All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 488
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Clipper Steel Services transports steel for the New York Freedom Tower
December 19 - Clipper Steel Services - sister company of specialist heavy lift line Clipper Projects - has transported a number of steel beams for the New York Freedom Tower which will become the centrepiece of the new World Trade Centre in Lower Manhatta
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Dockwise claims record with oil platform installation
December 19 - Dutch maritime contractor Dockwise has announced the record-breaking installation of one of the world's largest oil platforms.
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Logwin strengthens Southern China presence
December 19 - Luxembourg-headquartered Logwin has opened a new office in southern Chinese city, Shantou; its fourth in China this year.
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Samson rope expands R&D centre
December 19 - US-based high-performance rope manufacturer Samson has started a major expansion project at its Ferndale, Washington manufacturing facility and corporate offices.
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Crowley name Tony Otero vice president of Caribbean liner services
December 19 - Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services division has announced that Tony Otero has been appointed as its vice president of Caribbean Services.
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Famous Pacific forwarding boosts Philippines services
December 19 - Famous Pacific Forwarding Philippines Inc
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Top European ports body executive jumps ship
December 19 - Patrick Verhoeven is to leave his role as secretary-general at the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO). He will be joining another Brussels-based maritime industry lobby, the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA).
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Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg S
December 18 - The Executive Boards of Hapag-Lloyd AG and of Hamburg S
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DHL ships historic Vietnam War maps
December 18 - DHL Global Forwarding - a sub-division of Deutsche Post DHL - participated in the transport of commemorative Vietnam War maps between Chicago and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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FPS Melbourne steels itself for coil cargoes
December 18 - The Melbourne, Australia branch of Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS), has been awarded a contract to handle the import, unpacking and delivery of 52 containers loaded with 1,138 tonnes of steel coil.
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Octopus gets on board Vanguard
December 18 - Amarcon, a member of the ABB group and a leader in vessel motion prediction solutions, has received an order to install its Octopus-Onboard sensor motion measurement equipment on the Dockwise Vanguard.
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Shipowners say too little time to install ballast treatment systems
December 18 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 percent of the world's merchant tonnage, has said that there is too little time to retrofit tens of thousands of vessels with ballast water treatment systems to comply with Uni
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Stemcor chooses Antwerp as Central European hub
December 18 - UK-headquartered Stemcor - one of the world's largest independent steel handlers - has signed a long-term deal with Katoen Natie for handling and storage of steel at the Port of Antwerp.
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ADT redirects container traffic to Khalifa Port
December 18 - Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) has completed the redirection of container traffic from Mina Zayed Port in downtown Abu Dhabi to the region's brand new Khalifa Port - 60 km east of the city centre.
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Ejar adds to crane fleet
December 18 - Ejar Cranes & Equipment LLC - the Dubai-based crane rental company - has strengthened its fleet with the addition of Liebherr crawler cranes through the course of 2012: two LR 1300, six LR 1280, and two LTM 1130-5.1 mobile cranes.
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Liebherr to launch subsea crane
December 17 - Liebherr will next month present its latest crane offering - the RL-K 7500 subsea crane.
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Conquest unloads hulls at Flushing
December 17 - Conquest Offshore - a Dutch joint venture between Concordia Offshore BV and Zwagerman Offshore Services BV - has used its Conquest MB I, 1,500 tonne offshore heavy lift crane barge to unload six ship hulls at Flushing, the Netherlands.
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COSCO Shipping confirms US and European joint ventures
December 17 - Further to our report in last week's Friday Flyer, COSCO Shipping Co Ltd (COSCOL) has confirmed that it has officially established joint ventures with NMA Maritime & Offshore Contractors bv, of the Netherlands.
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Rickmers-Linie to build two new multi-purpose ships
December 17 - Rickmers Linie - the Germany-headquartered provider of breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo transportation - has commissioned two 20,000 deadweight tonne newbuilds.