All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2011 – Page 5

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    Ship shape and Peters & May fashion as super yachts go east

    2011-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - UK-based yacht specialist freight forwarder Peters & May has successfully moved two large Sunseeker super yachts to Hong Kong in the past few weeks from the Sunseeker factory in Poole, UK.

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    Cargolux resolves contractual issues

    2011-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Cargolux announced today that the delivery of the first two Boeing 747-8 Freighters initially scheduled for 19 and 21 September is proceeding on 12 and 13 October 2011 following the resolution of contractual issues between Boeing, GE and Carg

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    On your marks: breakbulk to pound the pavement in a good cause

    2011-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Keen professionals in the project cargo and shipping industry are soon to don Lyrca and running shoe to work up a sweat, all in a good cause, as they race to the finishing line in the sixth Break-Bulk Business Run.

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    Success in the pipeline for Wagenborg Nedlift

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Dutch-based heavy lift transport solutions provider Wagenborg Nedlift has placed the last pipe in the multi-million dollar, 302 km Nord-europ

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    Fairmount tug positions FPSO Usan offshore Nigeria

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11- Fairmount Marine's tug, Fairmount Glacier has successfully assisted in the installation of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Usan, offshore Nigeria.

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    Bellville Rodair opens in Brazil

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Bellville Rodair International (BRI) has opened for business in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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    ALS handles huge pile driver

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Global project specialists - ALS (Freight Management Group)'s - European project teams have worked together with their South American partners to successfully deliver a crawler crane, described as being "the biggest pile driving machine ever

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    Norrlandskranar acquired by Havator Group

    2011-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Havator AB has acquired all shares in Norrlandskranar AB and its affiliated subsidiaries Norrlandskranar i J

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    Terex Demag move lifts Van der Vlist business

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - European abnormal and heavy haulage provider Van der Vlist has undertaken the recent movement of a Terex Demag CC8800 crane from the manufacturer's factory at Zweibrucken, Germany to the port of Antwerp, Belgium.

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    Liebherr throws down challenge in lattice boom crane sector

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Heavy lift crane manufacture Liebherr is backing the development of the power boom system by setting new benchmarks in the large lattice boom crane sector, says the company.

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    Globalink delivers ahead of schedule

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - A thousand tonne consignment of oil field equipment has been moved from Dubai to Iraq almost two weeks ahead of deadline.

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    Heavy lift technical workshop to be held at Breakbulk Americas 2011

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Industry experts from the fields of logistics, rigging, engineering and naval architecture will present, in partnership with Breakbulk Americas 2011, a practical and learned heavy lift technical workshop at the Breakbulk conference in New Orl

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    New Terex Crossover crane delivers superior lift performance

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - The Terex Crossover 4500, a 40.8 tonne capacity class boom truck, blends truck crane and boom crane designs to offer a 360-degree load radius that outperforms other 45 tonnes capacity class boom trucks by more than 10 percent claims Terex.

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    Tiong Woon inks contract with JGC Corporation

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Tiong Woon Corporation Holding Ltd (Tiong Woon) has inked a contract for heavy lifting and installation works with leading global engineering company JGC Corporation at a Singapore refinery project related to an oil major.

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    Horizon Lines completes refinancing

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Horizon Lines, Inc has completed a comprehensive refinancing of the company's entire capital structure.

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    Fairmount Alpine delivers rig Ocean Yorktown in Gulf

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the semi submergible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown safely in Brownsville, USA, after a 5,400 miles (8690.5 km) tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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    Maersk Line and Apex Offshore Wind Energy agree partnership

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Apex Offshore Wind, LLC and Maersk Line, Limited have established a working relationship to support the development, financing and construction of utility-scale offshore wind energy facilities in North America.

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    New insurance cover offered for multimodal operators and intermediaries

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Michael Else & Company, manager of the Charterers P&I Club and Transmarine, has launched a new product to provide insurance solutions worldwide for small and medium-sized multimodal transport operators and shipping intermediaries such as freig

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    Bertling and BP agree long term contract

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - F.H. Bertling has been awarded a long term contract for the global provision of freight forwarding, freight management and project logistics services to further support BP's worldwide operations.

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    National Airlines wins B747-400F operating authority

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - America's National Airlines, a unit of upstate New York's National Air Cargo Holdings, which provides military air freight to the Pentagon, has announced its initiation of Boeing 747-400F flight operations, having received regulatory certifica