All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 163

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    Hapag discusses UASC merger

    2016-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed that it is currently discussing forms of cooperation with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), including a potential combination of the two parties' mutual container shipping operations.

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    FLS-KAA takes out of Iraq

    2016-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - FLS-KAA has coordinated the shipment of 1,700 cu m of project cargo from Iraq to Jebel Ali, UAE.

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    Gulliver travels with Scaldis

    2016-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - Gulliver will be the name of the Scaldis Salvage and Marine Contractors DP2 heavy lift vessel that is currently under construction in China, as it eyes deployment in European waters after its scheduled delivery in the spring of next year.

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    WWL takes third ro-ro ship

    2016-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has seen the maiden voyage of Theben, a brand new High Efficiency RoRo (HERO) class vessel, in the Asia-Europe trade.

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    Volga-Dnepr inks airport agreement

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - Volga-Dnepr Group and Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport have signed an agreement on long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of cargo hub development at the Russian gateway.

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    Another container alliance formed

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - CMA CGM, Cosco Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a new container shipping alliance covering the Asia-Europe, Asia-Mediterranean, Asia-Red Sea, Asia-Middle

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    Straightpoint expands ATEX Range

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - Straightpoint, which provides load cells that ensure loads are safe to lift, offload, pull or push, has announced that its expanded range of ATEX products conform to the new 2014/34/EU directive that becomes effective today, updating 94/9/EC.

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    Liburnia pushes the boats out

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - Liburnia Maritime Agency has handled the shipment of a 1,350-tonne tanker from the Port of Rotterdam to Nueva Palmira, Uruguay on board the semi-submersible vessel RollDock Sea.

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    First for Rapid Response

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - UK based Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has taken delivery of a 300-tonne capacity hydraulic skidding system, the only one of its kind in Europe, from Canadian manufacturer Hydra-Slide.

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    Kobelco giants join MIC

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - Kobelco Construction Machinery celebrated the handover of three 1,250-tonne capacity SL16000J-H crawler cranes to its longstanding customer, Japan's MIC Corporation, at the bauma exhibition in Munich last week.

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    Liquidation for maritime security group

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has entered into voluntary administration following a fall in membership.

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    Soares in at Jaxport

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - Jaxport has appointed Paul Soares as its new senior director, facilities development.

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    Jaxport steels ahead

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Stevedoring company Portus has handled the discharge of 42 oversize steel pieces that will form a northeast Florida manufacturing facility at Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal's heavy lift berth.

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    ALE jib fabrication begins

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - ALE has started fabrication works for the new heavy-duty jib that will fit onto both the AL.SK190 and AL.SK350 cranes.

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    Blue Water plays Wikinger role

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Blue Water Shipping is providing port handling, stevedoring and agency services in Lindo and Aalborg for 41 jackets and a number of piles destined for the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea.

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    'Difficult times' for Grieg Star

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Grieg Star states that its open hatch shipping business delivered better results than expected in 2015, posting a loss of USD7 million.

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    DOLL unveils panther upgrades

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - DOLL has displayed a four-axle semi low loader trailer from its panther series at the bauma exhibition, which is equipped with a steerable dolly axle fixed to the gooseneck.

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    Work starts on Khalifa pipes facility

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Al Gharbia Pipe Company (Al Gharbia) has started construction of a new pipe manufacturing facility at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).

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    Volga-Dnepr in the frame

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' Engineering & Logistics Centre (ELC) designed a transportation frame to move a 59-tonne compressor from Zurich, Switzerland to Singapore on board an AN-124-100 freighter.

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    SRT scores hat-trick

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - SRT Transportation Solutions (SRT) has handled the shipment of 20 carloads of Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) moving from a Northeastern US port to Pennsylvania.