All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in September 2016 – Page 2

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    Mejia on board at Dan-Gulf

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Dan-Gulf Shipping, which is based in New Orleans, USA, has appointed Alberto Mejia as vice president in the company's liner department.

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    Mårtensson appointed Stena Line CEO

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Effective September 28, 2016 Stena Line has promoted deputy ceo Niclas Mårtensson to the role of ceo.

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    Antonov gets US flight exemptions

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Ukrainian operator Antonov Company (Antonov Airlines) has been granted broad air charter exemptions for flights to and from the USA by the US Department of Transportation (US DOT).

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    Gebrüder Weiss overhauls Esslingen plant

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Gebrüder Weiss has expanded its handling facility in Esslingen, near Stuttgart, Germany.

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    Shipping confidence rises

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens, shipping confidence, notably on the part of charterers and managers, improved for the second successive quarter in the three months ending August 2016.

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    Jaxport appoints new board members

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - The Port of Jacksonville (Jaxport) has elected four new officers to its board of directors.

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    Bahri secures Qualship 21 accreditation

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Saudi Arabia headquartered shipping line Bahri has been enrolled into the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) Qualship 21 programme.

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    Engineered Rigging launches rapid bridge system

    2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Engineered Rigging has launched its new Rapid Bridge Replacement System, which enables a railway bridge span to be removed and replaced in just one day.

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    Blue Water secures third TCO contract

    2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Oil exploration company Tengizchevroil (TCO) has exercised an option for two additional module carrier vessels (MCVs) for its TCO FGP project in Kazakhstan.

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    Antwerp opens new port house

    2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - The Antwerp skyline has been changed with the inauguration of the city's new port house.

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    ALE completes turret load-out

    2016-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - ALE has completed the transportation and load-out of a lower turret for the Kaombo South floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) project.

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    SIF readies monopile shipment

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - The new SIF plant at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam has completed construction of its first lot of monopiles for use in the UK's Galloper offshore wind farm.

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    "K" Line considers 'drastic structural reform'

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - In its 2016 report, "K" Line has said that its heavy lift shipping business, which is conducted by SAL Heavy Lift, is "striving to improve earnings by implementing various cost-cutting measures in addition to pursuing efficient fleet alloca

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    APM Terminals gets new ceo

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Morten Engelstoft, current chief executive of A.P. Moller Shipping Services has been appointed ceo of APM Terminals, with effect from November 1, 2016.

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    AN-22 back in business

    2016-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Antonov's renewed AN-22 aircraft has flown a coil reel from Zurich, Switzerland to Abu Dhabi in the UAE for DB Schenker subsidiary Karpeles Flight Services on behalf of Hyundai.

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    Volga-Dnepr on patrol

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered four Mangust patrol boats built at the Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Far East of Russia, on board two AN-124 freighter flights.

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    NR Rail established

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Finland's Nurminen Logistics and Russian Rustranscom have agreed to form a jointly owned company, NR Rail.

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    Reduced income for marine cargo insurers

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - The International Union of Maritime Insurers (IUMI) said that global cargo premiums fell by 9 percent between 2014 and 2015 to USD15.8 billion.

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    Return cargo contract at Everett

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Forest Marketing Enterprises (Formark) has been working with Eastern Car Liner (ECL) to deliver logs from the Port of Everett to Japan.

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    Optimarin submits BWT system for US approval

    2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - Norwegian ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has become the first supplier to submit an application for type approval to the United States Coast Guard (USCG).