All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 379
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AAPA welcomes Obama's bill
March 3 - The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has commended steps taken by President Barack Obama toward increasing the investment in transportation infrastructure, including needed infrastructure in and connecting to America's seaports.
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Second release of heavy transport guide
February 28 - Marco van Daal's reference guide and engineering base for all heavy transports executed by hydraulic platform transporters, The Art of Heavy Transport, is now available in an updated second edition.
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Transpi puts trust in Goldhofer
February 28 - Blumenau, Brazil headquartered Transportes Pesados Itaja
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Northwest gears up with Liebherr
February 27 - Northwest Crane Service's new 750-tonne telescopic Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 crane completed its first project when it replaced the gearbox of an 80 m high 1.5 MW wind turbine.
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Ekin transports tank trio
February 28 - Ekin Heavy & Project Cargo Transportation Co has handled the shipment of three outsize tanks from Turkey to Bulgaria.
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Corporate rebranding for Erickson
February 28 - Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated has announced that it will now do business under the brand name, Erickson, effective April 1, 2014.
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Antitrust: EC consults on prolonging special competition regime for liner shipping consortia
February 28 - The European Commission is inviting comments on a proposal to prolong an exemption of liner shipping consortia from the application of EU antitrust rules that prohibit certain agreements between companies.
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MacGregor acquires Deep Water
February 28 - MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has acquired Norway's Deep Water Solutions AS to strengthen its offering for environmentally friendly solutions in the offshore load handling applications.
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Mojo eyes tidal energy with HF4
February 28 - Mojo Maritime has agreed a deal with German shipowner and manager, Hammonia Reederei GmbH & Co. KG to develop an brand new class of offshore construction vessels - the HF4.
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The Friday Flyer - February 28th 2014
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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Major players target Texas wind
February 27 - BNSF Logistics (BNSFL) and Tri Global Energy (TGE) have signed a formal agreement to align resources, market knowledge and industry relationships to support BNSFL's development of its West Texas Wind Energy Logistics Center (WTWLC).
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Houston on upward path
February 27 - The Port of Houston saw across the board increases in all areas of cargo throughput at the gateway during January 2014. More than 3 million of tonnes of cargo were handled, up 15 percent year-on-year over January 2013.
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Mixed results for German ports
February 27 - Bremenports has issued its 2013 throughput statistics for the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven. Conventional cargo declined from 8.4 million tonnes to 7.9 million tonnes, a year-on-year decline of 6 percent over 2012.
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New Singapore HQ for DNV GL
February 27 - Ship classification society and risk and sustainability service provider, DNV GL, has consolidate operations in its new Singapore headquarters to meet the growing demand for its services in the region.
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Star shines bright for Conquest Offshore
February 27 - Conquest Offshore has purchased maritime consultancy firm MirTac's Star software and related database implementation services.
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Steder Group brews up
February 27 - Steder Group FZCO is currently engaged in the movement of several large brewery tanks through Djibouti for four brewery projects in Ethiopia.
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Auckland breakbulk on the up
February 27 - The Port of Auckland has achieved record efficiencies and volumes for the six months ending December 31, 2013.
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Kalitta launches service to Amsterdam
February 27 - Effective March 9, Kalitta Air LLC is launching a twice weekly B747-400F scheduled service routing New York - Amsterdam - New York in cooperation with Inter Aviation Services (IAS) and HAE Group.
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Volga-Dnepr under pressure
February 26 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported the pressurised cargo module (PCM) of the Cygnus resupply spacecraft from Turin, Italy to Wallops Island in the USA.
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ISS warns of disruption at Port Metro Vancouver
February 26 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has warned that this week's industrial action by truck drivers serving Port Metro Vancouver is expected to severely impact the Canadian port.