European news
News about the logistics of over-dimensional and heavy cargoes within the European market
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NewsBHV members optimistic for 2025, calls for investment
Despite uncertain conditions, the port and logistics industry in Bremen, Germany, is looking ahead with cautious optimism, according to a recent flash survey by Bremen Port and Logistics Association (BHV).
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NewsAir One transports 12 m-long furnace coil boxes
Air One Aviation has transported eight 12 m-long furnace coil boxes from Liège to Abu Dhabi on behalf of project forwarder deugro.
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NewsAllen Crane Hire adds AC 6.300-1 to fleet
Ireland-based Allen Crane Hire has taken delivery of a Tadano AC 6.300-1, which has a 300-tonne lifting capacity.
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NewsTotal Movements delivers power plant equipment to Indonesia
India-based project logistics and freight forwarding firm Total Movements has delivered project cargo equipment from load ports in Belgium and Spain to a power plant in Indonesia.
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NewsBlue Water consolidates Aarhus offices
Blue Water Shipping is consolidating its existing operations in Aarhus, Denmark, with an office building located in the heart of the port.
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NewsMikschl Autokrane renews fleet with Liebherr duo
German crane service provider Mikschl Autokrane has renewed its fleet by purchasing two mobile cranes from Liebherr, adding its eighth and ninth cranes from the manufacturer.
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NewsUTC delivers oversized engines to Ireland
Freight forwarder UTC Overseas has transported and installed six oversized engines from Dublin port to the Grange Castle Business Park in Ireland.
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NewsPortico secures funding for expansion
Portsmouth, UK-based cargo operator Portico Shipping has secured GBP4.8 million (USD6.5 million) from the Solent Freeport’s seed capital fund to grow its operations.
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NewsLaso ties up work at Aldeavieja wind farm
Portugal’s Laso Transportes has completed the transport of components for the Aldeavieja wind farm, which is under construction near Ávila, Spain.
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CapPro newsPreferred bidders named for Celtic Sea floating wind
Equinor and Gwynt Glas (a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB) have been selected as preferred bidders in a government tender to build floating wind energy capacity in the UK part of the Celtic Sea.
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NewsESTA and FEM begin work on updated rope sheave guide
The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) and the European Association of Lifting Equipment Manufacturers (FEM) have started work on an updated best practice guide on the safe use, inspection and maintenance of rope sheaves on mobile cranes.
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NewsAV Dawson Transport carries out electric truck trials
Middlesbrough-based haulage company AV Dawson Transport, part of AV Dawson Group, has undertaken a pilot of a fully electric heavy goods vehicle (HGV) as part of its net zero efforts.
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NewsWindlog delivers world’s largest swinging bell
Brazilian special cargo logistics company Windlog has successfully coordinated the transport of the world’s largest swinging bell from Poland to Brazil.
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UK commits GBP1 billion to boost offshore wind supply chain
Great British Energy, the UK’s publicly owned clean power company, and the government joined forces with industry and the Crown Estate to invest GBP1 billion (USD1.35 billion) in offshore wind supply chains.
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NewsBuckie Harbour expansion plan approved
Moray Council in Scotland has agreed a masterplan for Buckie Harbour that will see it expand its operations, with capabilities for offshore wind vessels.
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NewsMonroe facilitates project cargo shipment amid growth plans
Spliethoff’s multipurpose vessel Hudsongracht called at the port of Monroe in April, delivering a shipment of project cargo from Antwerp, Belgium.
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NewsCollett adds ‘missing piece of the puzzle’
Described as the ‘missing piece of the puzzle’, heavy haulier Collett & Sons has added a 350-tonne capacity modular side girder bridge system (SGB) from Germany-based manufacturer Greiner to its fleet.
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NewsDAKO completes delivery of oversized boiler to Germany
DAKO Worldwide Transport has successfully delivered a 105-tonne water tube boiler and the respective accessories from Hungary to a chemical production facility in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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NewsAllelys transports and installs Yankee drying cylinder in UK
UK-based heavy transport specialist Allelys has transported a Yankee drying cylinder from Ellesmere port to Shotton Mill in Flintshire, where it was installed.
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CapPro newsCCS investment rises, still sixfold short of net-zero needs
Cumulative investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) is expected to reach USD80 billion over the next five years, according to DNV’s new Energy Transition Outlook: CCS to 2050 report.