All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in September 2016

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  • News

    Hansa sells two to Spliethoff

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift has sold two of its F-Class vessels to the Spliethoff Group.

  • News

    First for UECC

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - United European Car Carriers (UECC) has taken delivery of the world's first LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) from the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China.

  • News

    Drewry 'even more pessimistic'

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Drewry analyst Susan Oatway has said that she is even more pessimistic than she was six months ago about the outlook for the heavy lift and multipurpose market over the next couple of years.

  • News

    Downturn sees Hansa shift focus

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift is responding to difficult market conditions by focusing on specialised transport and installation projects, rather than bread-and-butter project shipments.

  • News

    New chairman at Jurong

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Jurong Port has appointed Ng Chee Keong as its new chairman effective October 1, 2016.

  • News

    Longview seeks Bridgeview proposals

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - On the US West Coast, the Port of Longview is seeking proposals for available industrial waterfront property on the Columbia River.

  • News

    BigLift delivers STS cranes to Vigo

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - BigLift Shipping's Happy Sky has completed the discharge of two large ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes in Vigo, Spain.

  • News

    Bahri looks to US expansion

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Bahri intends to develop and expand its business in the American market, with the opening of a second US office in Houston, Texas.

  • News

    Cargolux adds new 747-8F

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Cargolux Airlines has taken delivery of a new Boeing 747-8 freighter.

  • News

    Vuorsola moves huge tanks

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Finnish haulier Vuorsola is currently overseeing the delivery of four 33-tonne tanks from Pietarsaari to a bio-product mill in Aanekoski some 400 km away.

  • News

    New CEO for Baltic Exchange

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - The Baltic Exchange Limited (Baltic Exchange) has named Mark Jackson as its next ceo.

  • News

    "K" Line denies bankruptcy allegations

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) has issued a statement that dismisses claims that it is facing bankruptcy.

  • News

    Revenues up at Air Partner

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Air Partner reported strong first-half 2016 results, with revenues up 2.4 percent year-on-year over 2015 to GBP112.9 million (USD146.7 million).

  • News

    Six shipping lines raided in South Africa

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - South Africa's Competition Commission has conducted a search and seizure operation at the premises of six cargo shipping companies operating in the Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal provinces.

  • News

    Hili acquires Allcom

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Hili Company, the logistics division of Malta-based Hili Ventures, has acquired Gdynia-based freight-forwarder and customs agency Allcom, allowing it to gain an important foothold in the Polish market.

  • News

    Hanjin Shipping: sale just one option

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Reports in the international business media suggest that the South Korean court that is overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership process is considering multiple means of rehabilitating the world's seventh-largest container shipping line, w

  • News

    SAL in Damen delivery

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - SAL Heavy Lift's Svenja has departed from Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, loaded with 14 Damen Stan pontoons and tugs destined for Rotterdam.

  • News

    Business brewing at Longview

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - The Port of Longview, located on the US west cost, has discharged six oversize brewing tanks using its Liebherr mobile harbour crane.

  • News

    Braemar promotes Lim

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Braemar Adjusting has promoted Randy Lim from senior adjuster to director, with immediate effect.

  • News

    Damco has new boss

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Effective October 1, Klaus Rud Sejling, current head of East West Trades in Maersk Line, will become ceo of Damco.