All Ports and terminals articles – Page 472

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    Fairmount Expedition delivers Castor topside in Spain

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Fairmount Marine's powerful tug Fairmount Expedition has safely delivered a 18,000 ton (16,329 tonnes) topside for process, utilities and living quarters for the Castor project offshore Spain. The topside was loaded onto Heerema's H-541 barg

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    Doug Tilden joins Brookfield Ports Team

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Brookfield Infrastructure Group has announced that Doug Tilden (pictured below), former chief executive officer of Marine Terminals Corp, has joined the company as senior consultant for its ports business.

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    Breakbulk events head for Shanghai

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - The inaugural Breakbulk China Transportation Conference & Exhibition will be held February 28 - March 1, 2012, at the Intex Shanghai & Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai, China.

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    Panalpina shifts power of decision closer to customer base

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - The Panalpina Group is putting in place three regional CEOs for Europe/Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, tasked with implementing the recently defined Corporate Strategy 2014.

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    5K Logistics delivers five power generation systems to New Mexico

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    5K Logistics delivers five power generation systems to New Mexico

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    TT Club says freight forwarders face increasing liabilities

    2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - International transport liability insurer, TT Club is warning that freight forwarders and other transport intermediaries face increasingly significant liability risk, particularly in emerging markets, as they tackle additional supply chain se

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    Move One delivers oversize cargo to US Navy camp

    2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Move One has completed of the latest delivery of oversized cargo to Camp Lemonier, part of an ongoing delivery service to Djibouti.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift set to swap Bremen for Hamburg

    2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - From January 2, 2012, Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) will be headquartered in Hamburg.

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    Air Partner cautious over prospects for current year

    2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - At air charter broker, Air Partner, the board remains cautious in its assessment of prospects for the current year.

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    Brace of factory relocations for Van der Vlist a continent apart

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - European abnormal and heavy haulage provider Van der Vlist has undertaken two factory relocation movements continents apart but using the same freight forwarding skills.

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    Volga-Dnepr aids mission to Mars

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - Parts of the launch vehicle for NASA's most ambitious rover mission to Mars, successfully launched into orbit on November 26, were delivered to the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida by Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

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    Roll-Lift rolls into action

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - Senior managers at Roll-Lift have confirmed that the Dutch-based company is now fully operational with a significant fleet of mobile and heavy lift crawler cranes, as well as self propelled modular transporter (SPMT) and conventional trailers

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    Trans Himalayan delivers for Nepal hydro power project

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - The photos contained in this report give a clear demonstration of the difficulties which faced Trans Himalayan Express, the Nepalese member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, during the recent delivery of two transformer unit

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    Terex cultivates future skills to counter future shortage

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - Global heavy lift crane and material handling equipment manufacturer Terex is staking its future supply of skilled technicians on apprenticeship and training schemes to counter potential future shortages of skilled labour.

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    New heavy-duty crane boosts Wallmann & Co's capabilities

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - Wallmann & Co's Multi-Purpose Terminal on Reiherstieg in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, has been boosted by the arrival of a new LHM 600 Litronic port crane for handling heavy and project cargoes.

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    African trade ministers highlight lack of infrastructure investment

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - A meeting of trade ministers from African Union (AU) members held in Ghana has been told of the importance of spending more time and investment in major and strategic infrastructure-oriented agreements that boost long-term prospects for the c

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    Port of Hamburg opens office in Mumbai to strengthen ties

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Project cargo and heavy lift traffic between one of the BRIC quartet of expanding economies and Europe's main manufacturing countries have been boosted by the opening of a new representative office by the port of Hamburg in Mumbai At the same

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    Wagenborg Nedlift in heavyweight move to support German power project

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - In late November, Dutch heavy transport and lifting specialist Wagenborg Nedlift completed the first phase of the transport of two giant transformers from Bad Honnef, Germany to D

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    The Ocean Wave takes to the waves for Crowley Maritime

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The first of four Ocean Class tugboats under construction at Bollinger Shipyards in Amelia, Louisiana for Lake Charles, Louisiana-based Crowley Maritime Corp has been launched.

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    Raising a glass of the cold stuff thanks to Vanguard

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Thirsty South African beer drinkers will thank Vanguard, a heavy lifting and plant installation specialist, which has completed the second phase of Heineken's Sedibeng, Gauteng province development project by rigging of several pieces of spec