Europe news – Page 302

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    Tight squeeze for Riga-Mainz

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Riga-Mainz has used a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane to install a massive railway bridge for Deutsche Bahn in extremely constricted conditions on a site in Bad Wimpfen, Germany.

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    Hamburg sees fall in project and heavy cargoes

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Whilst the total throughput of cargo at the port of Hamburg was up 4.8 percent at 145.7 million tonnes in 2014 - its best-ever result - project and heavy cargoes fell by 5 percent to 610,000 tonnes, made up of 134,000 tonnes of imports and 4

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    Lloyd Fonds set to own ships

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Lloyd Fonds, the shipping and property funds manager, seems set to realign its business as a listed shipping company.

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    UASC expands in South America

    2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has appointed the Ultramar Group as its local liner shipping agency partner in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

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    Dockwise takes giant Goliat onboard

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has advised that the ENI Goliat FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel) has been loaded onboard the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard.

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    Van der Vlist keeps construction on schedule

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Van der Vlist coordinated the delivery of five out-of-gauge piling rigs used in a Volkswagen factory construction project from northeastern Germany to Poznan in Poland.

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    Able breathes 'sigh of relief' at ABP step down

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Associated British Ports (ABP) has decided to abandon its attempts to challenge the government's approval of plans for the development of the Able Marine Energy Park on the south bank of the Humber.

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    Heroic launch for WWL

    2015-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has welcomed the first of its new generation of post-Panamax HERO (high-efficiency ro-ro) PCTC vessels, Thermopylae, into operation.

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    Wagenborg makes way to UK

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Wagenborg has transported three giant compressor units from Breda in the Netherlands to the UK's Bacton Gas Terminal, with the help of its partner Collett Transport.

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    Liebherr in rental app launch

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Liebherr is offering its customers in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France the chance to hire construction machines using its new rental services app.

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    Jade for Abu Dhabi terminals

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Jade Software is to supply its Master Terminal port management software to seven terminals within the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC).

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    Thai canal plan resurfaces

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Reports in the international media suggest that 200-year-old plans to build a canal through Thailand are gaining traction again, with rumours that the Chinese are willing to invest in the project.

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    AB2000 strengthens heavy haulage fleet

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Glasgow headquartered AB2000 has added two Volvo FH16-750 flagship tractor units to its fleet of vehicles.

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    The Friday Flyer - February 6th 2015

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Kalmar adds heavy fork lift

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Kalmar has introduced a heavy fork lift truck, the Kalmar DCG180-330, in the 18-33 tonne capacity sector, designed especially for heavy cargo handling in industrial applications, such as steel and manufacturing industry, as well as ports and

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    Wilhelmsen arrives in Abidjan

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service is now operational in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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    Crane quartet in highway performance

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental has used four Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes in the assembly of several new overpass bridges, as part of a USD61 million highway project in Wisconsin, USA.

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    Nooteboom offers 'optimal transport solution'

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Netherlands-based construction company KWS Infra has put its first four-axle Nooteboom MCOS-58-04 (EB) hydraulically steered semi low-loader into operation.

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    Atomic job for Mammoet

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Following the decommissioning of a nuclear pilot reactor in J

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    Trireme opens in Sao Paolo

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - London-based shipbroking company, Trireme Maritime, has opened an office in Sao Paolo.