All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 416

  • News

    Regional and managerial reshuffle for Panalpina

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - In a quest to increase its customer focus, the Panalpina Group is realigning its regional setup and appointing a chief commercial officer.

  • News

    Volga-Dnepr flies power plant into Kaliningrad

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported an 80-tonne mobile gas turbine power plant from the Russian city of Abakan into Kaliningrad, for a government programme aimed at increasing the reliability of electricity supplies.

  • News

    US shutdown impacts supply chain

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - It has been four days since the US Federal Government shut its doors as a result of Congress and Barack Obama failing to agree on a new spending bill, with much of the dispute circling around the President's controversial health bill - dubbed

  • News

    Hill Dickinson opens HK branch

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson LLP has opened a new office in Hong Kong to work in partnership with its established Singapore team.

  • News

    HANSA appoints EPS in Scandinavia

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - Hamburg, Germany headquartered HANSA HEAVY LIFT has appointed Denmark based Energy Project Shipping ApS (EPS) its exclusive agent in Scandinavia.

  • News

    The Friday Flyer - October 4th 2013

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Who is to blame for the US government's partial shutdown and a potentially more damaging clash over the nation's borrowing authority, is best left to the political and economic classes.

  • News

    Volga stars in satellite project

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Three satellites were carried on board three Volga-Dnepr Airlines' IL-76TD-90VD freighter flights between Germany and Russia, for aerospace firm Astrium GmbH.

  • News

    Sims joins Schenker Limited

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Schenker Limited has appointed Michael Sims its new ocean freight director, effective October 1, 2013.

  • News

    Grieg Star gets Good in UK

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - John Good Shipping has been appointed UK agent for Grieg Star, owner and operator of one of the world's largest open hatch fleets.

  • News

    Panama Canal widening may slow US East Coast container transit

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Project cargo forwarders handling containerised cargo through US East Coast ports may find the arrival of larger box ships following the expansion of the Panama Canal actually slows down the transit of their boxes through ports along the Easte

  • News

    Combi Lift wins Bokrum tender

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Denmark headquartered heavy lift and project shipping line Combi Lift has won the tender for the ocean transportation of transition pieces and monopoles for the Dong Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm project.

  • News

    Vasco becomes Kaleido

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Spain-headquartered Vasco Gallega Group (VGG) has rebranded itself Kaleido, Ideas and Logistics, in response to the changes the company has experienced in recent years, it says.

  • News

    Everything is possible says Antwerp

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Belgium's port of Antwerp has launched a new international branding campaign: Everything is possible in the port of Antwerp.

  • News

    Toasty work for ABL

    2013-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Belgium-based ABL Forwarding has delivered a 109-tonne desolventiser-toaster from

  • News

    Superflex system launched (video)

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Earlier this summer, HLPFI reported that heavy-duty equipment manufacturers Scheuerle and Nicolas launched the new Superflex semi-lowbed trailer.

  • News

    Phorkys joins XLP

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Phorkys Shipping Pvt Ltd, headquartered in Chennai, India, has become the latest company to join the XLProjects (XLP) network.

  • News

    Volga-Dnepr flies oil gear

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' latest project saw it transport more than 90 tonnes of oilfield equipment from Calgary in Canada to the Russian city of Surgut, using one of its AN-124-100 freighters.

  • News

    Van der Vlist completes Komatsu delivery

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Netherlands based heavy transportation specialist Van der Vlist has completed the assembly of a huge Komatsu truck at its headquartered in Groot-Ammer, before safely delivering the 80-tonne machine to Germany.

  • News

    Omega Morgan eyes bridge span market

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Portland, Oregon, USA headquartered specialised moving company Omega Morgan plans to target the ageing bridges in the Pacific Northwest, having already successfully moved bridge spans for two high-profile projects.

  • News

    Energy industries association confirms CEO

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - At the Energy Industries Council (EIC), interim ceo Claire Miller has been confirmed as the trade association's permanent ceo.