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Faymonville and the company Prangl have been cooperating for years in the area of vehicle technology for special and heavy transport. When it comes to wind power, the Austrian transport…

DP World and the Government of Senegal have laid the first stone to mark the start of the construction of the new Port of Ndayane. The ceremony follows the concession agreement…

Antonov Airlines in cooperation with Bollore Logistics Space has transported Turkey’s new telecommunication satellite Turksat 5B on board one of its AN-124-100 aircraft from Toulouse, France, to Florida, USA, later launched…

Huisman has been awarded a contract from Denmark-based BMS Heavy Cranes for the delivery of a 3,000mt Ringer Crane, with an option for a second unit. The crane setup has…

Megalift has recently handled the shipping of a 86tn gas turbine from Sweden to Malaysia. The SGT700 gas turbine, with dimensions: 13.54 x 5.34 x 4.01m, was shipped from the…

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), one of the leading European port and transport logistics company, has ordered an additional 11 Konecranes Gottwald automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for operations at…

Portuguese specialised transport company LASO Transportes SA recently acquired two MultiMAX semi-trailers to solve their missions for the transport of railway vehicles. The semi-trailers have incorporated rail guides in the…

Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, exceeded the volume of one million shipping containers handled in 2021, having managed 1,003,734 TEUs over the course of the year. With the…

Enerpac hydraulic cylinders will have a key role in the final construction of the ITER fusion tokamak in 2024. On completion of assembly of the tokamak’s vacuum vessel sectors, nine…

The Dutch manufacturer Magna Tyres has acquired the Polish tyre dealer Industra Ltd. Financial. The company works with three product categories: industrial tyres (from forklifts to port handling machines), tyres…

Eiffage consortium has been awarded two new contracts to manufacture the foundations and electrical substations for two wind farms off the British coast. Alongside the Dutch company Sif, Smulders won…

Vinci has completed the purchase of ACS’s energy business (Cobra IS) after announcing the agreement on 1 April 2021. The acquisition covers most of the contracting business of the ACS…

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has been awarded a contract in the EMEA region valued at around SEK 1 billion for the supply of tunnelling equipment, roadheaders and underground drill…

Just before Christmas, Actitrans Overseas moved by air a 13tn freight from Paris to Las Vegas for the installation of the Las Vegas Tower. Actitrans Director, Hugues Mayeur, explained: “The…

Kalmar has concluded a deal with Portonave S/A – Terminais Portuários de Navegantes (Portonave) to supply a Kalmar Eco Reachstacker, the first of its kind to be delivered to a…

The Bolloré Group has received an offer from the MSC Group to acquire 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, comprising all of the Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics activities in Africa,…

Spanish crane and heavy lift company Eurogrúas 2000 has added a new Liebherr LR 1700-1.0 crawler crane to its fleet. The new 700-tonne crane replaces a 600-tonne crawler crane that…

PT LV Logistics has set a new domestic record for the Indonesian heavy haul industry with the delivery of RFCC plant components to the Balikpapan refinery in East Kalimantan using …

The Western Strasbourg bypass (A355) in eastern France was commissioned. Recognised as a public interest on 23 January 2008, this 24 km long road represents the most extensive motorway project…

Goldhofer’s electrically powered »PHOENIX« E towbarless aircraft tractor was shortlisted for the German Sustainability Award 2021, a national award for excellence in sustainability in business, local government and research. With…

DP World is introducing introducing a range of technology products simplifying and solving some of the post-Brexit import and export challenges. The border requirements introduced in January 2021 led to…

Mammoet signed an order for a total of eight cranes at Tadano in Zweibrücken. In addition to two Tadano CC 38.650-1 lattice boom crawler cranes and an AC 3.045-1 City…

Mammoet has been awarded the contract for the transportation of an 1800-ton reactor for the new PC ORLEN Lietuva facility in North-west Lithuania. Come August 2023, the 100-meter-long, 6.5-meter-wide and…

After months of challenging operations executed by Fagioli to remove the six sections of the Berkan B wreck, eventually the wreck parts are heading by barge to their final destination…
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