Heavy haulage & trailers news – Page 121

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    Logitrans 2011 exhibition exceeds expectations in Istanbul

    2011-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - The fifth transport logistics exhibition, Logitrans held this month in Istanbul, has exceeded the expectations of its organisers, with more than 12,000 visitors, which represented an increase of 37 percent over 2010.

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    PPG now has Central America covered with Aimar Group

    2011-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Heavy lift freight forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group, says it now has a one-stop expert business contact servicing Central America following the appointment of Aimar Group as a new member.

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    ASCO wins North Sea logistics contracts

    2011-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - ASCO, a leading oil and gas logistics company has retained three significant long-term North Sea contracts - two with Nexen Petroleum UK Limited and one with Centrica Energy Upstream - with a total value in excess of GBP90 million (USD140 mi

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    Wiesbauer adds Liebherr crane

    2011-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - German crane and heavy haulage company, Wiesbauer, has taken delivery of a 750 tonne Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane.

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    Experience counts says newcomer Derwent Shipping

    2011-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Derwent Shipping & Logistics Ltd, based in Selby, UK, recently used a hydraulic lifting system to move three heater coils into position outside a customer's workshop, enabling cranes to access the coils for lifting (pictured below).

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    Fairstar bridges financial gap

    2011-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Fairstar Heavy Transport, the Oslo-listed heavy lift shipping specialist, has signed a USD30 million bridging loan facility for its newbuilding, Forte, with Bank of China.

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    US Naval Attach

    2011-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - During a call at the Port of Rostock, Intermarine's US-flagged heavy lift ship Ocean Titan was visited by Capt. William H. Suggs, United States Naval Attach

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    BBC Chartering shipment is out of this world

    2011-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Leading German heavy lift shipping line, BBC Chartering won a contract to transport radio telescope antennas for what is currently the largest cosmic project on earth, the ALMA observatory in the Chilean Andes.

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    Fairmount Expedition delivers Castor topside in Spain

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - Fairmount Marine's powerful tug Fairmount Expedition has safely delivered a 18,000 ton (16,329 tonnes) topside for process, utilities and living quarters for the Castor project offshore Spain. The topside was loaded onto Heerema's H-541 barg

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    Breakbulk events head for Shanghai

    2011-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - The inaugural Breakbulk China Transportation Conference & Exhibition will be held February 28 - March 1, 2012, at the Intex Shanghai & Sheraton Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai, China.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift set to swap Bremen for Hamburg

    2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - From January 2, 2012, Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) will be headquartered in Hamburg.

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    Roll-Lift rolls into action

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - Senior managers at Roll-Lift have confirmed that the Dutch-based company is now fully operational with a significant fleet of mobile and heavy lift crawler cranes, as well as self propelled modular transporter (SPMT) and conventional trailers

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    Breuer & Wasel uses new Liebherr crawler crane in bridge exchange

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - On its very first operational commitment, the Liebherr-LR 1600/2 crawler crane operated by Breuer & Wasel undertook a remarkable lift of a railway bridge weighing 454 tonnes into its future location.

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    Brace of factory relocations for Van der Vlist a continent apart

    2011-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - European abnormal and heavy haulage provider Van der Vlist has undertaken two factory relocation movements continents apart but using the same freight forwarding skills.

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    Terex cultivates future skills to counter future shortage

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - Global heavy lift crane and material handling equipment manufacturer Terex is staking its future supply of skilled technicians on apprenticeship and training schemes to counter potential future shortages of skilled labour.

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    The Ocean Wave takes to the waves for Crowley Maritime

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The first of four Ocean Class tugboats under construction at Bollinger Shipyards in Amelia, Louisiana for Lake Charles, Louisiana-based Crowley Maritime Corp has been launched.

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    Raising a glass of the cold stuff thanks to Vanguard

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Thirsty South African beer drinkers will thank Vanguard, a heavy lifting and plant installation specialist, which has completed the second phase of Heineken's Sedibeng, Gauteng province development project by rigging of several pieces of spec

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    Port of Hamburg opens office in Mumbai to strengthen ties

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Project cargo and heavy lift traffic between one of the BRIC quartet of expanding economies and Europe's main manufacturing countries have been boosted by the opening of a new representative office by the port of Hamburg in Mumbai At the same

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    Heavy lift plays its part as dnata handles record cargo volumes at DWC

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 5 - dnata's cargo operations at its terminal at Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) reached record volumes, helped by heavy lift movements in October.

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    Woodland moves fragile condensers from Italy to Ireland

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - UK-based Woodland Global has completed the shipment of three condenser units, working on behalf of Italian manufacturer Lu-ve and its client, Core Air Conditioning of Ireland.