All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 175

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    Tilbury set for expansion

    2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Forth Ports has entered into an agreement to purchase 152 acres (61.5 ha) of land, including a deepwater jetty, to the east of the UK's Port of Tilbury.

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    XLP members double up

    2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Members of the XLProjects (XLP) network, International Freight Transport and Sacema Project Shipping, recently joined forces to transport a series of oversize cargoes from New Jersey, USA to Singapore.

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    Bruton back at Intermarine

    2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Intermarine has named Mac Bruton as director of business development, Americas.

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    Hewden adds 21

    2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Crane rental company Hewden has begun taking delivery of 21 new Tadano all-terrain cranes, ranging in capacity from 70 to 220 tonnes.

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    SAL inks Veja Mate contract

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - SAL Heavy Lift has signed a contract with Dutch Offshore WindForce - a joint venture between Boskalis and Volker Stevin International - for the transportation of 67 transition pieces for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm.

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    Hapag-Lloyd targets heavy cargoes

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - As part of an increased focus on obtaining heavy and over-dimensional cargoes for its container ships, Hapag-Lloyd has established special cargo teams for the major markets in Asia and the Americas, in addition to its special cargo division at i

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    Boiler duo sets sail from Venice

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Two large boilers, manufactured by Sofinter Group subsidiary Macchi, have been loaded on BigLift Shipping'ss vessel Happy Dynamic at the Port of Venice's Multiservice terminal for delivery to Kuwait.

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    Barnhart transforms Missouri

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has transported and installed a 370,000-lb (167-tonne) transformer from a railyard in Cuba, Missouri to Centerville in the US state.

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    Bahri makes for the UK

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - UK liner agency DKT Allseas - a 50/50 joint venture between Allseas Global and De Keyser Thornton (DKT) - held a customer event to mark the maiden call of Bahri's con-ro (container/ro-ro) ship Bahri Jeddah at the Port of Tilbury.

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    PD Ports appoints duo

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - PD Ports has appointed Michael Parker as business development manager, and Alfred van Wyk as general manager, business development.

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    Broekman acquires DMI

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Broekman Logistics has acquired Distribution Masters International (DMI).

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    K+N profit up in 2015

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Despite recording a 4.4 percent year-on-year drop in turnover for 2015 at CHF16.7 billion (USD16.72 billion), Kuehne + Nagel posted EBITDA of CHF1.04 billion (USD1.041 billion) - a 3.6 percent increase compared with 2014.

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    Rickmers-Linie hits the gas

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Rickmers-Linie and Bertling Logistics have teamed up to transport the largest gas turbine ever manufactured by Siemens from Germany to Turkey.

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    DB Schenker Rail rebrands

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Effective immediately, Deutsche Bahn's railfreight business - DB Schenker Rail - has been renamed DB Cargo.

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    Dan-Czech on the double

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Dan-Czech Specialtransport has delivered two adjusters, weighing 155 tonnes each, from Sviadnov to the river port of Melnik in Czech Republic, for final shipment to Schiedam in the Netherlands.

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    FSM expands in Caucasus

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - F.S. Mackenzie Group (FSM) has opened a new office Tbilisi, Georgia, which it says will act as a gateway for imports to the Caucasus region.

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    Mammoet begins Sasol move

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Mammoet has transported the first three boilers for Sasol's new ethane cracker and derivatives complex in Westlake, Louisiana from the Mexican Port of Altamira.

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    BACA gets new chairman

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Richard Mumford, head of aviation at UK law firm Stevens and Bolton, has been named new chairman of the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA), with effect from March 17, 2016.

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    Whitehouse joins Allianz

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has appointed Andrew Whitehouse as regional unit London (RUL) head of marine.

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    Brunel adds project director

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Brunel Project Cargo has appointed James Philpott as its new project director.