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    Mammoet's new PTC completes test programme

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    March 7 - Global tailor-made heavy lifting and transport solutions manufacturer Mammoet has completed the test programme of its three new PTC 140/200 DS (Platform, Twin ring, Containerised) cranes at Westdorpe, The Netherlands.

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    New heavy lift joint venture launched

    2012-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - A new joint venture covering transport, shipping and installation of heavy and/or 'out-of-gauge' cargo has been established by three industry veterans.

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    Prangl helps out at Schwechat shutdown

    2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Austrian crane, access, and heavy transport company Prangl has been involved in the annual shutdown at Schwechat refinery, near Vienna, among the largest and most complex inland refineries in Europe.

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    Trends identified as latest HLPFI is set to land on your desks

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - The latest edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) is due to hit readers' desks just as the year's trends for the heavy lift industry are becoming visible, say industry observers.

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    Liebherr crawler crane offers 3,000 tonnes lifting capacity

    2010-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - With its LR 13000, which is currently being tested at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH, Liebherr is extending the range of crawler cranes.

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    First F-Class vessel for Intermarine

    2010-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Intermarine is taking delivery of Industrial Freedom, the first of its next generation of multipurpose heavy lift ships.

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    Advance International Transport co-ordinates multi-port freight shipment for Mitsubishi

    2010-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - International project freight forwarder, Advance International Transport has successfully co-ordinated the shipment of oil industry project cargo from two countries for Mitsubishi Corporation destined for a vital Brazilian oil industry project.

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    Liebherr looks to 3,000 tonne crawler crane

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Crane manufacturer Liebherr-Werk is currently constructing the LR 13000 model crawler crane which the company claims "ushers in a whole new dimension in size for crawler cranes of conventional design."

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    Vanguard crane rises to the occasion

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    May 14 - South African heavy lift and relocation specialist, Vanguard, has used its latest major capital investment - a GTK 1100 crane - to install a wind turbine as part of the first phase of the first commercial wind farm at Port Elizabeth.

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    Forwarder builds on two decades in Russian expansion

    2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Full service logistics and heavy lift project cargo provider Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has established two new offices in the northwest and far eastern Russia, at Murmansk and Nogliki, in order to strengthen its activities in the region and to parti

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    Vanguard invests in mobile crane

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - In South Africa, Vanguard, in a joint venture with Grindrod and private investors, has invested ZAR70 million (USD9.5 million) on a new mobile cranes.

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    Expansion by Primax

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Brazilian project forwarder, Primax Transportes Pesados, is set to continue its expansion throughout Latin America with the opening of offices in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela this year, reports Rainbow Nelson from the Intermodal exhibition in

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    Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.