All Heavy haulage and trailers articles – Page 146

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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.

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    Heavy lift goes on line at St John

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    May 21 - The Saint John Port Authority in Canada has launched a website to provide "one stop shopping for those looking to ship breakbulk and project cargo," says the authority.

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    Emmert International and Mammoet USA pick up hauling awards

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    May 21 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has awarded two heavy lift companies its Hauling Job of the Year Awards.

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    Hovercraft museum comes of age with red plaque

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    May 21 - One of the United Kingdom's most historical and notable transport locations has been recognised by the award of a striking commemorative plaque to a museum in the south of England which now occupies the site.

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    SC&RA Rigging Job of the Year Awards

    2010-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has announced the winners of its 2010 Rigging Job of the Year Awards.

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    Trying times for shipping, but not terminal

    2010-05-19T00:00:00Z

    May 19 - These might be trying times for heavy lift shipping lines, but they are not necessarily terminal. That's the view of Fred Bedford, a member of the board of Jumbo Shipping, speaking at the Breakbulk Europe event. Ian Matheson reports from Antwerp.

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    Antwerp scores tank hat-trick

    2010-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - Brabo, the Port of Antwerp's heavy lift floating crane, was put to use handling three gas bullet tanks weighing 382 tonnes each on behalf of freight forwarder, MaxTrans.

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    Hamburg in modest Q1 cargo recovery

    2010-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - Figures released by the Port of Hamburg show that heavy lift cargo, as well as most conventional, non-grab cargo is increasingly being sidelined at the northern German gateway.

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    Chinese order for Converteam

    2010-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd, (COOEC), the largest offshore engineering company in China for integrated services and a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), has awarded Converteam a contract valued in excess of GBP6

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    Seaports of Niedersachsen flies the flag in Bremen and Antwerp

    2010-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Seaports of Niedersachsen, which represents the nine Lower Saxony seaports, has taken its message to two key industry shows to fly the flag for the northern German seaports.

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    It's bonny in Scotland for Aberdeen

    2010-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Aberdeen Harbour enjoyed a healthy 2009, with a bullish second half that exceeded forecasts.

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    Vanguard crane rises to the occasion

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    May 14 - South African heavy lift and relocation specialist, Vanguard, has used its latest major capital investment - a GTK 1100 crane - to install a wind turbine as part of the first phase of the first commercial wind farm at Port Elizabeth.

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    Something's cooking in Kitchen's

    2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has immediate availability on a Royal Tractor Rig'N'Lift 40/60 forklift.

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    PPG flies high with Air Cargo Group in China

    2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Heavy lift freight forwarding network the Project Professionals Group has appointed international air freight wholesaler Air Cargo Group in China as a Project Support Member.