A reliable Perth veteran 
Two heavylift consignments were shipped to Southeast Asia from the Australian port of Fremantle recently. Specialists from Sadleirs were in charge of organising the tasks, transporting a cable reel and parts of a decommissioned submarine. more
Open the sluice gates
Locks facilitate waterborne transport. Sometimes they themselves have to sail on a boat, as was the case with the gate of the Oslebshausen lock in Bremen recently, which was transported 60 km back to its lock after being renovated and upgraded recently. more
Out of the ground
The Algerian state-owned oil corporation Sonatrach is seeking to increase its production volumes by investing in the modernisation of one of its key facilities. Sarens deployed its heavylift cranes to lift a 188 t column there. more
Home sweet home on the high seas
ELA Container Offshore manufactures mobile accommodation for oil platforms and other facilities located at sea. The company is currently producing 26 living quarters for a converter platform located in the North Sea. more
United forces in Africa
There is probably no field of logistics where the availability of experienced specialists is as important as in the breakbulk and project business. Fracht AG and Polytra, two firms with experienced specialist for the copper belt in the Congo and Zambia and which possess the... more
New situation – more business
A change is often as good as a rest to get new impulses. Antonov Airlines vice-president Oleg Orlov was optimistic about business when he spoke to Christian Doepgen at the Breakbulk Europe trade fair in Bremen. more
Under pressure in Texas
The US logistician C.H. Robinson handled two heavylift transport tasks for customers in the energy sector recently. Both assignments required a rather exceptional effort by the firm’s specialist teams to make sure that the sensitive shipments reached their destinations on time. more
East and west – what next?
It was hardly surprising but quite in line with the current political climate that Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group announced its withdrawal from Nato’s strategic airlift programme. Whether the West will take up the succession offering from the Ukrainian manufacturer of the Antonov... more
A 10 km record
Germany’s Kahl group of companies set a new heavylift weight record recently, and received an award from the European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes (Esta). more
Getting better all the time
Combilift is celebrating its 20th anniversary and opening a new factory. Formerly just a small enterprise, it has become one of the largest suppliers in the forklift business today. Its ambition is to keep on growing. Here’s our report of a visit to both events. more