All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in October 2024
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NewsAsstrA delivers OBSL modules for Ineos Project One
Freight forwarder AsstrA Associated Traffic has coordinated the delivery of OBSL modules for Ineos Project One – involving the movement of 100 modules in total.
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NewsDako transports wind turbine components from India to USA
Germany-headquartered project freight forwarder Dako Worldwide Transport has delivered 25 wind turbines from India to the USA.
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NewsMining houses tap into green energy resources
Miners in Australia are increasingly installing renewable energy sources to cut their net carbon emissions, creating work for heavy lift and multipurpose carriers.
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NewsFriday & Co fixes deal to transport Fremantle Highway to China for repairs
Friday & Co Shipbrokers has brokered a major chartering deal between heavy lift shipping specialist Boskalis and a Chinese charterer, to transport the car carrier Floor (formerly Fremantle Highway) from the Netherlands to China for extensive repairs.
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NewsDurham to retire from Sevenstar
After 16 years at Sevenstar Yacht Transport, Jay ‘Woody’ Durham will retire from the company.
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NewsVolumes surge at Port Houston
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
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NewsUHL delivers LPS 550 to AAT
United Heavy Lift (UHL) has delivered a Liebherr LPS 550 rail-mounted portal crane to Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) aboard its UHL Fable.
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NewsAres coordinates long-distance transformer haul across Australia
Ares Group has coordinated the delivery of a 167-tonne transformer from Melbourne, Victoria, to Stanwell, Queensland using a new M500 platform module from Kennedy Trailers.
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen posts strong Q3 2024 results
Ro-ro shipping group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has posted its second-best quarter to date, with an adjusted EBITDA of USD503 million for Q3 2024.
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NewsTraffic stabilises at Antwerp-Bruges as focus pivots towards sustainable projects
For the first nine months of 2024, the port of Antwerp-Bruges saw a total throughput of 210.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3 percent compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter of 2024.
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NewsFaymonville selects site for maiden USA production facility
Trailer manufacturer Faymonville has selected a site in Little Rock, Arkansas for its first USA production facility.
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NewsLatest Market Sentiment Index holds steady
The 15th edition of the One World Market Sentiment Index for the multipurpose and breakbulk shipping market showed a modest increase to a level of in 54.6 in Q4 2024 (54.3 in Q3 2024)
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NewsMammoet reduces project’s drilling rig downtime using Mega Jack 5200
Mammoet was contracted by Damen Shiprepair to assist with a jack-up leg repair for the Noble Regina Allen drill rig.
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NewsPhilaPort and port of Vancouver receive funding from EPA
The port of Philadelphia has been awarded USD79.7 million from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Ports Program, whilst the port of Vancouver USA has received USD22.5 million from the organisation. The funds have been earmarked to support climate and air quality initiatives zero-emission port equipment purchases.
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NewsTotal Movements coordinates reactor delivery
India-based project logistics and freight forwarding company Total Movements has transported a 1,286-tonne LC-fining reactor.
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NewsAir One to expand in Asia as regulators give green light
UK-based Air One will expand its airfreight services to China, Japan, and Malaysia as well as its commercial presence in Asia.
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NewsLaso feeds project cargoes to France
Laso Transportes of Portgual has successfully completed a complex logistics operation for France’s food industry, including the transportation of 35 m-long heat exchangers from Spain.
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NewsHaropa Port on hand to support with turbine blade storage
Haropa Port’s Bougainville quay is being used to support the port of Le Havre with the storage of wind turbine blades for an offshore project owned by Siemens Gamesa.
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NewsUECC places order for newbuild PCTCs
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has signed a contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing for up to four advanced multi-fuel battery hybrid pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs).
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NewsSarens completes two projects in Scotland
Sarens recently completed two major projects in Scotland. At Glasgow’s George V Dock, Sarens was contracted to offload a 142-tonne vapour recovery unit (VRU). Sarens also managed the transportation and installation of two 1,600-tonne swing bridge sections destined for Renfrew.