Heavy haulage and trailers – Page 146

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    PPG builds further capacity to service western and central Africa

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - PPG (Project Professionals Group) has extended its service capacity across western and central Africa with increased representation from Afriglobe Shipping Lines in Nigeria and Ghana.

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    Trio of lifts for ALE

    2010-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - Heavy lift specialist, ALE has successfully performed the transport and installation of a trio of heavy equipment items at a new paper mill for Portuguese papermaker Soporcel at Figueira Foz, Portugal.

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    First glimpse of Cargolux's new era

    2010-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Boeing has rolled out the first B747-8F for Cargolux from its paint hangar in Seattle. The aircraft sports a new livery that will be applied to the entire Cargolux 747-8F fleet.

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    PPG names new member in Thailand

    2010-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Heavy lift freight forwarder network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG) has appointed leading multimodal transport specialist Sea-Concert (Thailand) as a project support member.

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    PPG names new member in Thailand

    2010-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Heavy lift freight forwarder network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG) has appointed leading multimodal transport specialist Sea-Concert (Thailand) as a project support member.

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    Coyne Airways boosts US sales activity

    2010-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Maindeck heavy lift cargo operator Coyne Airways has appointed a dedicated sales team in the USA to market its extensive network of air cargo delivery services to the Caspian region, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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    New MD for Andersen Shipping Company

    2010-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Christina Andersen-Martin has been promoted to the new managing director of Singapore-based Andersen Shipping Company, succeeding her younger brother Oliver Andersen (33) at the family-controlled business.

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    TII Group looks back at Bauma 2010

    2010-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - Cargo handling equipment manufacturer TII Group has presented its Bauma 2010 after-show report.

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    STX Pan Ocean wins semi-sub contract

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - STX Pan Ocean has won a shipbuilding contract worth at least USD40 million to build a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel.

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    Out with the old, in with the new

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - ALE recently helped with the replacement of an old with a new stator at the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant project in Mexico.

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    Virginia targets heavy lift and breakbulk cargoes after box move

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - The Virginia Port Authority is making a concerted effort to attract more heavy lift project cargoes, breakbulk and ro-ro cargoes.

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    Slowdown in US wind energy installations forecast

    2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A study from IHS Emerging Energy Research forecasts that 6.3 to 7.1 GW of wind energy installations could be installed in the USA in 2010, 40 to 60 percent lower than the 9.8 GW installed last year.

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    Fair wind blows for project group members

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - A fair wind is blowing for members of the project cargo specialist network, the Project Professionals Group in the wind energy sector.

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    Wartsila wins contract to power semi-sub

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Wartsila, a leading ship power systems integrator, has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business Co., Ltd.

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    A2SEA wins Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm contract

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Leading European energy company, Vattenfall, has awarded a contract to A2SEA for the transport of 30 5MW RePower turbines from Belfast Harbour to the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10 km off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea.

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    Obama halts new offshore oil drilling for six months

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - As a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US president Obama has extended a moratorium on new offshore oil drilling by six months.

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    Ship in bottle lands on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth

    2010-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - London witnessed an unusual heavy lift recently when a replica of Lord Nelson's ship Victory, set inside a giant bottle and made by artist Yinka Shonibare, became the latest addition to the fourth plinth in historic Trafalgar Square.

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    London Thamesport handles high-energy specialist cargo

    2010-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - London Thamesport is playing its part in an international energy operation, having taken delivery of a second transformer for the organisation BritNed.

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    Alstom outlines plans for US wind turbine assembly facility

    2010-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - Alstom has announced plans for the next phase of the company's entry into the North American wind power market.

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    Logistics providers eye US wind power show

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - The 2010 American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Conference in Dallas, Texas, May 23-26, 2010 is proving very interesting for project forwarders and others involved in the logistics of wind farm development.