All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2017 – Page 2

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    Bolloré cements reputation with African projects

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Bolloré Logistics has secured two cement plant construction projects in Nigeria and South Africa with one of the largest cement plant production companies in China.

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    Industrial Terminals activated as FTZ

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Intermarine's Industrial Terminals has been activated as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) under Foreign Trade Zone Board (FTZB) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations.

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    Seajacks Scylla's stay with ROG

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Seajacks Scylla has visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, after her first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project.

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    Marler makes the cut

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - The Port of Vancouver, USA has appointed Julianna Marler as permanent chief executive officer (ceo).

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    Blue Water Shipping joins forces with BREB

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Blue Water Shipping and Bremer Reederei E&B (BREB) have founded a new joint venture, Blue Water BREB, with the main focus on servicing the wind energy industry in Germany.

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    A Spanish affair

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Altius, part of the Spanish group Grupo Davila, has shipped five ship-blocks from Cadiz to Ferrol Port, on a gearless coaster vessel.

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    A tale of two Marcs

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - Marc Smet, ceo of Gosselin Group and Marc Rombouts, ceo of Heavy Group, have signed an owner buyout contract for Heavy.

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    Gaylin's plans for Vietnam

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - Singapore-headquartered Gaylin has initiated a plan to reposition its Vietnam facility to address changing trends in the local oil and gas, refining and chemical plant sectors.

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    Index reveals positive signs, underpinned by concern

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - According to the 2017 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, 43 percent of logistics professionals consider the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) markets growth forecast of 4.6 percent to be too optimistic.

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    Airfreight prepare for takeoff at Luxembourg

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - The growth of airfreight at Luxembourg Airport continued increasing by 8.2 percent compared with 2015, with an 8.5 percent growth in oversized shipments.

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    ACS promotes D'Cruz

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Tracy D'Cruz to regional director for the company's European offices.

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    Kent sworn in at Pentagon

    2017-01-23T00:00:00Z

    January 23 - Pentagon Freight Services has appointed Chris Kent as global project director, effective January 9, 2017.

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    A rapid response to Hydra-Slide's skidding system

    2017-01-23T00:00:00Z

    January 23 - Hydra-Slide has launched its third low profile hydraulic skidding system- the LP350, which has already been used on two projects by Rapid Response Solutions (RRS).

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    Turbine milestone for ALE and Saudi Arabia

    2017-01-23T00:00:00Z

    January 23 - ALE claims to have transported one of the first wind turbine blades in Saudi Arabia.

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    GPO Heavylift prepares for action

    2017-01-23T00:00:00Z

    January 23 - The launch of GPO Grace, GPO Heavylift's first 65,000-dwt semi-submersible newbuilding, in December last year at China Shipbuilding Corp's (CSBC) Kaohsiung shipyard in Taiwan was a major turn of events for the heavy lift sector of the shippin

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    Subsea 7 makes offer for Seaway Heavy Lifting

    2017-01-23T00:00:00Z

    January 23 - A wholly-owned subsidiary of Subsea 7 has made an offer to acquire the 50 percent shareholding in Seaway Heavy Lifting, which is currently owned by its joint venture partner K&S Baltic Offshore (Cyprus).

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    Jurong's plan to upskill workforce

    2017-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Jurong Port has launched its new academy located at the Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability (e2i) in the heart of Jurong Gateway.

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    Universal moves like an Egyptian

    2017-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Universal Transport has invested in 32 modular axle lines from the Faymonville G-SL series for the transport of various power plant components to Egyptian sites.

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    Putting the can in Mexican clean fuel

    2017-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Tradelossa has completed the delivery of three reactors from the Port of Altamira, Tamaulipas to Salamanca, Guanajuato in Mexico.

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    First for Demag in China

    2017-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - The first Demag AC 220-5 cranes have been delivered to Mobile Cranes Asia (MCA), which has taken delivery of three of the all terrain cranes in Shanghai.