Heavy haulage & trailers news – Page 51

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    Container weighing goes portable

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - With the subject of container weighing being heavily debated in the world's media, New Zealand based company BISON has invented a portable container weighing scale.

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    Shinui Petra adds MLC650

    2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - South Korean equipment rental company Shinui Petra has added a MLC650 crawler crane from Manitowoc to its fleet.

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    Indiana sets shipping record

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - The Ports of Indiana handled over 12.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2015, surpassing 2014's record volume by nearly 18 percent.

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    Whiting powers Michigan

    2016-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Whiting Corporation has coordinated the installation of a 250-tonne capacity bridge crane at a nuclear power plant in Michigan, USA.

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    ALE partners with GTA

    2016-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - Cilegon headquartered GTA Construction has entered into a cooperation agreement with heavy transport and rigging specialist ALE Heavy Lift Indonesia.

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    Project cargo soars at Indiana-Burns

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor handled 96 percent more heavy lift and project cargo shipments in 2015 than it did during the previous year.

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    WCA Projects members busy

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Members of the WCA Projects network in Colombia, China, Peru and India have handled the transport of a number of out-of-gauge cargo shipments across the globe.

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    Tanks roll out of Rotterdam

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Following fabrication at SJR Group's production facilities in the Netherlands, 13 storage tanks have been loaded on board a BigLift Shipping vessel in the Port of Rotterdam for delivery to Saudi Arabia.

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    Lake Charles prepares for boom

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - The Port of Lake Charles has handled 220 components of a large Mammoet crane, which was shipped into the US gateway from Brazil on board BBC Chartering's heavy lift vessel BBC Fuji.

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    Collett winds up Muirhall project

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Collett Transport has delivered three 145 m high wind turbines from the UK Port of Grangemouth to the Muirhall onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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    HLPFI adds Associate Editor

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Yvonne Mulder, a communications specialist in the freight and supply chain industry for more than 25 years, has joined the Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International team as Associate Editor.

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    Yale unveils Fortis2 sling

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Synthetic rope manufacturer Yale Cordage has added a new heavy lift multipart sling, Fortis2, to its line of industrial products.

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    ZOMC sets lifting record

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - ZPMC-OTL Marine Contractor (ZOMC) says that its self-propelled single boom crane vessel, Zhen Hua 30, has successfully lifted 13,200 tonnes during testing.

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    Buss to close Hamburg terminal

    2016-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Buss Port Logistics is to cease operation of its Buss Hansa Terminal (BHT) in Hamburg at the end of 2016.

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    Incotec delivers to Tianwan

    2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Incotec Cargo has coordinated the shipment of 16 items of equipment, including a 323-tonne reactor vessel, from Russia to China on board the SAL Heavy Lift vessel Trina.

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    NaviSite selected for ESDAL

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Engineering solutions provider Costain has selected NaviSite hybrid cloud hosting services to support the roll-out of its complex Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL) application for Highways England in the UK.

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    Maxim goes for 13

    2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Maxim Crane has begun taking delivery of an additional 13 crawler cranes from Manitowoc, ranging in capacity from 400 to 825 tonnes.

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    Transdata goes big in Brazil

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - Transdata Movimentação de Cargas Complexas has unloaded two FPSO (floating, production, storage and offloading) modules in Brazil.

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    Kita overcomes obstacles in Iraq

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - Kita Logistics, a member of The Heavy Lift Group (THLG), has transported over 3,000 trailer loads of cargo from Turkey to Iraq for two cement plant developments.

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    Hansa ups offshore expertise

    2016-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Hansa Heavy Lift has appointed Mark Preece as its new senior advisor to help the company grow its presence in the global offshore industry.