All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2010
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Samson tests and proves synthetic heavy lift slings
October 29 - Samson, a world leader in performance cordage, has recently completed extensive testing on high-performance synthetic rope slings, resulting in a greater understanding of the critical elements that affect sling performance in a variety of con
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Hyster ReachStackers to lift the new wind power generation
October 29 - Heavy lift company Weldex has introduced Hyster ReachStackers for the handling of wind farm components at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales.
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Hochtief and Beluga in offshore wind farm project
October 29 - Hochtief Construction has been awarded a contract for an offshore wind farm from the project company Global Tech I Offshore Wind, in which several energy suppliers, energy trading companies and a number of other companies are shareholders.
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Bigge delivers the power at the new Antelope generating station
October 29 - Bigge Crane and Rigging is helping construct a new gas-fired power plant just outside of Lubbock in the USA.
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GAC kicks off second soccer contest
October 28 - The GAC, a global provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, has kicked off its second football E-tipping contest, following the success of the inaugural 'Kick-it with GAC FA Cup' competition.
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DNV explores the development of competence standards for marine warranty surveying
October 28 - DNV is establishing a working group tasked with developing a competence standard for marine warranty surveying companies.
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Scheuerle claims record for largest side girder deck
October 28 - The Multilift Group has taken delivery of a side girder deck of unrivalled dimensions, says builder Scheuerle.
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Toll chief Paul Little to step down
October 28 - Toll Holdings Ltd has confirmed its managing director Paul Little will step down after a quarter of a century at the company, but will remain on the board as a non-executive director, with the logistics firm planning to replace him by January
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Trains are no strain for Allfort
October 28 - Allfort Co Inc, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Japan, has successfully delivered 10 train carriages from Kawasaki in Japan to Manila in the Philippines.
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Volga-Dnepr flies off with top award
October 27 - Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has announced the winners of its annual charter aviation awards with a maindeck, heavylift carrier taking top spot in the cargo charter category.
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Paper chase for V. Alexander
October 27 - V. Alexander, Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) member in Bremen, Germany, has been busy this year exporting significant volumes of machinery from various European suppliers such as Voith and Siemens for a complete paper production factory near I
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Ahlers on the starting bloc for project cargo gold medal
October 27 - Ahlers recently put its best athletic kit and running shoes on to assist in the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. After working to move material from the Shanghai Expo, managers turned their attention to the gathering of sportspeopl
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Prangl just pipped at post for top slot in readers' survey
October 26 - Austrian heavy lift and special transport company, Prangl has come out at the top of a readers' survey undertaken by Austrian construction industry magazine Solid.
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It's a steel for Silvasti
October 26 - Finland's Silvasti Ltd has transported five massive steel structures from Kalajoki to Kasn
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Eco Plus rail option helps to green the supply chain
October 26 - A German company is on track to reduce CO2 output having switched to Deutsche Bahn's (DB) Eco Plus service.
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New site for heavy cargo news
October 26 - To assist purchasers of heavy cargo and project logistics services identify suitable partners, Heavy Cargo News has been launched as an online tool to display the activities of members and listed companies with the Worldwide Project Consortiu
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Scrabster set to boost renewables heavy lift docking capability
October 26 - Scrabster Harbour Trust (SHT) is proposing to redevelop and upgrade a major pier within the harbour to provide additional deepwater berthing facilities to meet growing demand from the Atlantic Frontier and the expected development of the Pent
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All eyes on Incoterms seminar in Rotterdam
October 26 - Anyone still looking for information about the new Incoterms 2010 should consider attending the seminar which is being held by Heavy Transport Training and Consultancy (HTTC) next week in Holland.
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La dolce vita as top Italian customer entrusts project cargoes to Ahlers Singapore
October 26 - Project cargo forwarder Ahlers Singapore has executed the transport and shipment of project and heavy lift cargoes ex Laem Chabang, Thailand to Apapa, Nigeria for a major Italian client.
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Port of Longview increases industrial property
October 25 - The Port of Longview has bid successfully for 306 acres (123.8 ha) of undeveloped property near the port's existing facility on the Columbia River, almost doubling the port's existing 437 acres of industrial property, which is near capacity a