Ports and Terminals news – Page 595

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    Cometto names US rep

    2009-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has been appointed US dealer for the Italian Cometto range of specialised heavy lift transport equipment.

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    HMS Endurance returns to the UK

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - HMS Endurance has arrived back in the UK onboard Dockwise heavy lift semi-submersible vessel, Target.

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    Krabbendam takes seminar to Houston

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Anyone planning to visit next month's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, may wish to consider extending their stay and attending Richard Krabbendam's mini-Seminar on heavy transport and lifting on May 8th.

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    Atlantic Street Capital Acquires EZE Trucking

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm with a focus on lower middle-market special situation and deep value investments, has acquired EZE Trucking, a leading provider of specialist logistics services for the infrastructure market.

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    Round-trip transformer for Express Transport

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - India's Express Transport has successfully completed the round-trip shipment of a 315 MVA transformer weighing 173 tonnes for ABB.

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    Durban awaits gantry cranes

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - The specialist Chinese heavy lift vessel, Zhen Hua 23 is scehduled to enter Durban harbour on Friday morning loaded with two rail mounted gantry cranes for the South African port's Pier 1 rail terminal.

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    MarineLink appoints Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - MarineLink has announced the appointment of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada as its non-exclusive agent to market and sell transportation services related to the former's vessel, MarineLink Explorer, as well as the tugs and barges in the MarineLink fle

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    Advance International Transport cements heavy shipment

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - International project freight forwarder, Advance International Transport has undertaken the shipment of a cement-making machine and ancillary equipment from the United States to Turkmenistan.

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    Salazar plugs wind

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - According to reports in the international media, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has said that windmills off the U.S. East Coast could generate enough electricity to replace most, if not all, the coal-fired power plants in the United

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    Sri Lanka project lifts FPS outlook

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (FPS) is seeing significant volumes of cargo beginning to move following its appointment as the preferred local freight partner by Danish contractor MT H

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    StatoilHydro and Statkraft have awarded a major contract to Master Marine of Norway.

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Scira Offshore Energy Limited, with its 50/50 partners StatoilHydro and Statkraft, has awarded a contract to Master Marine ASA for the planning and installation of 88 wind turbines and 2 substation modules for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind

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    Historic UK shipyard equipment sails for India

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - The end of era is truly at hand, with the UK's Port of Tyne witnessing the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which Fairstar Heavy Transport, working with Offshore Heavy Transport AS (OHT) successfully loaded at the weekend, al

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    Successful cooperation for WWPC members

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - WWPC members, Maxlines International and Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping have cooperated during the shipment of a ship's steel block from Jiangyin port, China to a shipbuilding yard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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    New face for Buss Group's corporate communications

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Melanie Moriz has been named as manager, Corporate Communications in the Buss Group, becoming responsible for internal and external communications of the Buss Group which includes Buss Ports, Buss Safelox and Ixocon.

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    Dockwise gets its sub

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - According to reports in Canada's national press, HMCS Chicoutimi, one of the Canadian military's four submarines, is due to arrive in Victoria, BC, in about 30 days from Halifax aboard one of Dockwise USA's heavy lift ships. The value of the con

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    Almajdouie moves evaporators for Marafiq Project

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Almajdouie Heavy Lift Transport and Engineering (MHL) has transported super heavy and oversize evaporator modules from Bilfal Heavy Industry to Marafiq IWPP Project Site in Jubail.

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    Fairstar strengthens commercial department

    2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Fairstar Heavy Transport NV (Fairstar) has appointed Hans Woltman to work alongside Mario Kerssens in Fairstar's commercial department.

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    What's happened to trade credit? asks International Chamber of Commerce

    2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - The International Chamber of Commerce is urging the G20 nations to take action to fight protectionism and support trade finance to keep trade flowing.

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    Crowley launches newest heavy lift series deck barge in Portland

    2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - In the first of several vessel deliveries over the next few weeks, Crowley has christened and launched its newest heavy lift series deck barge, the 455-4 at Gunderson Marine Shipyard in Portland.

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    Record results now 'history' for TBS

    2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Whilst profits doubled for TBS International last year, the company is confronting an opaque market in 2009.