All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2016 – Page 6
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Dong Energy plans UK offshore wind hub
October 7 - Dong Energy has revealed plans to build a "game-changing" offshore wind operations and maintenance hub in Grimsby, UK.
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Cosco wins huge Kazakh contract
October 7 - China's Cosco Shipping has been awarded a major transportation and logistics contract by a large Kazakhstani oil and gas partnership.
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Indiana considers new port site
October 7 - Indiana Michigan Power has sold its recently retired Tanners Creek coal plant in Lawrenceburg to a brownfield development company that is working with the Ports of Indiana to evaluate the site for use as the state's fourth port.
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Nielsen joins Cargolux
October 7 - Cargolux Airlines International has appointed Chris Nielsen as its vice president, sales.
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Two up at Terex
October 6 - Terex Cranes has appointed Frank Schröder as director of product management, all terrain cranes, and Suresh Natarajan as director of product management, rough terrain cranes.
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Longview claims ship-to-rail first
October 6 - The Port of Longview claims to be the first port in the USA to have discharged wind turbine blades directly from a vessel onto rail cars.
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FOX Brasil on the boil
October 6 - Project logistics provider FOX Brasil has coordinated the door-to-door delivery of a 56-tonne boiler from the USA to Salvador, Brazil.
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New York Wheel components begin rolling
October 6 - Mammoet has transported four legs to the USA for the construction of the New York Wheel, which will stand at 192 m tall when complete.
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Seaonus makes New Orleans appointments
October 6 - Seaonus has named Bill Burns as director of business development and customer service and Joseph Lala as operations manager at its New Orleans location.
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MAN gets huge order from H.Essers
October 5 - Building on their existing partnership, Belgium's H.Essers has signed up to buy at least another 850 vehicles from MAN Group, spread over a period of three years, from 2017 to 2019 inclusive.
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Meriaura takes newbuild delivery
October 5 - Finnish shipping company Meriaura has received the first of two newbuild VG EcoCoaster vessels from Royal Bodewes in the Netherlands.
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Crosby to sell Tycan chains
October 5 - USA based manufacturer Crosby has been named global provider of Norway based Load Solutions' fibre lashing chain, Tycan.
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ALP Maritime gets striking new tug
October 5 - ALP Striker, a DP2 Anchor Handling Salvage Tug (AHST), which was delivered in September to ALP Maritime Services, achieved an impressive bollard pull result of 309.6 tonnes during its sea trials.
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ALE in transatlantic transformation
October 5 - ALE has transported a 249-tonne transformer from Stafford, UK to Gillam in Manitoba, Canada - a distance of almost 6,000 miles (9,656 km).
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TransInvest strengthens Iranian foothold
October 4 - PTB Perse International Forwarding - a subsidiary of Switzerland headquartered TransInvest Group - has won a tender for the concession to develop and operate the Aprin Terminal in Iran, 20 km from Tehran.
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Ruslan delivers to Zimbabwe
October 4 - Ruslan International has flown a 79-tonne shipment of switchgear equipment from Dubai, UAE to Harare in Zimbabwe for power provider Aggreko.
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Cooper and Ports America form Houston JV
October 4 - Ports America and Cooper/T. Smith have merged their respective breakbulk operations in the Port of Houston into a new joint venture, dubbed Cooper/Ports America (C/PA).
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ABB and Fluor ink power partnership
October 4 - ABB and Fluor have formed a global strategic partnership for the execution of large turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects for electrical substations.
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Damen makes Jumbo repairs
October 3 - Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam in the Netherlands has completed a three-week repair project on Jumbo's DP2 heavy lift crane vessel, Jumbo Javelin.