All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 269

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    Wasel in high five with Liebherr

    2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Heavy load logistics contractor Wasel has used five Liebherr cranes to repair a container bridge on the river Rhine, which was damaged during heavy storms.

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    Swire Tasmania deal falls through

    2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the Tasmanian government and Swire Shipping has expired, due to the economic case for a direct international service linking Tasmania to global markets no longer being sustainable.

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    Shipping confidence slides again

    2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - Overall confidence in the shipping industry fell to its lowest level for two and a half years during the three months up to February 2015, according to Moore Stephens' latest Shipping Confidence Survey.

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    ABC adds Vietnam to network

    2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is extending its global network to Vietnam with the launch of twice-weekly freighter services from Hanoi, beginning today, April 1.

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    The Wednesday Wire - April 1st 2015

    2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    House rises with Ruslan

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Ruslan International has handled the transport of a mobile analyser house from Bucharest, Romania to Qatar for use in the Qatar Fertiliser Company's production plant in Doha.

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    SAL ships Damen tugs

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - SAL Heavy Lift's multipurpose vessel Svenja has loaded and unloaded eight Damen tug boats and an E-house (electrical house) on a voyage from Vietnam to the Netherlands.

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    Heerema signs LOI for world's largest crane vessel

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Heerema Offshore Services has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to build what it says is the world's largest new semi-submersible crane vessel (NSCV), equipped with two cranes capable of lifting 10,000 tonnes each.

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    RINA wins Turkmenbashi contract

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - RINA Services has been awarded a contract to provide a design review and third party certification services for a major port and logistics hub development at Turkmenbashi on Turkmenistan's Caspian Sea coast.

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    Ekin takes boat out of water

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Ekin Heavy & Project Cargo Transportation has transported an 11-tonne boat from Tuzla, Turkey to Baku in Azerbaijan.

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    BACA to Black

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Chapman Freeborn's UK head of VIP charter, Julie Black, has been elected to join the Council of the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).

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    Super six from Nooteboom

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Portugal's LASO Transportes has strengthened its wind turbine transport fleet with the addition of six Nooteboom super wing carriers (SWC).

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    Good Friday restrictions in the USA

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - WCS Permits has posted oversize and overweight transport restrictions for Good Friday (April 3, 2015) in the USA.

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    FLS oils up in Iraq

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Fleet Line Shipping subsidiary in Iraq - FLS-KAA - has handled the transport of 800 cu m of oilfield cargo to Erbil via the Turkish port of Mersin.

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    EXG fuels up

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Express Global Logistics (EXG) has coordinated the shipment of four 37-tonne diesel engines from India to Turkey.

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    Two tug survey for ETS

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - ETS Marine & Cargo Surveyors has attended the discharge and conducted the survey on two pusher tugs in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay.

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    Van der Vlist drags the Cats in

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Van der Vlist has transported Caterpillar material handling machines from Northern Ireland to its facility in Zeebrugge, Belgium.

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    Carisbrooke reports few problems with ECA rules

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - "Our first three months of emission control area operation have run without a hitch," says Carisbrooke Shipping ceo Robert Wester.

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    Braemar opens in Turkey

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Braemar SA has established a new subsidiary company in Turkey and opened an office in Istanbul.

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    Attendance up at Breakbulk China

    2015-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - The Breakbulk China exhibition, which was held from March 17-20 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Centre, hosted 6 percent more attendees this year compared with 2014.