All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 610

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    Vegetable oil plant moved by Wilhelmsen Ships Service Brazil

    2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - A new department of Wilhelmsen Ships Service in Brazil which is gearing up rapidly to increasingly demanding cargo projects has successfully overseen the movement of an OOG shipment of a vertical conditioner to Russia.

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    SR International Logistics returns to GPLN

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - One of the first member companies of the Global Projects Logistics Network (GPLN) has returned to the fold, says the global network.

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    It's the real thing as Hellmann puts the fizz into move

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK is involved in shipping a Coca-Cola bottle washing machine from a brewery in Northampton to a new site in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, which sees the cargo being shipped in seven 40ft containers on three low-loade

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    Pirates strike in Indian Ocean but leave empty-handed

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - As a British couple were celebrating being released after a year's captivity by Somali pirates, the Indian navy was foiling an attempt to hijack a heavylift ship and saving 14 crew members.

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    Joint promotion for COSCOL and Rotterdam

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - The Cosco Shipping Company Limited (COSCOL) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR) are jointly going to promote and raise the handling of steel and heavy lift cargo via the port of Rotterdam.

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    ISAF Sailing World Championships sets sail with DB Schenker

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - The Sports Events team at Schenker Australia is moving approximately 350 boats and sailing equipment to Western Australia for the Perth International Regatta which will take place from 16 - 21 November 2010.

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    Lifting works at second landmark Dutch road bridge project

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - A Dutch road project has been crowned by a second landmark wooden bridge at Sneek, Netherlands in a heavylift operation this month on the A7 roadway.

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    Full steam ahead for Rickmers-Linie shipment of railway cranes

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Three rail-mounted cranes manufactured by German manufacturer Kirow have been shipped from the Wallmann Terminal in Hamburg to a Chinese customer by project forwarder K

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    Decline in heavy lift activity lowers Tiong Woon results

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon Corporation Holding has cited lower revenue contributions from its heavy lift and haulage, fabrication and engineering, marine transportation and trading segments as a factor in lower results for its 2010-2011 firs

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    Grupo Libra marks 15 years as terminal concessionary at Port of Santos

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Grupo Libra, the first private company to manage a sea terminal in Brazil and one of the country's largest sea terminal and international logistics operators, is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the country's port services privatisation.

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    DHL develops centres of excellence network for oil and energy

    2010-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - DHL has revealed its global strategy to boost its service offerings and infrastructure for the EUR260 billion (USD388 billion) global oil and energy logistics industry.

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    Platform removal system undergoing tests

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Heavy Decom International (HDI) plans to introduce a heavy lift decommissioning device to the UK sector.

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    Intermarine outlines investments

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Intermarine plans to buy up to 15 new vessels by 2012, raising up to USD150 million with the help of its new Asset Management Platform (AMP).

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    Frank Reimen takes over as CEO at Cargolux

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Cargolux appoints Frank Reimen president and CEO as Ulrich Ogiermann steps down, becoming special advisor.

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    Flying fish (cages)

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Helirig, a helicopter service company which specialises in transport and installation flights lifting up to a maximum of five tonnes, has handled the lift and positioning of cages for cultivating farmed salmon from their point of assembly to

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    SBS Worldwide and Blue Water Shipping sign agency agreement

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - SBS Worldwide and Blue Water Shipping have signed an agency agreement which covers all sea and air freight activities between the Nordic countries and the USA for general cargo, strengthening the global network for both forwarders and also h

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    DLogg records linear acceleration data

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - A new rugged self-contained data recorder, recording linear acceleration, rotational velocity and tilt angles at 50 Hz frequency has been launched.

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    SMIT hits EUR75 million

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - SMIT's net profit for the period until 30 September 2009 amounts to EUR75.1 million (USD112.24 million).

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service moves 11 tonne rudder

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service moved a new 11 tonne rudder and stock literally across the world when one of Pacifica Shipping's fleet damaged its rudder.

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    A monumental job for Yarbrough

    2010-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - North Carolina's Yarbrough Transfer Company is performing a significant project for the North Carolina Granite Corp., moving approximately 70 granite blocks from Mount Airy, NC to Jersey City, NJ.