Heavy haulage & trailers news – Page 125

  • News

    GPLN drives into oil and gas logistics training sector

    2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) recently completed training sessions at two of the most important oil and gas industry events: SPE Offshore Europe 2011 and Indonesia Oil & Gas Expo 2011.

  • News

    Liebherr crawler working hard on wind farm

    2011-09-22T00:00:00Z

    September 22 - The Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane operated by US crane rental company Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. has been hard at work on a wind farm in Ohio.

  • News

    Albacor Shipping (USA) opens in Los Angeles

    2011-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - Albacor Shipping (USA) Inc, a US-member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has opened a Los Angeles office under the management of Wolfram Zeppenfeld and delivering a full range of freight forwarding services.

  • News

    Duo of significant project moves for Express Transport

    2011-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - Mumbai-based project forwarder Express Transport (ETPL), a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has undertaken the shortsea coastal movement of a significant consignment from the west coast Indian port of Hazira in a 1,400 km

  • News

    Parsifal hits new notes for heavy lift

    2011-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - Named after an opera by Wagner, MV Parsifal, which claims to be the world's joint-largest ro-ro vessel, is the latest addition to the deep-sea ro-ro fleet operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.

  • News

    GAC Group makes a trio of significant management appointments

    2011-09-20T00:00:00Z

    September 20 - The GAC Group has announced two key management appointments in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for its group and local operations at the same time as the group has appointed a new group HSSE (Health Safety Security Environment) manager to drive

  • News

    Maersk Line and Rickmers-Linie form U.S. flag project cargo partnership

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    September 19 - Maersk Line, Limited and Rickmers-Linie (America), Inc. have formed a partnership to provide breakbulk and project cargo shipping using two newly-built multi-purpose ships to be operated under the U.S. flag.

  • News

    NSCSA exercises options for two ro-cons

    2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has exercised the option to build two ro-con vessels with Hyundai MIPO of South Korea.

  • News

    Liebherr crane debuts with lift at Bavarian paper factory

    2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - Heavy lift crane manufacturer Liebherr's LTM 1350-6.1 has shown its paces on its debut lift for heavy-load expert and forwarder Schmidbauer Group.

  • News

    ALE breaks its own lifting record in Peru

    2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - UK-based global heavy transport and lifting company ALE developed an innovative self-erecting 60 m gantry system for the installation of a 51 m, 463 tonne deethanizer column in Peru, ALE's biggest piece ever lifted to date in that country.

  • News

    Turkish yacht transport goes against the flow

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Turkish project cargo forwarder Project Cargo & Yacht Transport is claiming a record in the field of yacht transport as it moved three super-yachts and one coast guard boat to the Middle East.

  • News

    Konecranes to supply cranes for Klaipeda

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Konecranes has received an order for three Ship-To-Shore (STS) cranes and seven Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes from JSSC Klaipedos Smelte in Lithuania. The cranes will be delivered to the port of Klaipeda starting in the fourth quarter of

  • News

    PD Ports welcomes increased capacity on Teesport - Zeebrugge service

    2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

    September 13 - P&O Ferries' brand new freight ferry, Bore Song which sailed into Teesport yesterday will significantly expand capacity on the service.

  • News

    Sai Maritime say operators face delays at majority of Indian ports

    2011-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - According to a communique from Sai Maritime & Management, only three Indian ports used by heavy lift shipping are currently reporting no delays in operations. In the remaining ports, delays ranging from one to 18 days are being experienced.

  • News

    Barnhart Crane & Rigging opens at Port of Monroe

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has opened its newest branch at the Port of Monroe, USA.

  • News

    Nordana goes back to Libya

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Nordana has restarted its regular direct ro-ro service from the US Gulf and East Coast into Libya, which has been suspended since February due to the unrest in the country.

  • News

    Jakarta next for heavy lift seminar

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - The next seminar in a series of heavy lift and breakbulk cargo courses to be held by the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is to be hosted later this month at Oil & Gas Indonesia 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  • News

    A hamburger with triple BBC Chartering vessels

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - It was a case of once, twice, three times a vessel as a trio of leading German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering's vessels were in the port of Hamburg simultaneously.

  • News

    Liebherr delivers two to Onitsha River Port

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Major investment in the ports on the Niger River in Nigeria to allow discharge and loading of heavy lift and breakbulk items has resulted in the acquisition of two Liebherr Harbour Mobile Cranes type LHM 180, allowing the handling of project

  • News

    Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft's latest newbuilding launched

    2011-09-06T00:00:00Z

    September 6 - Seatruck Progress has been successfully named and launched. She is the first of four identical ships ordered by the shipping company, Seatruck Ferries Ltd.