All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 161

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    BNSF presses ahead

    2016-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - BNSF Logistics has coordinated the shipment of a press bolster, weighing 220,000 lb (99.7 tonnes), from a factory in Ontario, Canada to Houston, USA.

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    Squamish Terminals names Lowe

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Effective May 1, 2016, Kim Stegeman-Lowe will become president of Squamish Terminals.

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    Holleman in European locomotion

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Holleman Bulgaria has transported a 50-tonne locomotive from Paracin, Serbia to Brindisi in Italy.

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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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    Cold call for Volga-Dnepr

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported over 190 tonnes in support of the Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN) project in Antarctica

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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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    Bigge buys at bauma

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Bigge Crane and Rigging purchased 12 Terex RT90 rough terrain cranes at the bauma 2016 exhibition, which took place earlier this month.

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    Autoclave rises in Wilhelmshaven

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Nine oversize autoclave components have been loaded on board MSC Hamburg at Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven for shipment to Shanghai.

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    Strong 2015 for ACS

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Air Charter Service (ACS) posted a 10 percent year-on-year increase in turnover in its 2015 financial year at USD480 million; and a 28 percent increase in gross profit to USD60.2 million.

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    Kassbohrer exec joins ESTA management

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Kassbohrer's board member for business development, İffet Türken, has been elected as the vice president of ESTA's transport section.

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    New Orleans chief to retire

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Port of New Orleans president and ceo, Gary LaGrange, will retire from the US gateway at the end of April 2017.

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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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    Flying start for ABC

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) carried over 132,000 tonnes of cargoes across its international route network in the first three months of 2016 - a 27 percent year-on-year increase and a quarterly record for the Russia headquartered carrier.

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    JAS joins forces with Necotrans

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - JAS Worldwide and Necotrans Holding have formed a global alliance providing freight forwarding and logistics services.

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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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    Modulift in dockside lift design

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - Modulift has supplied a customised below-the-hook solution to marine engineering specialist MAATS Tech for help in lifting an 85-tonne load from the dockside onto a vessel at Hyundai Heavy Industries' shipyard on Mipo Bay in Ulsan, South Korea.

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    Enerpac gives Burkhalter a lift

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - Enerpac has been awarded a contract by Burkhalter to extend the height of its 2,000-tonne capacity jack-up system from 20 m to 36 m for future projects.

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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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    Baldwins takes Manitowoc pair

    2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - UK-based crane rental company Baldwins Crane Hire, has purchased the first two Grove GMK5250L cranes in the UK.