All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 563
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Sai Maritime say operators face delays at majority of Indian ports
September 12 - According to a communique from Sai Maritime & Management, only three Indian ports used by heavy lift shipping are currently reporting no delays in operations. In the remaining ports, delays ranging from one to 18 days are being experienced.
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Nurminen Logistics delivers tanks to Belarus
September 12 - Over the past few years, Nurminen Logistics of Finland, which is a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, has made several special deliveries to Belarus and this summer was no exception with the delivery of three large tanks f
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Antwerp port authority expands presence in South America
September 12 - Antwerp Port Authority has expanded its presence in South America with the appointment of three new representatives: Fernando Bustamante, German Calderon (both in Chile) and Henrique Machado Rabelo (in Brazil), to promote the port across So
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ALE barge carries cargo duo on maiden voyage
September 12 - ALE, the global heavy transport and lifting company, has transported two de-methaniser vessels during the maiden voyage of its new ALE 300 barge. The 98 m vessels, part of the Integrated Gas Development Project in Abu Dhabi, were transporte
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Air Charter International supports Afghan mine clearance
September 12 - Air Charter International has handled the shipment of an outsized mine clearing machine and spare parts from Europe to Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, to assist with the country's efforts to be free of Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) by 2013.
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Lenders offer lifeline extension to TBS
September 9 - Breakbulk and bulk vessel operator, TBS International has advised that its lenders have agreed to let it not make principal payments due on loans from September 30 to December 15.
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Libya services resume as regime changes
September 9 - Though fighting is still continuing in the country and Colonel Gadaffi remains at large, a degree of normality is returning to Libya.
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Barnhart Crane & Rigging opens at Port of Monroe
September 9 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has opened its newest branch at the Port of Monroe, USA.
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Volga-Dnepr UK wins international approval
September 9 - Volga Dnepr UK, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has announced that it has won international endorsement for its quality and environmental management processes from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the best-established man
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Jakarta next for heavy lift seminar
September 8 - The next seminar in a series of heavy lift and breakbulk cargo courses to be held by the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is to be hosted later this month at Oil & Gas Indonesia 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Global container industry mourns passing of container innovator
September 8 - A number of US publications, including the New York Times and San Diego Tribune, are reporting the death of Orange, California-born engineer and inventor Keith W. (Tant) Tantlinger, he was aged 92 and died at home in Escondido, California.
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Nordana goes back to Libya
September 8 - Nordana has restarted its regular direct ro-ro service from the US Gulf and East Coast into Libya, which has been suspended since February due to the unrest in the country.
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AF Decom opens in Aberdeen
September 8 - AF Decom Offshore, a specialist company in the removal, demolition, environmental reconstruction and recycling of buildings, industrial plants and offshore installations, has opened an Aberdeen office to target the emerging UK market.
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Construction Products buys a Shuttlelift SB50
September 8 - Construction Products, Inc (CPI) from Jackson, USA, recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary with the purchase of a single-beam mobile gantry crane from Shuttlelift.
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Up and under for Megatranz
September 7 - If you can't go under, you have to go over: that was the message for transport managers when faced with the movement of three modules destined for a Brazilian oil and gas refinery.
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Liebherr delivers two to Onitsha River Port
September 7 - Major investment in the ports on the Niger River in Nigeria to allow discharge and loading of heavy lift and breakbulk items has resulted in the acquisition of two Liebherr Harbour Mobile Cranes type LHM 180, allowing the handling of project
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Chapman Freeborn expands its On Board Courier (OBC) service
September 7 - An old English expression has it that, for the want of a nail, the battle was lost. This sage wisdom sums up neatly the reality that even the biggest projects can flounder if an essential item stops working or is missing.
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A hamburger with triple BBC Chartering vessels
September 7 - It was a case of once, twice, three times a vessel as a trio of leading German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering's vessels were in the port of Hamburg simultaneously.
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Emirates SkyCargo launches first scheduled freighter service to Australia
September 7 - Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates Airline, is set to operate its first dedicated freighter service to Australia.
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Lufthansa Cargo Charter doubles North American GSA coverage
September 7 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter has teamed up with General Sales Agent (GSA) Airline Network Services (ANS) to increase its coverage on the North American continent.