All Heavy haulage and trailers articles – Page 150

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    Organisers predict 30 percent increase for Breakbulk Americas event

    2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Attendance is expected to be up 30 percent at the 21st annual Breakbulk Americas Transportation Conference & Exhibition which takes place later this year from October 12-14 in Houston.

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    Sarah Spivey takes the helm at Modulift

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - UK-based global engineering company Modulift has appointed Sarah Spivey as group managing director. Spivey plans to make expansion of the company a priority.

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    SMIT achieves solid results

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - According to the company CEO, SMIT continued to realise good financial results in 2009 despite the worldwide recession which impacted on its business.

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    Bulgaria and Serbia members for WWPC

    2010-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Two branches of Romanian heavy lift operator Holleman Special Transport & Project Cargo Srl have joined the Worldwide Project Consortium as exclusive members in Bulgaria and Serbia.

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    Stockton remains faithful to heavy lift cargoes despite box move

    2010-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - California's Port of Stockton is making a strategic move into serving box lines thanks to an USD18 million TIGER discretionary federal grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery).

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    Hickler takes over at Agility as CEO Asia Pacific

    2010-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Hans Hickler has joined global logistics group Agility as new CEO for the Asia Pacific, replacing Wolfgang Hollermann who is to work in a global advisory role to Essa Al-Saleh, Agility president and CEO.

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    Intermarine starts new service between Europe and South America

    2010-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Intermarine has commenced a heavy lift service between Europe and the Atlantic coast of South America as the line launches two European offices.

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    UK companies look to offshore wind turbine opportunities

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - A strategic investment of up to USD150 million in the UK offshore wine turbine R&D could lead to significant opportunities for offshore and onshore heavy lift operators and project cargo forwarders in the coming years, industry observers predict

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    European yards must build ships to support offshore wind energy growth

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Ten to twelve new heavy lift ships will be required to support the predicted growth of offshore wind projects over the coming years and these ships should be built in the European Union.

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    Bisso Marine reels in success with lift

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Houston-based marine and energy services specialist Bisso Marine has loaded a 281 tonne umbilical reel onto an offshore installation ship in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    CARGO SHOP 2010 to open with Royal touch

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - The CARGO S.H.O.P. (Specialised, Heavyweight, ODC and Project) 2010 exposition in Mumbai at the end of this month is be opened by a member of Belgium's Royal family.

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    Hong Kong member for WWPC

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - The World Wide Project Consortium (WWPC) has appointed a new member to exclusively serve the Hong Kong market.

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    Qatar MHC order strengthens Gottwald's regional position

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - Increased orders for mobile harbour cranes (MHC) from Middle Eastern countries, including Qatar, are allowing Dusseldorf-based Gottwald Port Technology to strengthen its position in the region, says the company.

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    Cory in Brazilian partnership tie-up

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - Cory Brothers Shipping Agency has signed a partnership agreement with Brazilian-based Unimar Agenciamentos Mar

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    Project cargo activity can herald recovery

    2010-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - Argentinean heavy lift freight forwarder Plate Logistics is confident that there will be a resurgence of project cargo this year that will indicate a recovery in the world economy. Sectors that should see significant traffic will be oilfield

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    CTS set set to lift 400 tonne cable reel

    2010-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - Ravenna-based Compagnia Trasporti e Spedizioni (CTS) is set to lift what it claims is the heaviest-ever cable reel produced by the manufacturer - 397 tonnes - at the end next month.

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    US 100 percent sea cargo scanning law misses heavy lift cargo

    2010-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - A requirement to scan all US-bound sea containers, postponed until 2014 according to some reports, fails to provide complete security for the United States, is not cost-effective and will lead to a false sense of security, says a report from

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    UAE bans AN-12 after safety concerns

    2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - From Monday, March 1, AN-12 aircraft have been banned from UAE airspace in a move that the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) states is "aimed at raising safety standards in the civil aviation sector in the UAE".

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    Technotex launches steel wire rope alternative

    2010-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Netherlands-based heavy lift lashing and sling manufacturer Technotex Industrial Supply has worked with Dutch cable technology firm FibreMax to produce and distribute a number of Ultralift CableMax products.

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    ALE Ib

    2010-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Heavy lift operator ALE Ib