Every MOVE IT story about United Kingdom: lifts, moves, contracts, projects and people.
The first in a new generation of HMM ships which are among the most environmentally friendly ever built has arrived at DP World’s container terminal at Southampton this week. HMM…
Thames Freeport has announced that it was open to do business with new customers, hours after the Government announced that it would be one of eight new freeports in England.…
DP World announced that the London Gateway is now the UK port of call for two new major international shipping services, connecting the economies of Western Europe with the Eastern…
Entrepose Contracting, Vinci Construction Grands Projets and Taylor Woodrow, all VINCI Construction subsidiaries, have been awarded an EPC contract by National Grid to construct a 190,000 m3 liquefied natural gas…
Bylor JV, a partnership of Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O’Rourke, ordered more than 80 Haulotte machines to take part in the construction of the buildings that will house the…
Rotterdam-based Van Oord has been selected by RWE as the supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables for Sofia Offshore Wind…
After successfully completing the work to ensure customs checks can be carried out whilst keeping traffic flowing as smoothly as possible and after several dry runs, the Normandy channel ports…
Hauliers transporting goods to and from the UK can look forward to fast and seamless post-Brexit border controls with BEEMS, a new purpose-built online tool unveiled this week by smart…
DP World and the ferry and logistics company, P&O Ferries, offer to transport covid vaccines to UK for free. A spokesperson for DP World, which owns P&O Ferries, said: “We…
Modulift has manufactured and delivered two custom lifting frames for the High Speed 2 (HS2) project, all within 6 weeks from the initial contact. The infrastructure project, which is currently…
Eiffage, through Smulders, as part of a consortium with Sif, a Dutch company specialised in offshore foundations, has been awarded the contract for the manufacturing and supply of monopiles and…
The UK-based construction, infrastructure and industrial equipment hire and services provider Speedy, has launched a new national powered access business supported by a multi-million-pound fleet investment and a number of…
Tadano has handed over the first all terrain crane in England to crane service provider Sangwin Plant Hire. The new ATF-100-4.1 with an 18-meter boom extension, full 30.4t of counterweight,…
Market Harborough-based Leoch Battery UK Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Leoch International, has appointed Jessica Shaw as its new Sales Manager – Network Power. Jessica will strengthen Leoch’s UK sales…
Britannia Bureau, an independent supply chain logistics and customs processes improvement consultancy, has taken occupation of a high-tech office facility at DP World London Gateway Logistics Centre boosting the company’s…
Leoch Lithium LFeLi series offers fast charging, maintenance-free 12V and 24V batteries, up to 40 per cent lighter than lead acid models Leoch Battery UK Ltd, the UK subsidiary of…
P&O Ferrymasters, one of the leading European providers of tailor-made transportation and logistics services, took occupation of the 231,000 sq ft (21,460 m²) distribution centre space at DP World London…
PHL Hydraulics UK has relied on Enerpac SCJ-50 Cube Jacks to install a 40-ton processing vessel in a busy chemical plant. Measuring 80m x 4m diameter, the vessel needed to be…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Blythe and Vulcan Satellites field development, located in the UK sector of the southern North…
Logistics and heavy lift specialist, Osprey Group, used the Enerpac JS-250 Jack-up system to complete a bridge deck installation with one single movement. Completed before the recent UK shutdown, the…
The 50:50 joint venture between Balfour Beatty and VINCI has been awarded the HS2 lots N1 and N2 phase 2 contract (construction) valued at £5 billion (about €5.75 billion).Lot N1…
Lifting companies operating in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Russia will benefit from a more rational business approach which will allow them to offer the full range of Tadano…
Leoch, one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world, has announced the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in DBS Leoch. The new company, Leoch Battery UK Ltd…
Heavy lift specialist, Ritchie Services, relied on an Enerpac skidding system to remove two large 70-ton boilers from a custom-built boiler house with only 15mm headroom at Alderley Science Park…
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