All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2009

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    Vanguard undertakes turnkey transport project

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    October 30 - Vanguard, South Africa's heavy rigging and lifting specialist, is currently completing a turnkey contract to transport transformers, reactors and accessories from port to various sites throughout the country. The items were shipped from manuf

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    Geodis Wilson launches new projects division in Houston

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    October 30 - Geodis Wilson has launched the US headquarters of its specialist Industrial Projects Division in Houston. The 40-strong team is led by Managing Director George Abreu, head of projects business in the US, and Houston Branch Manager Frank Abreu

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    Zagrebtrans handles transformer for South Africa

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    October 30 - Croatian heavy lift transport specialist, Zagrebtrans has successfully handled the shipment of a 500 MVA transformer from Zagreb through Port Rijeka to South Africa.

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    Felbermayr invests in Nooteboom windmill transporters

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - Felbermayr has expanded its transport fleet with a significant number of vehicles for the wind energy industry.

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    Heavy cargoes pose challenge for Mombasa

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - According to a report in the Daily Nation, Kenya's leading newspaper, the arrival of huge steel imports at Mombasa port for Uganda's World Bank-funded hydro power project is posing a huge challenge on how the cargo will be delivered to Uganda

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    BBC box comes full circle

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - Whilst HLPFI focuses on heavy and OOG cargoes, its worth remembering that a sizeable proportion of project cargo moves in standard containers.

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    Ambitious project for SDV's aerospace team

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - The aerospace teams of SDV, a brand of the French service provider Bollor

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    Prinsen off to Abu Dhabi

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service's project logistics team has assisted in the loading of the Oslo-Nesodden ferry, the Prinsen, onto the Beluga Foundation for transport to its new home in Abu Dhabi.

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    Sarjak launches into Europe and Russia

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Mumbai-based Sarjak Container Lines is set to start a new service via Riga, Klaipeda and St Petersburg, with the aim of entering the Russian import/export market for project and oversize cargoes.

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    Forwarders see volumes up, but profits down

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Two of the world's largest transport and logistics companies, both with a significant presence in the movement of heavy and OOG project cargoes have reported significant increases in transport volumes in the third quarter of 2009 compared to

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    Vessel piracy increases insurance costs

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - At the recent Breakbulk Transportation Conference in New Orleans, an executive from the marine insurance industry said that the surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean is causing ocean carriers, cargo interests and insurers to ta

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    UTC Overseas opens for business in Australia

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Secaucus-based, UTC Overseas Inc has established a new office in Tullamarine (Melbourne), Australia, headed by newly appointed country manager, Hagen W. Pusch.

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    Freight by Water AGM & Regional Seminar

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - The Freight by Water organisation will be holding their AGM and Regional Seminar next month.

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    ADM team Heavy Weight boosts online presence

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - ADM team Heavy Weight has a new website which gives greater details on the company's overland transport services by road, rail and inland waterways

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    Nautical Institute addresses piracy, terrorism in November

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Increasing acts of terrorism and piracy and their impact on the safety of crews and vessels are to be debated at the Nautical Institute's Terrorism, Piracy and War Risks seminar in Southampton November 6-7.

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    Flinter returns boats

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Flinter has completed the round trip carriage of some Dutch flat-bottomed daggerboard yachts.

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    Donjon Marine digs archaeology

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Well known for its heavy lift services, Donjon Marine has been awarded two separate contracts for salvage work on archaeological sites in Texas and New York.

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    Panalpina and Atlas Air remain in the land of Dixie

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air have renewed their cooperation agreement.

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    SRT awaits delivery of super heavy rail car

    2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - In the United States, Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) is awaiting delivery of a specially-commissioned 20-axle railcar which boasts a total freight capacity of 450 tonnes.

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    ALE Heavylift on the double

    2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - ALE Heavylift Ib