Heavy haulage & trailers news – Page 130

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    It pays to be greener at Antwerp

    2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Environment-friendly ships calling at the heavy lift and break bulk gateway of Antwerp will earn their owners more than just brownie points: real financial rewards will be generated for 'clean ships', thanks to a decision by the Port Authority's

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    Van der Vlist Projecten's Chinese takeaway

    2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - European heavy lift haulage company Van der Vlist Projecten has recently supervised the successful ex-works shipment of two crated 130 tonne cranes from the Netherlands, via Antwerp, to the Seaport Terminal China.

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    Crawler cranes help save Polish military history

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - A tiny part of Polish military history has been saved from oblivion thanks to the use of two Terex lattice boom crawler cranes, one Terex CC 2800-1 and one Terex CC 2500-1. They have relocated the historical bunker for the re-construction of the

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    Staffing agency points to potential future staff shortages

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - An employment and staffing agency that specialises in supplying hoisting and lifting, heavy lift and specialised transport personnel has passed its third anniversary and noted continuing industry trends that could lead to staff shortages in the n

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    Austral Asia Line sets up Projects and Tramp Shipping Division

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Austral Asia Line (AAL) has established a dedicated Project and Tramp Shipping division, based at its head office in Singapore, and engaged a team of four project shipping, chartering and heavy lift cargo specialists, headed by Namir Khanbabi who

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    Jumbo Shipping handles Vijay Tanks project

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - In India, Jumbo Shipping has handled two significant modules for Vijay Tanks and Vessels Ltd, an international engineering, procurement, fabrications and construction company and one of the world's leading service providers for storage and proces

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    Terra firma provides business for Plate Logistics

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Buenos Aires-based project forwarder Plate Logistics has undertaken a number of contracts that highlight the importance of underground exploration to the project cargo sector.

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    Four project movements display industry's variety

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A quarter of heavy lift and project cargo operations undertaken by members of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) demonstrate the wide variety of operations in this industry.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift launches tomorrow

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - The newly formed, Bremen based maritime shipping company, Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the international investment enterprise Oaktree Capital Management, which commences its business operations tomorrow, has revealed its f

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    Combi Lift handles anchor handling tug supply vessels

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels are currently being discharged in Lagos, Nigeria from Combi Lift's multipurpose vessel, Combi Lift IV, having been safely transported from Singapore.

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    Hansa off to market

    2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Finally, the speculation is over with this week's confirmation that the principal shareholder of the Beluga Group Holding Company, Oaktree Capital Management, has established a new, and totally independent shipping company.

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    Fairstar satisfied with Forte's progress

    2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - Just a month after HLPFI reported the keel laying of Fairstar Heavy Transport's 50,000 dwt semi-submersible vessel Forte (April 21) at the Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) facility in Qidong, China, senior Fairstar executives are more t

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    Roll up, roll up as RollDock doubles up

    2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - The semi-submersible RollDock Sea has been delivered by her builders to Dutch heavy lift shipping company RollDock, doubling the Ijssel-based company's current fleet.

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    Reaching for the sky as turbine towers soar

    2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - Have modern cranes reached their limits in terms of renewable energy infrastructure and wind turbine tower installation Loading capacity decreases significantly with increased height and longer jibs and at some point every approach reaches its li

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    Brazil hosts project cargo training

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - A training course for project forwarders that focuses on interactive real-world scenarios will be held in Brazil for the first time from June 13-14, 2011.

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    Heavy lift newbie sets benchmark for cryogenic tank movement

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Project cargo broker InterConti Navigation is claiming a heavy lift benchmark with a recent shipment from the Czech Republic to Norway of the world's largest double-hull cryogenic tanks.

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    Strategic investments help St Petersburg efficiency

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    May 23 - The Sea Port of Saint Petersburg has revealed that it has invested RUB152 million / USD5.4 million in handling equipment, including nine Kalmar fork lift trucks with lifting capacity from 10 to 33 tonnes for handling of general cargoes, terminal

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    ALE launches Mega Jack system

    2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

    May 23 - Global heavy lift and transport company ALE has launched its new Mega Jack system at its R&D facility in Breda, the Netherlands.

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    UK liner agency enters into administration

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Long-established UK liner shipping agency Johnson Stevens Agencies has entered into administration with the administrators, accountancy firm PKF, already agreeing deals shipping industry entrepreneur, Andrew Thorne to acquire certain assets from

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    Vancouver, USA secures funds for port improvements

    2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - The Port of Vancouver, USA is to receive a USD800,000 loan from the Washington State Community Economic Development Revitalization Board to improve port facilities.