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Offshore construction specialist Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda. (EBR) needed the load-out of seven modules to be engineered, planned, and executed in the space of just a few weeks. These modules…
As the industry grows, the wind turbines are becoming larger, blades are longer and tower sections are growing in diameter. As a result, the base towers of these turbines have…
Hendrik Veder Group is partnering with companies to boost sustainability by reusing, repairing or recycling used synthetic ropes and slings. As the global pandemic makes raw materials increasingly scarce, recycling…
Allelys have successfully completed the transport and installation of a 113te reactor for Frodsham substation. The reactor, measuring 6.5m (l) x 2.7m (w) x 4m (h) was received at Immingham port…
Sarens has been involved in the load-in, load-out, transport, and storage of several monopiles and transition pieces for the St. Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm since January 2021. The work is…
Modulift has appointed Lifting Gear Hire (LGH), one of the largest largest rental hire companies in the lifting industry to become a stock holding partner in Germany. As the European…
Belgium-based REM-B Hydraulics has developed self-contained, remote-controlled hydraulics powerpacks for connecting and releasing 1000 tonne, 85m high, offshore wind turbine bases during quayside lifting onto a pontoon, for leading international…
Collett & Sons Ltd and Bristol’s Plant Speed have agreed a deal which will see their specialist wind turbine equipment join the Collett fleet. Taking the decision to remove themselves…
Manufacturer for modular spreader beams Modulift announced they now have stock on a next day delivery service to the European market via their new warehouse facility based in Czech Republic.…
Crane and heavy transport company Transbiaga is working with three new Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile cranes in Spain’s largest wind farm Gecama. There, 67 wind turbines with a…
Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd, based outside Lisburn in Northern Ireland, has recently taken a delivery of Goldhofer STHP-ET 12 (5+7) heavy-duty combination with the redesigned RA 2-110 tower clamp system…
AAL Shipping recently delivered 456-metric-tonne industrial tower components to the US West Coast. The cargo was loaded in South Korea onboard the 31,000-deadweight heavy lift AAL Pusan and transported across…
Two Comansa 21LC660 tower cranes from the 2100 series are currently working on the construction of the cable-stayed bridge which will join Cebu City, the second largest city of Philippines,…
With more than 40 years of experience, Bok Seng Logistics PTE LTD Singapore has recently decided to invest in a transport solution from Goldhofer for the first time in the…
The new AC 100-4L and AC 220-5 all terrain cranes of the German crane service provider I & H Kran has been put into operation. Site Manager Nils Laumann, who…
Mammoet and Aertssen Machinery Services teamed up to install design elements of the Infinity Bridge, Dubai’s next iconic landmark. Built by BESIX Construct LLC, a Middle Eastern subsidiary of a…
C.H. Robinson Project Logistics has recently completed a nine-month project involving multiple ocean shipments of oversized cargo from Portugal to the USA. First, they utilized out-of-gauge flat racks and open-top…
In June 2021, the Collett Teams began transporting components for 9 Vestas V117 turbines from King George V Dock. Each of the components for each complete turbine; the three tower…
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…
Approximately 35km-60km off the coast of Taiwan’s Changhua County, the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a Offshore Wind Farms are being constructed as part of Taiwan’s transition towards renewable energy use.…
Khimji Ramdas Projects & Logistics Group recently delivered a total of 4,119cbm of cargo for a factory plant extension in Sohar Free Zone. The project consisted of 6 x OOG…
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…
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…
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…
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