All Heavy haulage and trailers articles – Page 164

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    Historic UK shipyard equipment sails for India

    2009-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - The end of era is truly at hand, with the UK's Port of Tyne witnessing the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which Fairstar Heavy Transport, working with Offshore Heavy Transport AS (OHT) successfully loaded at the weekend, al

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    Dockwise gets its sub

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - According to reports in Canada's national press, HMCS Chicoutimi, one of the Canadian military's four submarines, is due to arrive in Victoria, BC, in about 30 days from Halifax aboard one of Dockwise USA's heavy lift ships. The value of the con

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    Almajdouie moves evaporators for Marafiq Project

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Almajdouie Heavy Lift Transport and Engineering (MHL) has transported super heavy and oversize evaporator modules from Bilfal Heavy Industry to Marafiq IWPP Project Site in Jubail.

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    Record results now 'history' for TBS

    2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Whilst profits doubled for TBS International last year, the company is confronting an opaque market in 2009.

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    Crowley launches newest heavy lift series deck barge in Portland

    2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - In the first of several vessel deliveries over the next few weeks, Crowley has christened and launched its newest heavy lift series deck barge, the 455-4 at Gunderson Marine Shipyard in Portland.

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    Looking forward to specialized carriers and riggers conference

    2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International has confirmed its presence at the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association's 2009 Annual Conference.

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    Mediterranean Project Chartering on the move

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Chartering & Logistic, is moving head office in Genoa.

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    Commercial team boosted

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Feedback from our readership, which includes over 7,000 shippers, shipping lines, ports and project freight forwarders all over the world, indicates that Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International is establishing itself as the must-read publ

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    Beluga anticipates new ships

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Beluga Shipping will take delivery of a new class of heavy lift cargo ship later this year.

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    Transy confirms presence at Multimodal

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Transy, an international transport contractor and global provider of transport and logistics services dealing with heavy lift and project cargoes, has confirmed that it will be participating in the forthcoming Multimodal show in the UK - http:/

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    Transy confirms presence at Multimodal

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Transy, an international transport contractor and global provider of transport and logistics services dealing with heavy lift and project cargoes, has confirmed that it will be participating in the forthcoming Multimodal show in the UK - http:/

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    Portland gets heavy lift boost

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The Port of Portland will receive US$16.3 million in federal stimulus grants, with the largest grant, about US$8.9 million, going towards crane and wharf modernisation projects at the port's Terminal 6.

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    BME joins SmartWay environmental initiative

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Georgia-based heavy lift and over-dimensional trucking firm Bennett Motor Express (BME) has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry to increase energy

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    Fairstar successfully closes equity issue

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Oslo-listed heavy lift shipping line Fairstar has brought in NOK 54.97m (USD8.07m) from two rights issue of up to 10,000,000 new shares at subscription price NOK 5.0, of which 5,340,000 was underwritten by a syndicate of the Company's current s

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    Port Services Group delivers multi-million pound crane delivery

    2009-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - A massive GBP4.5 million (USD6.2 million) investment by Port Services Group has brought the largest mobile crane ever to be based in Scotland to the group's Aberdeen operations.

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    Cosco builds two innovative heavy lifters

    2009-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - A pair of large semi-submersible heavy lifters designed by Cosco Shipping are being built at Guangzhou Shipyard International.

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    NSCSA to commence Charlotte heavy lift and project cargo call

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has confirmed to HLPFI that the Saudi Tabuk V 140 is now scheduled in Charleston on April 1st for the start of a new service from key East Coast US and Canada ports to Saudi Arabia, India an

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    Heavy lift operation to save historic coast guard boathouse

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - A combination of a 76m barge and a 60m crane worked to lift a 74-year-old former US Coast Guard boathouse off its pilings this week as conservationists moved it to a place of safety prior to a new permanent location being found for its preserva

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    Wind farms put winds in Ballast Nedam's sails

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - Dutch-based construction services company Ballast Nedam is crediting the use of the heavy lift ship Svanen with the group's growing success in the offshore wind farm sector.

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    FMC license for BDP/Project Logistics

    2009-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has granted a license to BDP/Project Logistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International, to operate as an ocean transportation intermediary, providing freight forwarding services for shipments ove