All articles by HeavyLiftPFI – Page 695
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Industry portal queries shippers competence
April 20 - Do exporters, importers, manufacturers and others who ship goods around the world know what they are doing? Are they adding costs instead of adding value?
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India's Economic Times claims deficient logistics services plague project cargo imports from China
April 20 - According to a report in India's Economic Times, an increasing number of Indian project cargo importers including power plant buyers from China are learning the hard way the inefficiency of the logistics and supply chain management prevalent ou
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Large capacity hydraulic crane arrives in South Africa
April 20 - A hydraulic crane shipped from Belgium in late March has arrived in South Africa and becomes the largest capacity hydraulic crane in the country according to sources.
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WWPC members join forces to move giant modules
April 17 - LS Cargo Logistics GmbH from Germany and Albacor Shipping Inc of Canada, both members of the World Wide Project Consortium (WWPC), arranged the road transport of nine convection units each about 12 m long, 7.40 m wide and up to 5 m high, each w
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Additional Goldhofer axle lines for Berard
April 17 - Berard Transportation Inc of Louisiana has invested in a further 20 Goldhofer axle lines with two power packs of type PST/ES-E in an effort to reinforce its leading market position in the US heavy-load sector.
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Drewry Report says shipping lines must act now to survive
April 17 - According to a Drewry Shipping Consultants report, container shipping lines must act now to survive the crisis in the industry.
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Survey highlights worries over trade protectionism
April 16 - A new survey conducted by conducted by BDP's Centrx supply chain consulting unit; Adler Research of Bethlehem, USA; King's Road Consulting, USA; and Rubicon Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore, indicates that 84 percent of manufacturers' supply chain
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Success Down Under for Volga-Dnepr first
April 16 - Volga-Dnepr's first IL-76TD-90VD flight from Australia has successfully completed an emergency shipment of 10m pipes bound for Noumea in New Caledonia. The charter required a 72 hour response over the course of a weekend and called for the use
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Winder drums delivered
April 16 - Project Management Logistics (Pty) Ltd, the South African member of the WWPC forwarding network, has undertaken the transport of over-dimensional winder drums for a mine hoist from Poland to a mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.
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Charles Gee in heavy haulage division launch
April 16 - UK transport company and freight forwarder Charles Gee Group is in the process of launching a specialist heavy haulage division, to be based at London Heathrow, in order to serve the complex project and out of gauge cargo markets.
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The Eagle lands windpower components as US wind energy market sees more home manufacturing
April 15 - Intermarine's Industrial Eagle has called at the US West Coast port of Olympia, Washington to discharge wind turbine components from Brazil. When discharge was completed, the ship was positioned to the Far East to join the line's intra-Asia ser
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Focus on civil engineering
April 15 - In the upcoming May / June edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding, we will analyse developments in the civil engineering environment that are impacting on the demand and supply of heavy lift shipping capacity.
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Mundra Port builds project cargo capabilities
April 15 - India's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZL) is developing as a facility for the handling of over dimensional and heavy project cargoes in India.
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Specialized Carriers & Riggers announces Financial & Risk Management Forum
April 15 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) will hold its 2009 Financial & Risk Management Forum at the Omni William Penn in Pittsburgh, Pa. on August 19-20.
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Albacor Shipping completes difficult transformer movement
April 15 - Albacor Shipping Inc, the WWPC member in the in USA has transported a massive transformer weighing 232 tonnes on a 12-axle FD from the Port of Norfolk to an Electric Utility site in Trapp.
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Columbia Helicopters celebrates 40 years of tandem rotors
April 14 - Columbia Helicopters, a world leader in heavy lift helicopter operations, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in the operation of tandem-rotor helicopters.
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Rail is the answer for SRT
April 13 - The services of Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) were recently required by two clients, one wishing to transport a rotary dryer from USA to Canada and the other requiring two 14' storage vessels weighing a total of 563 tonnes lbs to be taken to
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Cometto names US rep
April 10 - Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has been appointed US dealer for the Italian Cometto range of specialised heavy lift transport equipment.
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Krabbendam takes seminar to Houston
April 9 - Anyone planning to visit next month's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, may wish to consider extending their stay and attending Richard Krabbendam's mini-Seminar on heavy transport and lifting on May 8th.
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HMS Endurance returns to the UK
April 9 - HMS Endurance has arrived back in the UK onboard Dockwise heavy lift semi-submersible vessel, Target.