Regions | Russia & CIS

News and developments from logisticians and specialised transport providers active in the heavy lift and project forwarding market in Russia and the CIS.

Fesco moves submarine blocks

November 22 - Fesco has transported parts of nuclear-powered submarines from Kamchatka to a decommissioning site in Primorsky Krai, Russia.

ALE completes bridge installation

November 4 - ALE has installed a curved steel bridge, weighing 2,100 tonnes, between two hotel towers in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Barrus moves Amur cargoes

October 31 - Barrus Projects, together with its partner COSCO Shipping Project Logistics, has delivered components for the Amur gas processing plant in Svobodniy, Russia.

ABC and CLA cut services

October 30 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) will cancel a total of 11 freighter connections as of November 1, according to HLPFI’s sister title DVZ.

LR 1500 in Russian wind project

October 17 - Russia’s Avtokran-Tjumen has taken delivery of an LR 1500 crawler crane from Liebherr.

Volga-Dnepr Group names Glushnev amid company restructure

August 27 - Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Nikolay Glushnev as general director of AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) as it launches a group-wide restructuring plan.

Beluga adds to fleet with Neptune Marine tug

August 22 - Russia’s Beluga Projects Logistic has taken delivery of an ice-classed EuroTug 3010 from Neptune Marine.

Caspian tug delivered

August 12 - Caspian Offshore Construction has taken delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 1606 in Kazakhstan.

Fesco approves management board

August 12 - Fesco has expanded its management board with the addition of Yuri Plotnikov, vice president of security.

ALE removes Danube bridge

August 8 - ALE has used its Mega Jack 800 jacking system to remove a bridge over the Danube River in Novi Sad, Serbia.

LS Heavylift busy at SOCAR revamp project

July 30 - Georgia-headquartered LS Heavylift is in the process of moving oversize and heavy modules at the SOCAR Azerkimiya EP-300 plant in Azerbaijan.