All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2016 – Page 2
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IAG Cargo adds London-New Orleans route
October 27 - Scheduled to commence in March 2017, IAG Cargo is adding a direct route between its hub at London Heathrow airport and New Orleans International airport.
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Rickmers-Linie in record Rijeka move
October 26 - Rickmers-Linie's heavy lift vessel Rickmers Tokyo has loaded 15 transformers, weighing between 56 and 142 tonnes each, at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia.
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Eastern Shipping scores hat-trick
October 26 - Eastern Shipping of Romania arranged the transportation of three methanol reactors, weighing 378 tonnes each, from Bucharest, Romania to Constanta port, where the units were loaded on board the geared heavy lift ships, BBC Parana and BBC Euro
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Change at the top for Terex
October 26 - With immediate effect, Steve Filipov has replaced Ken Lousberg as president, Terex Cranes.
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Boskalis wins Hornsea contract
October 26 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Dong Energy for the transport and installation of the foundations for part of the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
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Agility invests in Africa
October 26 - Agility has opened a distribution park near Ghana's Tema Port - the first in a network of logistics facilities it intends to build across Africa.
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Gebrüder Weiss names sales head
October 25 - Gebrüder Weiss has appointed Markus Jelleschitz as its head of corporate sales.
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German shortsea shipping merger formed
October 25 - Leer based Hartmann Group and Papenburg headquartered Schulte & Bruns have agreed to expand their cooperation in shortsea shipping activities, with both parties taking a 50 percent share in Schulte & Bruns Chartering.
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Panalpina posts 'stable' figures
October 25 - In the first nine months of 2016, Panalpina recorded a slight increase in EBIT and consolidated profit, when adjusted for a second-quarter restructuring provision of CHF26 million (USD26.1 million).
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SAL carries Damen vessels
October 25 - SAL Heavy Lift's freighter, Svenja, recently called at the Port of Rotterdam to deliver 14 new vessels built by the Damen Shipyards Group at its facilities in Asia.
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Breakbulk soars at Jaxport
October 25 - Jaxport handled almost 888,000 tonnes of breakbulk cargo during the 2016 fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, a 22 percent increase compared with the previous year.
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ALE wraps up Ichthys work
October 25 - ALE has completed its scope of work at the Ichthys project's onshore LNG facilities in Darwin, Australia.
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Rickmers-Linie handles mega yacht
October 24 - Rickmers-Linie's Rickmers Dalian made a stop-over at an anchorage off Lavrion in Greece to load an impressive mega yacht.
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Volumes down in Rotterdam
October 24 - Although the Port of Rotterdam posted a 2 percent year-on-year drop in breakbulk cargo throughput during the first nine months of 2016, volumes improved in September due to an increase in steel and monopiles destined for offshore wind farms i
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Crowley progresses with Puerto Rico project
October 24 - Crowley Maritime Corporation said it is progressing with the construction of two con-ro ships, which will be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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Symphony chooses MirTac
October 24 - Symphony Shipping has signed a contract with MirTac for the provision of Star fleet management software and related services on its newbuild DP2 vessels, Symphony Performer and Symphony Provider.
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Plant modules arrive in Antwerp
October 24 - The Port of Antwerp has received one of 100 huge plant modules for ExxonMobil, as well as oversize equipment for Japanese chemical giant Nippon Shokubai during the past month.
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Royal Wagenborg adds to fleet
October 24 - Royal Wagenborg of Delfzijl, the Netherlands has taken delivery of the Veersediep, the first of seven multipurpose ships that it will add to its fleet over the coming months.
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Wind work starts at Great Yarmouth
October 21 - Construction works to enhance port infrastructure for several offshore wind projects have begun at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth in the UK.
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SCA extends Rotterdam terminal
October 21 - SCA Logistics has signed an agreement with the Port of Rotterdam to expand its terminal by 3 ha with the addition of part of the former ECT City terminal at the Dutch port.