specialist Cortland Company has signed a cooperation agreement with specialist hoisting and lifting solutions provider KWINT Offshore.

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    BIMCO adopts ship financing term sheet

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - BIMCO's Documentary Committee has approved a standard term sheet for use in ship financing transactions.

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    Hewden goes into administration

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - UK based Hewden Crane Hire has collapsed into administration, with A-Plant acquiring three of the company's divisions.

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    ACS flies record American load

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Air Charter Services (ACS) chartered Antonov Airlines' AN-225 freighter to transport a 182-tonne transformer from Brazil to Chile - which it claims is the heaviest single unit of cargo to be transported by air in the Americas.

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    Weinberg up at Canaveral

    2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Tom Weinberg has been selected to serve as chairman of the Canaveral Port Authority.

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    Blue Water delivers to White Rock

    2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Blue Water Shipping has coordinated the first shipment of wind turbines for the White Rock wind farm in New South Wales from China to the Port of Newcastle in Australia.

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    Fratelli Neri adds Damen trio

    2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Italian towing company Fratelli Neri has expanded its fleet with the delivery of three new Damen workboats.

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    Bolloré adds Charleston branch

    2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Bolloré Logistics USA has opened a new office in Charleston, South Carolina.

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    RHA launches abnormal loads forum

    2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - As a direct result of a meeting between its abnormal loads liaison group, the UK's Road Haulage Association (RHA) has established an abnormal loads cross industry forum and working group to address concerns affecting the industry.

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    Sterett lifts the lid with Terex

    2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Sterett Crane & Rigging has completed the lid removal and replacement of eight anaerobic digester tanks at two wastewater treatment plants in Evansville, Indiana using a 400-tonne capacity Terex CC 2400-1 lattice boom crawler crane.

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    ITS reels it in

    2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - ITS International Transport & Shipping has coordinated the shipment of 15 cable reels to Jebel Ali in the UAE.

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    ITIC warns over misread tariffs

    2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - According to the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), the misreading of tariffs in shipping documentation is a common cause of costly claims.

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    Antonov to continue UK operations

    2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Following confirmation from Volga-Dnepr on November 18 that its joint venture with Antonov Airlines - Ruslan International - was being dissolved at the end of the year, Antonov has released a statement regarding its continued UK business.