Ports and Terminals news – Page 183

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    Plastic plant move for SAL

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - SAL Heavy Lift's vessel Lone has completed the second shipment of cargo from Mai Lao, China, to Point Comfort in Texas, USA for a plastic plant expansion project.

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    WDS readies telescope for the cold

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - World Distribution Services (WDS) has been awarded a contract by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) to help coordinate the transport of a new radio telescope from the USA to Greenland.

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    PPG duo ships seven

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - TransProject and ScanGlobal have completed a three-year-long project to deliver seven 400-tonne transformers from Sweden to The Dalles in Oregon, USA.

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    PD Ports on right track

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - PD Ports says that it will handle the majority of Hitachi Transport System Europe's (HTSE) railcar imports destined for Hitachi's new rail vehicle manufacturing facility (RVMF) in Newton Aycliffe, UK.

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    ALE oils up in Iraq

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - ALE has completed a year-long project for the Badra oilfield development project in Iraq, which involved the 660 km overland transport of 44 heavy and oversize units.

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    Vanguard kicks off Nojoli contract

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Vanguard has been awarded the turbine transport and installation contract for the Nojoli wind farm near Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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    SC&RA considers critical lift factors

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Heavy lifts are often referred to as 'critical' simply because it is the biggest lift the company has ever undertaken, but that should not be the determining factor, according to the SC&RA's new Guide to Mobile Crane Safety Management.

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    Tally Tech unveils weighing solution

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - In light of the new Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation being implemented on July 1 2016, new German company Tally Tech has launched what it claims to be the first certifiable container weighing solution on the market.

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    Locomotion at ABP Newport

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - The last shipment of seven class 66 locomotives has arrived at ABP's Port of Newport from Indiana, USA on BigLift Shipping's vessel Happy Dragon.

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    Siemens powers ahead in Egypt

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - The first two Siemens gas turbines for the Beni Suef power plant project have begun their journey from Germany to Egypt.

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    Challenging market harms Terex

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Terex has recorded an income from continuing operations of USD142.5 million in 2015, compared with USD259 million in 2014.

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    Goffin takes Great Yarmouth reins

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Following the acquisition of Great Yarmouth Port Company (GYPC) last year, Peel Ports has named Richard Goffin port director at the UK gateway.

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    PTM expands portfolio

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Last year, Pérez Torres Marítima (PTM) acquired a sea fastening company - PTM Sea Fastening - which has recently undertaken the lashing and welding of six large coke drums in the Spanish Port of Avilés.

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    Expansion on cards for Niedersachsen

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Niedersachsen Ports has invested EUR36 million (USD39.6 million) in the construction of a fourth berth at the Port of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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    ALE crosses busy UK capital

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - ALE has completed a complex transportation project to deliver three 135-tonne transformers to the new National Grid substation in Highbury north London.

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    Cargolux makes for Mumbai

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - As part of the two airlines' cooperation agreement, Cargolux and Oman Air have introduced two weekly flights to Mumbai, with effect from March 8, 2016.

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    Blue Water bridges the gap

    2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Blue Water Shipping has coordinated that transport of a 335 m long bridge through the centre of Copenhagen.

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    Freja opens in China

    2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Freja has established a new office in Shanghai, China to support existing customers active in the region.

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    Terex Konecranes merger on hold

    2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - In a stock exchange statement, Terex Corporation has said that "it would be prudent to pause the integration planning activities for its merger with Konecranes for the time being".

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    Jones in at Straightpoint

    2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Straightpoint has named ex-NMB Technologies ceo, Myron Jones, as its operations manager in the USA.