Heavy haulage and trailers – Page 140

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    Trains are no strain for Allfort

    2010-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Allfort Co Inc, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Japan, has successfully delivered 10 train carriages from Kawasaki in Japan to Manila in the Philippines.

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    Scrabster set to boost renewables heavy lift docking capability

    2010-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Scrabster Harbour Trust (SHT) is proposing to redevelop and upgrade a major pier within the harbour to provide additional deepwater berthing facilities to meet growing demand from the Atlantic Frontier and the expected development of the Pent

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    La dolce vita as top Italian customer entrusts project cargoes to Ahlers Singapore

    2010-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Project cargo forwarder Ahlers Singapore has executed the transport and shipment of project and heavy lift cargoes ex Laem Chabang, Thailand to Apapa, Nigeria for a major Italian client.

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    Prangl just pipped at post for top slot in readers' survey

    2010-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Austrian heavy lift and special transport company, Prangl has come out at the top of a readers' survey undertaken by Austrian construction industry magazine Solid.

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    Great news for Beluga as vessel freed

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Just one day after being captured and seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean, Beluga Fortune and her crew of 16 are free again with no ransom payment.

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    Century for Project Professionals Group

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Heavy lift freight forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group has passed the 100 member milestone as a result of recent appointments internationally.

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    Exceptional trio for RHB Stevedoring & Warehousing

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - A trio of destinations from Rotterdam has been served by sailings of the heavy lift line Beluga working with its Waalhaven terminal stevedoring partner.

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    Able UK welcomes project's green light from planners

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21- Teesside-based Able UK, a specialist in the rehabilitation and development of disused sites and facilities, has welcomed approval for its GBP100 million (USD157.8) port-related logistics development in north east England.

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    Antwerp bucks downturn in first nine months

    2010-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - During the first nine months of this year, the port of Antwerp handled more than 132.19 million tonnes of freight, up 13.2 percent compared with the same period last year, when the volume was almost 117 million tonnes.

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    Third time still lucky for Agility in Asia

    2010-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Project cargo and heavy lift operator Agility has won the prestigious Logistics Award for the third year in a row at the Lloyd's List Asia Awards ceremony in Singapore.

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    GPLN signs up Fleet Line Shipping Services

    2010-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Dubai-based Fleet Line Shipping Services has joined the Global Projects Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Hiring round marks industry's health

    2010-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - A round of worldwide hiring in the heavy lift and project shipping sectors suggest that pressure on bottom lines around the world is easing.

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    TT Club in appeal for increased vigilance in crane structural safety

    2010-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - A global transport and logistics insurer is calling for increased attention to structural surveying of quay cranes as part of its ongoing drive towards loss prevention.

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    Tschudi Project boxes clever on boiler shipment

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Project shipping company, Tschudi Project Transports has recently successfully completed the shipment of a major consignment from Asia to a construction site in northwest Europe.

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    Magdenli Transport four-square in heavy lift operations

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - A quartet of heavy lift movements have been completed by Ankara-based project forwarder Magdenli Transport and Trade.

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    Is heavylift cargo airship more than hot air?

    2010-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - It might have come from the set designers of Star Wars or the pen of sci-fi genius HG Wells but an Australian proposal to construct a 150 m-diameter flying saucer-like balloon could be the next big thing in heavy lift operations.

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    Tandem lift for Beluga Stavanger

    2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Kurt, a working civil engineering platform belonging to Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser (TAGU) 50 m long and 22 m wide, and weighing almost 1,000 tonnes proved a challenging cargo for the two cranes of the multipurpose heavy lift project vessel Belug

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    Big lift at The Storage Place

    2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Edinburgh-based Aquamarine Power has used The Storage Place to store a full scale test rig which had completed its initial trials at the NaREC (the National Renewable Energy Centre) in Blyth, UK and need to move to a temporary storage area.

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    Sarens Group has hectic summer

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Heavy lift crane contractor Sarens Group has enjoyed a hectic six months to October, says CEO Wim Sarens.

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    Two years of planning pays off for SRT

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Houston-based Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) has completed a rail-borne heavy lift shipment that broke records and took two years in planning.