All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2017 – Page 3
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Landstar expands with new centre
January 20 - Landstar System has opened its new US/Mexico logistics service centre in Laredo, Texas.
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Yamal project buoys breakbulk at Zeebrugge
January 20 - The Port of Zeebrugge reported strong growth in breakbulk traffic having handled 1.49 million tonnes of cargo during 2016 - an increase of 27.5 percent year-on-year.
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Höegh Autoliners delivers delicate cargo
January 20 - Höegh Autoliners has transported a yacht from Barcelona, Spain to Auckland, New Zealand for Complete Marine Freight.
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Nichol joins Greece team
January 19 - The UK P&I Club has promoted risk assessor David Nichol to regional loss prevention executive for the Greece region.
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Growth in Great Lakes
January 19 - The Port of Hamilton revealed its 2016 figures for heavy lift items, showing a 6.7 percent increase on the five-year average.
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Leman expands its facilities
January 19 - Leman has opened new 99,100 sq ft (9,207 sq m) warehouse facilities in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, USA.
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Demag duo lifts drive system
January 19 - MSG Krandienst has loaded a 200-tonne drive system for a tunnel boring machine from a heavy goods vehicle onto a ship at the German Port of Kehl, relying on the lifting power of two Demag all terrain cranes.
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Ucargo scoops project freight award
January 19 - Ucargo has been presented with the project forwarding award at the British International Freight Association's (BIFA) 2016 Freight Service Awards.
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Better days lie ahead, says Concargo
January 19 - David Kruyer, founder of Cape Town based Concargo, believes better days lie ahead providing the South African government make the necessary infrastructural investments as soon as possible.
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Rail vehicle sails to Malaysia
January 18 - Allfort has shipped a track tamping machine from Yokohama port, Japan to Port Klang, Malaysia.
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Italians seek uniform haulage rules
January 18 - Paolo Uggè, head of the Italian road haulage association Conftrasporto, has sent a letter to the Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio asking for clear and precise rules for transport of out-of-gauge (OOG) cargoes on the nation's road ne
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ROG's big upgrade
January 18 - Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has started to upgrade its facilities in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam.
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Petro Sea Logistics invests in all-terrain crane
January 18 - Petro Sea Logistics, a joint venture between Belgium's Sea-Invest and Ivory Coast's Petroci, has added a Manitowoc Cranes' Grove GMK6400 crane to its fleet.
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NewsPeters & May adds load system duo
Peters & May Group has acquired two patented load systems - Flat Rail and Cat Cradle - from Marine Invest.
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Seaboard Marine upgrades services
January 17 - Seaboard Marine is upgrading a number of its services.
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GAC shuffles management
January 17 - Recent management appointments at the GAC Group include GAC Dubai's managing director Stuart Bowie taking over as group vice president - commercial. Effective February 1, 2017, he will replace Christer Sjödoff, who retires at the end of Janua
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Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt form shipping pool
January 17 - Thorco Projects has teamed up with MC-Schiffahrt to create a new shipping pool, which starts with a fleet of 14 ships - six 10,500 dwt multipurpose vessels from the latter and eight comparable vessels from the former.
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Industry prepares for widespread consolidation
Consolidation was the word on everybody's lips at the Breakbulk Americas 2016 exhibition held from September 26-29 in Houston, USA. Annie Roberts reports from the show.
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Italy's Navemar hits the buffers
January 17 - Navemar of Italy is the latest company to fall victim to the shipping downturn, writes HLPFI's Italian correspondent, Nicola Capuzzo.
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Antwerp finishes 2016 with growth
January 17 - The Port of Antwerp handled a total freight volume of 214.06 million tonnes in 2016, up 2.7 percent on the previous year.