Heavy haulage & trailers news – Page 163

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    Mann Lines launches new service between Spain and Germany

    2009-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - Mann Lines has introduced a new weekly ro-ro service between Santander and Cuxhaven, utilising multi-purpose ro-ro vessels and roll trailers.

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    4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference and Exhibition

    2009-04-22T00:00:00Z

    April 22 - 'Working Toward Recovery" is the theme of the 4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Conference and Exhibition which will take place in Antwerp between 26-28 May 2009.

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    Expert hosts heavy lift seminars

    2009-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - A one-day seminar, Heavy Lift Transport & Lifting, is to be held in Houston on the 8th May 2009 on the 'do's and don'ts' of the heavy lift industry, hosted by Richard L Krabbendam, a 36-year veteran of the high and heavy industry.

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    Large capacity hydraulic crane arrives in South Africa

    2009-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - A hydraulic crane shipped from Belgium in late March has arrived in South Africa and becomes the largest capacity hydraulic crane in the country according to sources.

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    Additional Goldhofer axle lines for Berard

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - Berard Transportation Inc of Louisiana has invested in a further 20 Goldhofer axle lines with two power packs of type PST/ES-E in an effort to reinforce its leading market position in the US heavy-load sector.

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    Charles Gee in heavy haulage division launch

    2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - UK transport company and freight forwarder Charles Gee Group is in the process of launching a specialist heavy haulage division, to be based at London Heathrow, in order to serve the complex project and out of gauge cargo markets.

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    The Eagle lands windpower components as US wind energy market sees more home manufacturing

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - Intermarine's Industrial Eagle has called at the US West Coast port of Olympia, Washington to discharge wind turbine components from Brazil. When discharge was completed, the ship was positioned to the Far East to join the line's intra-Asia ser

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    Focus on civil engineering

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - In the upcoming May / June edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding, we will analyse developments in the civil engineering environment that are impacting on the demand and supply of heavy lift shipping capacity.

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    Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities

    2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.

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    Columbia Helicopters celebrates 40 years of tandem rotors

    2009-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Columbia Helicopters, a world leader in heavy lift helicopter operations, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the operation of tandem-rotor helicopters.

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    Rail is the answer for SRT

    2009-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - The services of Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) were recently required by two clients, one wishing to transport a rotary dryer from USA to Canada and the other requiring two 14' storage vessels weighing a total of 563 tonnes lbs to be taken to

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    Cometto names US rep

    2009-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has been appointed US dealer for the Italian Cometto range of specialised heavy lift transport equipment.

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    HMS Endurance returns to the UK

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - HMS Endurance has arrived back in the UK onboard Dockwise heavy lift semi-submersible vessel, Target.

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    Krabbendam takes seminar to Houston

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Anyone planning to visit next month's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, may wish to consider extending their stay and attending Richard Krabbendam's mini-Seminar on heavy transport and lifting on May 8th.

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    Round-trip transformer for Express Transport

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - India's Express Transport has successfully completed the round-trip shipment of a 315 MVA transformer weighing 173 tonnes for ABB.

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    Durban awaits gantry cranes

    2009-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - The specialist Chinese heavy lift vessel, Zhen Hua 23 is scehduled to enter Durban harbour on Friday morning loaded with two rail mounted gantry cranes for the South African port's Pier 1 rail terminal.

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    MarineLink appoints Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - MarineLink has announced the appointment of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada as its non-exclusive agent to market and sell transportation services related to the former's vessel, MarineLink Explorer, as well as the tugs and barges in the MarineLink fle

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    Salazar plugs wind

    2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - According to reports in the international media, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has said that windmills off the U.S. East Coast could generate enough electricity to replace most, if not all, the coal-fired power plants in the United

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    WWPC off to Frankfurt

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Heavy lift and project forwarder network, WWPC, will hold its 9th annual conference at the Westin Grand Hotel in Frankfurt, between May 28-30.

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    Historic UK shipyard equipment sails for India

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - The end of era is truly at hand, with the UK's Port of Tyne witnessing the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which Fairstar Heavy Transport, working with Offshore Heavy Transport AS (OHT) successfully loaded at the weekend, al