Heavy haulage & trailers news – Page 109

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    Albacor ships Metro gear from the USA to Russia

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Houston-based Albacor Shipping USA and Albacor Shipping Russia - both members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) forwarder network - have together successfully delivered tunnel boring machinery between the Albany, New York port of Coe

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    Barnhart expands with four new branches

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Barnhart Crane and Rigging, the Memphis-headquartered heavy lift and transportation organisation, has continued to develop its US network with the opening of four new branches: Charleston, South Carolina; Owensboro, Kentucky; Richland, Washin

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    Volga-Dnepr adds third maintenance base in Moscow

    2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Heavy lift and outsize air cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr says its Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT) division has obtained approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to open a line maintenance station at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift appoints Berndt R Olesen to drive Australian growth

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift

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    Second South Korean forwarder joins Project Cargo Network

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Project cargo and heavy lift service provider Kimex Air & Sea, has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) as the second representative in South Korea.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Staff in HLPFI's London office awoke this morning to the first sub-temperatures of Winter and a malfunctioning office heating system. Typing in an overcoat and mittens is no fun, but the author of this week's Friday Flyer delivers a neat sna

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    Reporting heavy lift crane accidents

    2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Heavy lift specialist Richard Krabbendam draws attention to a recent crawler crane accident in Vungtau, Vietnam, which left three men dead and two badly injured.

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    Hydro Deck pontoon unveiled by AG&P ALE Ventures

    2012-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - AG&P ALE Ventures, an Australian consortium consisting of AG&P, an industrial process outsourcing company; and strategic heavy lift service provider ALE, have together developed Hydro Deck - an innovative transition pontoon.

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    Boskalis goes for Dockwise in EUR682 million deal

    2012-11-26T00:00:00Z

    November 26 - Royal Boskalis Westminster, the Netherlands-headquartered provider of global marine services, has outlined its intention to purchase marine contactor and heavy-lift shipping services provider, Dockwise, for a total of EUR682 million (USD884.

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    HANSA handles Chile lift

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Heavy lift and project cargo shipping line HANSA HEAVY LIFT has transported two ship loading systems from Bremen to Punta Lackwater in Chile.

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    Combi Lift sets up Singapore office

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Denmark headquartered heavy lift and project cargo shipping line Combi Lift has opened a new office in Singapore.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - It's Friday afternoon in a windswept London and so it must be time for this week's edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, delivering a neat snapshot of news from the last week for your to enjoy with your afternoon tea and slice of cake - lemon dri

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    Blansjaar invests in Terex Challengers

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Netherlands based transport and heavy lift business Blansjaar has acquired three Terex Challenger 3160 all-terrain cranes.

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    PCN declares conference success

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - Rachel Humphrey, chair of Project Cargo Network (PCN) has declared the grouping's second annual conference to be a great success.

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    Heavy lift master class

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Having presented his two-day 'Heavy Transport & Lifting' seminar to more than thousand people in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the UAE and Singapore.

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    Air Charter Service responds to Sandy

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, global broker Air Charter Service has been arranging aircraft charters to provide vital support to thousands of New Yorkers trying get their lives back to normal.

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    Dockwise to appeal court ruling

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Dockwise, the Netherlands-based marine transport company, has confirmed that it is appealing against its recent loss of a court case brought against the ex-ceo of Fairstar Heavy Transport, Philip Adkins, which sought to gain access to the la

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    Boskalis raises earnings outlook

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Royal Boskalis Westminster, a leading global services provider operating in the marine services area and providing heavy lift services through its SMIT subsidiary has reported a good third quarter to 2012.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - It's time again for another edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, giving you a round-up of news from the last week, together with a few comments and asides from the editorial team.

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    Hamburg holds steady

    2012-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - The Port of Hamburg's overall results for the first nine months have been characterised by export growth and an import downturn. In the first nine months of 2012 the German port achieved a total throughput of 98.1 million tonnes (down 0.8 pe