All News articles – Page 455

  • Floating wind farms face infrastructure challenges
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    Floating wind farms face infrastructure challenges

    2018-09-24T12:20:00Z

    Analysis of 96 European ports has revealed that only a few ports are capable of accommodating the quayside manufacturing and assembly required for building and operating large-scale floating offshore wind farms, says LOC Renewables.

  • Sin Heng builds fleet in Indonesia
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    Sin Heng builds fleet in Indonesia

    2018-09-24T10:50:00Z

    Indonesian dealer PT SH Machinery is to add four all-terrain Grove cranes to its stock.

  • Getting the beers in for Haiti
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    Getting the beers in for Haiti

    2018-09-21T15:05:00Z

    Germany-based forwarder and Latin American specialist Schryver has handled a door-to-door delivery of bottling equipment for a brewery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

  • Turner named at IUMI
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    Turner named at IUMI

    2018-09-21T10:45:00Z

    Richard Turner, European director of global risk solutions at RSA Insurance, has been elected as the new president of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), taking over from Dieter Berg who has completed his four-year term of office.

  • Multipurpose rates continue to rise
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    Multipurpose rates continue to rise

    2018-09-21T10:25:00Z

    Time charter rates in the multipurpose shipping sector have increased over the last month, according to the latest data from shipbroker Toepfer Transport.

  • Saga Italia rebrands as Kerry Project Logistics
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    Saga Italia rebrands as Kerry Project Logistics

    2018-09-21T08:40:00Z

    Kerry Logistics is rebranding its Italian subsidiary Saga Italia to Kerry Project Logistics.

  • Fast footwork to Chechnya
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    Fast footwork to Chechnya

    2018-09-21T08:30:00Z

    Abnormal load specialist Universal Transport has transported a heavy mill shell from Prerov in the Czech Republic to Chechnya.

  • DFDS to offer more project space from Norway
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    DFDS to offer more project space from Norway

    2018-09-20T15:40:00Z

    Danish-owned ferry operator DFDS says it will be able to carry a wider range of out-of-gauge (OOG) and project cargo between Norway, Belgium and the UK from February 2019, when its enhanced service enters operation.

  • Hybrid Air Freighters partners with Columbia Helicopters
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    Hybrid Air Freighters partners with Columbia Helicopters

    2018-09-20T14:35:00Z

    Approximately 18 months into the first flight of Lockheed Martin's LMH-1, the participants in the programme are busy with preparations for the commercial launch of the airship.

  • New crane to lift Venice port’s prospects
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    New crane to lift Venice port’s prospects

    2018-09-20T10:55:00Z

    The Italian port of Venice says it will shortly put a new Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour crane into operation at its Multi Service Terminal.

  • Grubb grabs Demag crane
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    Grubb grabs Demag crane

    2018-09-20T10:50:00Z

    USA-based WO Grubb Crane Rental has taken delivery of a Demag all-terrain AC 500-8 machine.

  • Hamburg deploys floating crane for prop lift
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    Hamburg deploys floating crane for prop lift

    2018-09-20T10:40:00Z

    Following road transport from a production facility in Waren an der Müritz in Germany, Hamburg port operator HHLA has overseen the loading of what is claimed to be the world's biggest ship propeller onto the Hyundai Supreme containership.

  • Equipment mover gets on the skids
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    Equipment mover gets on the skids

    2018-09-20T10:30:00Z

    Edwards Moving & Rigging is using a variety of equipment, including a 150-tonne capacity Hydra-Slide skidding system to swap transformers at a high security power plant in the USA.

  • All change, but no change at AP Møller - Mærsk
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    All change, but no change at AP Møller - Mærsk

    2018-09-20T10:25:00Z

    AP Møller - Mærsk (APMM) will maintain its Damco freight forwarding entity as a separate business under its own brand as part of a reorganisation that will see the Danish giant combine its ocean and supply chain offerings.

  • New ship for Scotline
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    New ship for Scotline

    2018-09-19T17:15:00Z

    Multipurpose shipping operator Scotline has seen the launch of its latest newbuilding at the Royal Bodewes Shipyard in Groningen, the Netherlands.

  • Silk Way ups China flights
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    Silk Way ups China flights

    2018-09-19T16:45:00Z

    Silk Way West Airlines is to increase its service between Baku, Azerbaijan and Zhengzhou, China from four to six flights per week.

  • Wagenborg invests in new cranes
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    Wagenborg invests in new cranes

    2018-09-19T16:40:00Z

    Wagenborg Nedlift is investing in its equipment fleet with the acquisition of two mobile cranes from Terex - a Demag AC 500-8 and a Demag AC 160-5.

  • Newcastle gets on the rails
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    Newcastle gets on the rails

    2018-09-19T14:15:00Z

    Höegh Autoliners has moved the first six of a fleet of rail vehicles from Spain to Newcastle, Australia for the Newcastle Light Rail upgrade project.

  • New CEO for Wallem Group
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    New CEO for Wallem Group

    2018-09-19T14:10:00Z

    Frank Coles is to join Hong Kong-headquartered marine services company Wallem Group as chief executive officer.

  • Mammoet signs Samsung contracts
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    Mammoet signs Samsung contracts

    2018-09-19T10:40:00Z

    Heavy lifting and engineered transport specialist Mammoet has signed two contracts with Samsung Engineering (Thailand) for petrochemical projects in Map Ta Phut, Rayong Province.