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The Wednesday Wire - February 11th 2015
Your midweek round-up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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Lucky 13 for Hansaeng
February 11 - Hansaeng Express has shipped a consignment of oversized cargoes from the South Korean port of Pyeongtaek to Jebel Ali in the UAE.
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DLT designs for Doha
February 11 - Dorman Long Technology (DLT) has been awarded a contract by Qinhuangdao Tianye Tolian Heavy Industry for the design of a bridge deck erection gantry, a transporter and a pair of straddle carriers for the Doha Link of the Sheik Jaber Al Ahmad
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Le Havre ups multimodal offering
February 11 - HAROPA's port of Le Havre has invested EUR130 million (USD146 million) into a rail and barge facility, which is expected to begin operating in spring of this year.
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GAC oils up (despite low prices)
February 10 - GAC UK is sharpening its focus on the oil and gas sector with the appointment of two managers to serve clients with offshore operations.
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Katoen Natie opts for Liebherr quartet
February 10 - Katoen Natie has invested in three new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes - one LHM 550 and two LHM 600s - in the port of Antwerp, as well as reinforcing its operations in Radicatel, France with a new LHM 420 crane.
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New Terneuzen lock takes step forward
February 10 - Flemish minister Ben Weyts and Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen have signed a treaty between the Netherlands and Flanders for the construction of a new lock, which aims to improve access to the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen.
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Racing boats speed through Jaxport
February 10 - Portus has helped moved seven H1 Unlimited Hydroplane racing boats and eight specialty boat trailers through Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal.
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Tight squeeze for Riga-Mainz
February 10 - Riga-Mainz has used a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane to install a massive railway bridge for Deutsche Bahn in extremely constricted conditions on a site in Bad Wimpfen, Germany.
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Hamburg sees fall in project and heavy cargoes
February 10 - Whilst the total throughput of cargo at the port of Hamburg was up 4.8 percent at 145.7 million tonnes in 2014 - its best-ever result - project and heavy cargoes fell by 5 percent to 610,000 tonnes, made up of 134,000 tonnes of imports and 4
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Lloyd Fonds set to own ships
February 10 - Lloyd Fonds, the shipping and property funds manager, seems set to realign its business as a listed shipping company.
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UASC expands in South America
February 10 - United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has appointed the Ultramar Group as its local liner shipping agency partner in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
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Port Manatee on a power trip
February 10 - Port Manatee is handling the import of several heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and other oversize units for the expansion of Tampa Electric's Polk Power Station in Polk County, Florida.
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Offshore cargo handling guide launched
February 10 - A cross industry workgroup has published the latest edition of the 'Best Practice for the Safe Packing and Handling of Cargo to and from Offshore Locations' handbook.
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Noronha joins Shipping Australia
February 10 - Shipping Australia Limited (SAL) has appointed Captain Melwyn Noronha as general manager technical services and industry policy.
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Do US West Coast ports face shut down?
February 9 - Following a weekend which has seen the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) temporarily suspend vessel loading and unloading operations at US West Coast ports, it remains to be seen if the PMA will carry out its threat to lockout dockers and sh
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Dockwise takes giant Goliat onboard
February 9 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has advised that the ENI Goliat FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel) has been loaded onboard the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard.
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Record year for Abu Dhabi Ports
February 9 - Abu Dhabi Ports handled more cargo in 2014 than ever before, with a 37 percent year-on-year rise in general and bulk cargo.
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School of thought for Davies Turner
February 9 - UK-based freight forwarder Davies Turner & Co has coordinated the delivery of an entire primary school from the UK to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.