All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in January 2020
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NewsIntermarine brand revived
HLPFI understands that Zeamarine has divested its Americas Liner business, which operates 10 multipurpose vessels serving customers in the US-South America trade.
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NewsBahri reports strong growth
Saudia Arabia-headquartered Bahri has reported a fourth-quarter profit of SAR249.08 million (USD66.4 million) for 2019, a 172.5 percent increase compared to the same period of 2018.
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NewsFesco moves cranes from St Petersburg to Primorye
Russia’s Fesco Transportation Group has delivered four Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes from St Petersburg to Primorye on behalf of Global Ports, which needed to move the equipment between two terminals belonging to its subsidiaries.
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NewsJol steps up at AqualisBraemar
AqualisBraemar has appointed Dirk Jol to head up the group’s adjusting division in the Middle East and India.
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NewsPPG adds ProjectPitch exercise to course agenda
The Project Professionals Group (PPG) has boosted the agenda of its project cargo forwarding training course, which will be held at the Antwerp XL exhibition in April 2020.
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NewsDemag all-terrain joins Delta Gulf
Abu Dhabi-based Delta Gulf has taken delivery of a Demag AC 250-5 all-terrain crane.
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NewsØrsted partners with Virginia
Ørsted has signed an agreement with the port of Virginia in the USA to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal.
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NewsFPT on hand at Tsugaru wind farm
FPT Global has provided electrical and mechanical assistance for General Electric’s Tsugaru wind farm in Aomori, Japan.
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NewsMammoet moves in Maine
Mammoet has loaded 60 modules at Cianbro’s manufacturing facility in Brewer, Maine.
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NewsUTC’s Poisler joins College of Technology
UTC Overseas’ chief operating officer global energy and capital projects, Marco Poisler, has joined the College of Technology at the University of Houston as an adjunct professor.
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NewsGAC Sharjah adds office
UAE-based GAC Sharjah has opened an office in the Hamriyah Free Zone that will provide a range of shipping, logistics and warehousing services.
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NewsWinds of change in the USA
Research from various industry analysts suggest that both the onshore and offshore wind energy sectors in the USA are on the cusp of receiving huge surges of investments.
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NewsImperial upgrades fleet
USA-based Imperial Crane Services has taken delivery of two Tadano GR-750XL rough-terrain cranes.
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NewsPCN members combine for mining project
In coordination with several of its fellow Project Cargo Network (PCN) members, Goodrich handled the movement of almost 8,000 freight tons of mining equipment to Kazakhstan.
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NewsVan Gool adds calibration rig
Lifting and rigging equipment supplier Van Gool will install a 350-tonne capacity calibration rig at its facility near Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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NewsNew boom on route for Pacific Osprey
Blue Water Shipping is transporting a crane boom, manufactured by National Oilwell Varco, to Denmark on behalf of Swire Blue Ocean (SBO).
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NewsShipping should prepare for the spread of coronavirus
Maritime law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that the shipping industry needs to be prepared for potential restrictions in order to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, which has originated in China.
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NewsRhenus places Konecranes order
Rhenus Logistics has ordered a 125-tonne lifting capacity Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane for the Rhenus Deep Sea terminal at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam.
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NewsD. Turner calls on Enerpac for transformer move
D. Turner & Son has used an Enerpac skidding system to move four 16-ton (14.5-tonne) transformers in and out of a building in London, UK.
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NewsDSV forms partnership with Vestas
DSV Panalpina has signed a strategic partnership agreement with wind turbine manufacture Vestas.