All Heavy haulage and trailers articles – Page 47

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    Prangl acquires PTK 1000

    2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Austrian heavy lift and transport specialist Prangl has acquired a nine-axle PTK 1000 all-terrain crane from Terex - which it claims is the world's most powerful road-going telescopic crane.

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    Siemens reaches turbine milestone

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - The Siemens gas turbine factory in Berlin, Germany is getting ready to ship its 1,000th turbine manufactured at the plant to the Umm Al Houl combined cycle power plant in Qatar.

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    OCTRA expanding in Montoir

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - The Montoir de Bretagne (St Nazaire) division of French transport engineering and project forwarding company OCTRA will undertake commercial and operational representation for two of the largest heavy transport and rigging operators in France.

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    Erickson to electrify Brucejack mine

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Rokstad Power has contracted Erickson for heavy lift delivery services to the Brucejack mine in Stewart, British Columbia, Canada, utilising its S64 Erickson Aircrane helicopter.

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    Mammoet dances to jungle beat

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Mammoet has undertaken a delicate load-out operation and transport through jungle terrain for Marathon Oil's Alba gas field.

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    Armitt in at Thamesport

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - UK shipping agent and specialist logistics company, The Armitt Group, has signed a long term agreement to build a 120,000 sq ft (11,148 sq m) multimodal terminal at London Thamesport with the port's owners Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group.

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    Johnson forms renewables division

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Johnson Crane Hire has established Johnson Renew, which will focus on the growth of the company's work in the renewable energy industry.

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    BBC shows PPG support

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - BBC Chartering Australia has been named the first major sponsor for the Project Professionals Group's (PPG) tenth anniversary annual conference in Melbourne next year.

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    ALE opens in Italy

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - ALE has opened its first Italian branch office in Milan, which will be headed up by Paolo Arfani.

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    Port Manatee offers workshops

    2016-05-04T00:00:00Z

    May 4 - The International Trade Hub at Port Manatee has started a series of workshops aimed at encouraging innovative commercial ties with European and Latin American businesses.

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    Griebel & Mahncke invests in crane

    2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Hamburg-based Griebel & Mahncke Schwertransporte has replaced an existing crane with a Liebherr LTM 1095-5.1 model, which has a lift capacity of 95 tonnes and is now the company's largest mobile crane.

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    Peters & May inks BBC partnership

    2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Peters & May has signed a strategic partnership with BBC Chartering, giving the UK based yacht transport solutions provider access to the shipping line's 150 multipurpose heavy lift vessels.

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    AmQuip and Maxim to merge

    2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - North American private equity firm Apollo Global Management has signed agreements to acquire and merge together AmQuip Crane Rental and Maxim Crane Works.

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    Dongbang in Iranian first

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Dongbang Transport Logistics has carried eight fabricated deck modules on one of its heavy load carriers, Dongbang Giant No. 2, from Ulsan, South Korea, to Khorramshahr in Iran.

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    Wisla river delivery for Best

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Szczecin based Best Logistics has assisted in the delivery of a 475-tonne gas turbine and 450-tonne generator for a new power station at the Orlen refinery in Plock, Poland.

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    TTS avoids diversions in diverter move

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - UAE based heavy lift and transport specialist TTS International has assisted with the loading and transport of three 100-tonne diverter units within Jebel Ali Free Zone for the Mirfa independent water and power plant (IWPP) in Abu Dhabi.

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    Vanguard ready for power in Africa

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Constrained power supply holds back economic growth in Africa, but capacity is steadily being built to feed this electricity-hungry region.

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    Dundee development gets under way

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - Site survey works are under way at the Port of Dundee for the proposed new GBP10 million (USD14.6 million) quayside development.

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    Yantai Raffles founder builds two

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - Singapore-based Calm Oceans has begun developing two heavy lift semi-submersible vessels that will be suitable for the construction and decommissioning of offshore platforms, says the company's owner, Brian Chang.

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    Samson unveils agile slings

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - Samson is to launch its new generation of heavy lift slings - the Agile Lifting System - at the Offshore Technology Conference in May.