All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2016
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Horizon opens at Jaxport
October 31 - Horizon Terminal Services has commenced operations at the Port of Jacksonville in Florida, USA.
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Mammoet in tandem exchanger lift
October 31 - Mammoet has installed the main cryogenic heat exchanger (MCHE) at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the US Gulf Coast, which currently comprises three LNG trains.
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Japanese lines to merge box operations
October 31 - Three of Japan's largest shipping companies have announced that they plan to merge their container shipping and overseas terminal operations as the industry struggles with overcapacity and mounting losses.
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GE and Baker Hughes join forces
October 31 - General Electric (GE) has entered into an agreement to combine its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes to create an oilfield technology provider with a wide range of service and equipment capabilities.
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Hydrocracker piece arrives in Rotterdam
October 31 - The first section of a new hydrocracker system has been delivered to the ExxonMobil refinery in Botlek at the Port of Rotterdam.
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Irish transformation for ALE
October 31 - ALE has delivered a 345-tonne transformer, manufactured in Italy, to the Moneypoint power station in County Claire, Ireland.
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Ruscon adds Novorossiysk warehouse
October 31 - Russian multimodal operator Ruscon has opened a new warehouse in Novorossiysk on the Black Sea.
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It's rocket science for Volga-Dnepr
October 28 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket booster from Huntsville, Alabama to Cape Canaveral, Florida on board one of its AN-124-100 freighters.
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Parrott flies to top at Metro Ports
October 28 - Metro Ports has appointed David Parrott as its new director of operations for the US Gulf and East Coast.
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United Nations sets sulphur emission rules
The United Nations has established global regulations to limit the amount of sulphur emissions from vessels and said they would come into force from January 1, 2020.
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Terex introduces new crawler
October 28 - Terex Cranes has launched its new LC 300 lattice boom crawler crane, which has a maximum lift capacity of 300 tons (272 tonnes).
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MISC completes sale of logistics arm
October 28 - MISC, the Malaysian shipping company, has completed the disposal of its entire stake in MISC Integrated Logistics (MILS) to Swift Haulage for MYR257.2 million (USD61.2 million), which means it has effectively exited the logistics business.
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Cargolux adds Oslo stop
October 28 - Cargolux is beginning a weekly service from Oslo, Norway to Luxembourg, on its flight C85022 from New York, effective November 1.
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CEE meets in Abu Dhabi
October 28 - Members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network and Priority Cargo Network (PCN) gathered at the Hyatt Capital Gate hotel in Abu Dhabi on October 24 for their annual conference.
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Airlander 10 scheduled to fly again
October 28 - Having experienced a heavy landing during its second test flight in August, Hybrid Air Vehicles' (HAV) hybrid airship Airlander 10 is being repaired and is on schedule to fly again in the early part of 2017.
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C.H. Robinson sees profits fall
October 27 - Earlier this week, large US logistics company CH Robinson said higher haulage costs and Hanjin'sbankruptcy were partly responsible for the fall in revenues and profits it recorded for third quarter.
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Harren & Partner in Caribbean expansion
October 27 - Harren & Partner has established a new office in Kingston, Jamaica, which comprises three companies, H&P Ship Management Office Kingston, H&P Caribbean Maritime Services and the newly founded German Ship Repair Jamaica - a joint venture betwe
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Basra Gateway expansion moves forward
October 27 - International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has officially opened the first phase of its greenfield terminal development at the Basra Gateway Terminal in Umm Qasr, Iraq.
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WCA chooses Bali
October 27 - The WCA Projects network will hold its 11th annual conference at the Sheraton Kuta Resort in Bali, Indonesia from September 29 - October 1, 2017.
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Nils B owner pleads guilty
October 27 - The United States Department of Justice has announced that two German shipping companies that owned and operated the general cargo ship Nils B have pleaded guilty before a federal court in San Diego on charges of discharging oil contaminated