All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 505

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    Industrial Training International expands training and field services team

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Industrial Training International (ITI) reports a doubling of its employee head-count in the last 28 months adding instructors in the USA and Canada and business professionals at its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington.

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    Geodis Wilson leads logistics support for Panama Canal expansion

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Further to our report on August 31 (Sarens set to ship new Panama lock gates), Geodis Wilson, the freight forwarding and heavy lift specialist of Geodis, has advised that it is the lead contractor in the USD50 million contract awarded by steel

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    Artworks fly with IAG Cargo

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - IAG Cargo, the single business unit of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has transported 50 oil paintings belonging to the Fundaci

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    More storage space completed on Niedersachsenkai

    2012-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - The completion of the final asphalting at the J. M

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    Boeing sees cargo growth

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - According to the latest update to its biennial forecast for the air cargo industry - the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast 2012/13 - the global air cargo market will expand at a 5.2 percent rate annually over thenext 20 years, driven by a world

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    Bati ships crane from Turkey to Australia

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Afghanistan-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) member, Bati Project & Heavy Lift Logistics Ltd (an affiliated company of Bati Group) successfully moved a heavyweight Manitowac 16000 crawler crane with all its rigging equipment to Brisbane, Aust

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    Call for standardised air freight security procedures

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Air freight top brass have called for global standardised security procedures across the industry, writes HLPFI's Emma Murray from the Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Atlanta, USA.

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    Breakbulk China 2013 to focus on developments, transport solutions

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Breakbulk China 2013 will attract 150 exhibitors and 5,000 qualified participants to the expo and two-day conference to network and discuss the future development of the industry and transportation solutions, say the organisers.

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers for the Silk Way Rally

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Once again, Volga-Dnepr Airlines' has supported the air unit participating in the Silk Way Rally 2012.

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    Container weighing delayed

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Last week saw two flag states raise concerns about container weighing proposals that will almost certainly delay efforts to bring in mandatory regulations, though not stop them altogether.

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    Liebherr crawler crane duo in complex tandem hoist

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - At the ABC-Halbinsel offshore terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany, a jacket representing the underlying substation platform structure of the "Borkum West II" offshore wind park was fitted using two 750 tonne Liebherr LR 1750 crawler cranes.

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    Massive cargoes for King Fahd Industrial Port

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia has handled two huge adapters carried from Korea onboard Hanjin Pioneer and belonging to the Marafiq company.

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    Buckerfield takes up Toll UK MD post

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Toll Global Forwarding has appointed Steve Buckerfield as managing director of its UK operation.

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    New head for Blue Water Shipping

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Blue Water Shipping's founder and managing director, Kurt Skov, is stepping down and will entrust the chief executive position to Kim Hedegaard S

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    ALS takes exhibits to final home

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Abnormal Load Services (International) Limited (ALS) has project managed the latest phase of Angela Palmer's Ghost Forest Project, handling the logistics involved in moving the exhibits from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, UK to the National

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    Nine for Saudi Airlines Cargo via Lagos hub

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Saudi Airlines Cargo will provide access to nine additional destinations in West Africa via its hub in Lagos, Nigeria.

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    WWL adds monthly to Chile

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added Antofagasta, Chile, to its ocean service route along South America's West Coast, offering a monthly call in addition to its current service to the ports of Guayaquil, Ecuador and Callao, Peru.

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    Panalpina opens for business in Jaipur

    2012-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Panalpina has opened in Jaipur, India and says that its new branch office is expected to play an important role in the company's global growth strategy.

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    Heavy transformer moved by Albacor Shipping

    2012-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Albacor Shipping, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has handled the delivery of a transformer more than 28 m long and weighing more than 442 tonnes from the Port of Baltimore to Weirton, USA.

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    Upgraded shipping service will help boost African trade

    2012-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Safmarine says the addition of Beira and an eastbound Toamasina call on its weekly shipping service between Southern Africa and Asia (the Safari 3 service)will help boost trade between southern Africa and Asia.