All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 647

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    Panalpina is green: it's official

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Following an audit of 80 of Panalpina's country organisations, inspection and certification company SGS has accredited the global forwarding and logistics operator with the Global Environmental Certification to the standard ISO 14001:2004.

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    Dockwise Ltd Seven up for Dockwise

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Dockwise has been awarded seven near-term contracts for the transportation of four jack-up rigs, jack-up construction vessels, supply boats and a floating crane barge, to be transported to Brazil, Egypt, the UAE, Singapore, The Netherlands, Iran

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    Logitruck task force saves the day

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Managers at Italian freight forwarder Logitruck encountered a perfect storm of transport headaches when a range of problems looked like they would prevent the shipment of a vital export cargo for a client.

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    Care by Air drums up support at international humanitarian exhibition

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - The UAE initiative 'Care by Air' has made its debut at this year's Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition 2010 (DIHAD).

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    Boskalis completes acquisition of SMIT

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - With more than 95 percent of shareholders having accepted the offer made by dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster to acquire heavy lift shipping, tug and salvage company SMIT International, the merger of the two is now set to go ahead.

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    Latest Wagenborg vessel launched

    2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Arubaborg, which is being built for Royal Wagenborg by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Shanghai, has been launched with delivery expected in mid-June this year.

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    Tiong Woon completes its heaviest heavy haulage and load-out operation

    2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Tiong Woon Corporation Holding Ltd (Tiong Woon) has completed its heaviest haulage and load-out operation to date.

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    Isakson, Chambliss Seek Funds for Savannah Harbor Expansion

    2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - US Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss are seeking USD105 million in federal funds to continue the deepening of Savannah Harbour to help ensure that the port is able to accommodate larger cargo carriers.

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    NorSea Group buys Gottwald crane for Hanko Terminal

    2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Gottwald Port Technology (Gottwald) has received an order from the Norwegian NorSea Group for a new mobile harbour crane.

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    Thyke Logistics is open for business

    2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Thyke Logistics is a relatively new name in the Turkish freight business, but is already providing full logistics services to customers and partners.

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    NileDutch adds impromptu ro-ro call in South Africa

    2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - NileDutch has confirmed that the NileDutch Atlantic will make an impromptu port call at Durban on April 11.

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    The world's largest offshore wind farm uses Technotex slings

    2010-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Technotex, a member of the Unitex group of companies, is supplying its Ultralift slings to the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm under construction 23km off the UK east coast.

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    Quantum leap for Chipolbrok

    2010-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Quantum BSO & Tech, a company has delivered its Q-VUETM MPP Business Intelligence product to Chipolbrok, the Chinese-Polish multipurpose shipping company.

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    Antwerp names new port representative in Germany

    2010-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Antwerp Port Authority has appointed a new representative in Germany, tasked with paying special attention to the North Rhine Westphalia region.

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    Madrid networks in South America

    2010-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - The Madrid Chamber of Commerce recently organised business networking opportunities for its members with counterparts in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and La Paz, Bolivia, Asuncion, Paraguay and Montevideo, Uruguay writes Oliver Ward.

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    Balnak on the double in North Africa

    2010-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Balnak, one of Turkey's leading freight operators, is opening offices in Libya and Egypt, claiming to be the first Turkish logistics company to have offices in the former. The company also says it will open an office in Shanghai later this year.

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    Cargotec focuses on safety in cranes at BAUMA 2010

    2010-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Cargotec, one of the world's leading providers of load handling equipment, is showing its range of products at Bauma 2010 to heavy lift and project cargo forwarder customers.

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    Volga-Dnepr Group out-performs industry average

    2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Volga-Dnepr Group, parent of heavy airfreight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines and scheduled air cargo operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines, said the carriers' combined traffic increased seven percent year-on-year in 2009 to 1.85 billion FTKs, which

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    Volga-Dnepr Group out-performs industry average

    2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Volga-Dnepr Group, parent of heavy airfreight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines and scheduled air cargo operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines, said the carriers' combined traffic increased seven percent year-on-year in 2009 to 1.85 billion FTKs, which

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    Sarans round-up of lifting shows range of activity

    2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - In a round-up of activities to date, global heavy lift crane operator Sarans has revealed a number of operations using the company's range of cranes.