All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 173

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    Fate of McAleese in the balance

    2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - Australian heavy haulage provider McAleese Group has suspended trading in its shares and deferred the release of its 2015 financial results, as it considers recapitalisation plans.

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    Crane quartet arrives at Sohar

    2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - Four new ZPMC post-Panamax quay cranes have been shipped on board the semi-submersible vessel Zhen Hua 24 from Shanghai to Sohar Port and Freezone in Oman.

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    ALE installs Chowdene bridge

    2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - ALE utilised its AK912 crane to successfully complete the Chowdene bridge replacement project in Gateshead, UK.

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    Oil prices rise but worst not over

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - While oil prices have “recovered remarkably” in recent weeks, this should not “be taken as a definitive sign that the worst is necessarily over,” the International Energy Agency warned in its latest monthly report.

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    PCN members keep on moving

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Oman, Khimji Ramdas Project & Logistics Group, has coordinated the transport of eight 33-tonne bitumen storage tanks from Sohar Port to a site in Rumez.

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    Port of Gothenburg to expand

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Sweden's Port of Gothenburg has been granted consent to build a new freight terminal beside its existing terminals, which should be completed some time after 2020.

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    Fednav gets off to early start

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Fednav has begun its North Atlantic liner service early this year, with the first ship of the season, Federal Danube, leaving the Port of Brake, Germany destined for the Great Lakes.

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    Everett inks park sale deal

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - The Port of Everett commission has authorised the ceo to enter into a purchase and sale agreement with KW Projects for approximately 16.74 acres (6.7 ha) of the port's Riverside Business Park.

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    Enerpac wins rotor contract

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Enerpac has been awarded a contract by S.T. Cotter Turbine Services to build a rotor removal system.

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    CP boss faces battle

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Canadian Pacific Railway ceo Hunter Harrison is facing an uphill battle to convince CSX - not just Norfolk Southern - of the merits of a merger.

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    WWPC duo conquer Andes

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in France, B & B International, has worked together with fellow WWPC member, Solot Peru, to ship a ropeway from France and Italy to the South American nation.

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    Algeria calls for Detra

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - German company Schiffahrts-Kontor Detra has launched a new liner service - Detra Mediterranean Shipping (DMS) - between Europe and Algeria, which will accept breakbulk, steel, project and heavy lift cargoes.

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    Kaleido winds up Mexican project

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Kaleido has completed a project to transport components for 43 wind turbines from China, Vietnam and Spain to the Mexican Port of Altamira for installation at a wind farm site in Jalisco.

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    Intermarine trio undergoes retrofit

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Carbon War Room (CWR) has joined forces with shipowner Hammonia Reederei and operator Intermarine to retrofit three sister vessels - Industrial Ruby, Industrial Royal, and Industrial Revolution - with efficiency technologies, intended to produc

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    ALE bridges Canadian gap

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - ALE has completed the skidding, moving and lifting of a 1,000-tonne main arch as part of the Walterdale Bridge replacement project in Edmonton, Canada.

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    Air charter broker signs exclusive deal

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and RUS Aviation have signed an exclusive cargo sales agreement, which aims to provide clients with airfreight solutions from Hong Kong to the Middle East and surrounding markets.

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    AAL and Peter Döhle line up

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - AAL and Peter Döhle (PD) have launched a new joint semi-liner service connecting Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

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    Hansa rides the waves

    2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Hansa Heavy Lift has shipped a BioPower Systems (BPS) pilot unit and retrieval rig, weighing a total of 698 tonnes, for a new wave power plant from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam to Australia on board HHL Fremantle.

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    M&M in German reshuffle

    2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Militzer & Münch has restructured its German operations to bring M&M Militzer & Münch, M&M air sea cargo and M&M Militzer & Münch Deutsche Holding under one managerial unit.

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    GW expands in Kazakhstan

    2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Gebrüder Weiss has acquired the subsidiary branches of freight forwarding company Brockmüller in Almaty, Kazakhstan.