The Manitou Group has released its new range of internal combustion engine forklift trucks, the MI range, in Australia. Designed by Manitou in France, the twelve models cover warehousing equipment, semi-industrial masted forklift-trucks ...
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Image courtesy of Greenpeace. Board members from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have met with ministers from shipping nations around the world and the secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), to ...
Seajacks International has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries to build the world's largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel. The vessel has been specifically designed to meet the demands associated ...
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By retrofitting Wärtsilä's AQUARIUS® ballast water management system to the 'Marola', Carboflotta can be assured of conforming to legislation, as well as protecting and safeguarding the environment in sensitive areas around ...
Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world's largest material handling companies, today announced that it won one of four prestigious International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Awards, taking first place honors in the Forklift Truck ...
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Interroll Group enlarges its subsidiaries country list with Italy. Located in Rho, Milan, Interroll will count on its own crew, headed by Maurizio Catino. The decision of the opening of an Italian site came with the certainty that the ...
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to provide the design for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV). The ship is to be built for Subsea 7 S.A., the seabed-to-surface ...
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GL debuts C-Dragon design concept at Nor-Shipping Thursday, Jun 06, 2013 The importance of Intra-Asian trade routes continues to grow as the region's economies continue to expand. Asian container traffic, in particular, is projected to be ...
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GL announces ECO-Ships are here to stay Thursday, Jun 06, 2013 At a press conference at Nor-Shipping 2013, classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) said that the trend toward building and operating so called ECO-Ships, or highly ...
ULSTEIN contributes NOK 20 million for search and rescue boat Thursday, Jun 06, 2013 The 20-metre S&R craft - to be delivered in 2015 - will be named 'RS Idar Ulstein', in memory of Ulstein's long-time CEO and Chairman of the Board, who ...
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With the number of vessels using dual fuel/LNG propulsion systems growing steadily, Autronica Fire and Security is focusing on the importance of gas detection in this sector during Nor-Shipping 2013. LNG as a fuel can provide lower ...
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Simplot’s Tasmanian factory. Simplot Australia employees at the Bathurst, NSW and Devonport, Tasmania food manufacturing plants have been told that their places of work are under threat of closure. The company is experiencing ...
The Federal Government will provide $10 million funding for the Northern Gateway project. The Northern Gateway project includes the construction of a road freight interchange terminal at the northern entrance of Taree to the Pacific ...
Tags: Road Freight, Service, NSW
The Maritime Union of Australia has hailed the clearing of major obstacles towards the adoption of a first-ever stevedoring code of practice. The code will assist in creating safer workplaces and be a strong tool to prevent the deaths of ...
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FedEx is planning to withdraw over 80 aircraft and buy a smaller number of more modern, fuel efficient models as part of its reorganisation and environmental drive. It is reported that 10 aircraft will be retired immediately and 70+ more ...