All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 588

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    Mega pump for Fukushima reactor

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Local media report that the Shanghai International Ferry Co Ltd has shipped a giant pumping device to Japan for cooling the troubled reactor in Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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    Van Uden Maritime expands ro-ro service with ten new ports

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - From mid-April, the Rotterdam-based maritime transport company, Van Uden Maritime, will add ten new ports of call in the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and India.

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    Ports America awarded for making the workplace safer

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - At the recent Pacific Maritime Association's 62nd Annual Safety Awards Banquets held at various locations on the US West Coast, Ports America picked up numerous awards for its achievements in workplace safety in 2010; including the 1st Place Co

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    Allcargo Global Logistics new HR director to help drive growth

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Indian freight forwarder Allcargo Global Logistics has appointed Mohan R Sharma as director of human resources.

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    ALE positions transformers at Algerian power plant

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - ALE Heavylift Iberica has worked on positioning three main transformers at the Koudiet Ed Draouch combined cycle power plant in El Tarf, Algeria. Each transformer arrived at the plant on hydraulic platforms and transport beams and was unloaded

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    Ahlers scores hat-trick of successful project moves

    2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Belgian heavy lift material handling company Ahlers is celebrating a trio of successful projects that have helped a power plant construction, European cargo bound for a Chinese nuclear plant and a steel plant in Indonesia.

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    SC&RA on the look out for workshop papers

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has issued a call for papers to be presented during the Crane & Rigging Workshop, September 21-23, Sheraton Philadelphia City Centre, Philadelphia.

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    Etihad Rail on track with new identity

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Union Railway, the company behind UAE's rail development, has unveiled its new corporate identity and announced important updates on the implementation phases of the UAE's railway network. It will now be known as Etihad Rail.

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    DB Schenker Logistics pushes project logistics at new Manila hub

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - DB Schenker in the Philippines has inaugurated a new central facility in Manila which offers, next to its 5,000 sq m open yard, an area dedicated to project logistics, say managers.

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    Freight Links checks in with offshore hotel project

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Colombo-based Freight Links International, the Sri Lanka member of project forwarding network the Project Professionals Group, is providing logistics solutions for a luxury island resort six km off the island's north-west coast.

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    Maritime research centre falls victim

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Today's news that the Elsflether Zentrum f

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    Beluga gets visit from the police

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - An official spokesman for Beluga has confirmed that the German public prosecutor's office and police visited the company's Bremen HQ this week looking for evidence of possible fraud, but declined to comment on whether any evidence was either di

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    Samson picks up award for outstanding service

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Samson, a manufacturer of high-performance cordage, has been given the Professional Mariner's Samuel Plimsoll Award for outstanding service by an organisation for 2011.

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    Alsace traffic boosts Antwerp as French gateway

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - The level of French project cargo, as well as other cargoes, handled at the port of Antwerp is so significant that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has quipped that Antwerp is the largest French port.

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    Going Dutch is no problem for ALS

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - ALS (Freight Management Nederland) BV's sea freight team based in Moerdijk, Netherlands arranged the loading of two transformers with a combined weight of 330 tonnes along with 950 cu m of ancillary equipment for movement between Croatia and th

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    ALE breaks its own records in Indonesia

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - The heaviest SPMT load-out performed by UK-based heavy lift handler and transporter ALE in Indonesia and the tallest vertical load-out it has handled in South East Asia were two record-breaking achievements the 28-year old company reached in a

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    Hyundai ramps up in project forwarding

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is ramping up its exposure in the project forwarding business on the back of vast deals being concluded between South Korean construction firms in the Middle East. Sam Chambers reports from Seoul.

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    PD Ports and Rickmers-Linie find mining Joy at Teesport

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - In the UK, Teesport was temporarily transformed into a scene resembling a science fiction film earlier this month when more than 180 futuristic-looking mine arches, each weighing in excess of 27 tonnes, were loaded onto a Rickmers-Linie vessel

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    Darka for Trading & Services Co steels itself with heavy shipment

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Darka for Trading & Services, the Sudanese member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), recently handled the shipment and delivery of heavy machinery from Port Sudan to Abuhebeira in central Sudan.

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    Meriaura signs for multipurpose deck cargo vessel from Turku shipyard

    2011-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - A Meriaura Group company Gaiamare Ltd and STX Finland Oy have signed a contract for the construction of an innovative and versatile multipurpose deck cargo vessel.