European news – Page 209

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    Mediaco gets a Liebherr lift

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - French heavy lift and crane rental company Mediaco, has acquired a Liebherr LG 1750 mobile crane, in order to reinforce its large lifting division - Mediaco Maxilift.

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    UYT loads in Everglades

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - United Yacht Transport (UYT) has loaded 19 yachts on board Intermarine's heavy lift vessel Industrial Guide in Port Everglades, USA.

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    National and Navitrans fly around the world

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - National Airlines and Navitrans USA have launched a weekly scheduled round-the-world (RTW) freighter service utilising a Boeing 747-400F aircraft.

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    Spliethoff sets sail to Sagunto

    2017-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Following the extension of its Medliner service into Veracruz, Mexico, Spliethoff has added the Port of Sagunto, Spain to the schedule.

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    Osprey chose a Lady

    2017-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Osprey has transported oversized cargo onboard Wijnne Barends' Lady Anneke through the Strait of Dover to Invergordon, Scotland on behalf of BP.

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    BLG acquires Kitzinger

    2017-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - With retroactive effect from the beginning of 2017, Bremen-based BLG Logistics has acquired the German forwarding company Kitzinger & Co, as well as its subsidiary Arno Rosenlöcher.

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    OOCL welcomes Hong Kong

    2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has named its latest containership OOCL Hong Kong at a ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea.

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    Dover gears up for project cargo

    2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - With construction underway on a GBP115 million (USD 148 million) project to revive the Port of Dover's Western Docks, the UK maritime gateway says it is gearing up to handle greater volumes of heavy and over-dimensional project cargoes.

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    Antwerp appoints Holzhammer

    2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - The Port of Antwerp has appointed Walter Holzhammer as a representative for Austria and Hungary.

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    ALE bridges the gap

    2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - ALE has jacked-up, loaded-out, transported and installed two bridge sections, weighing 345 tonnes each, for the Albert Canal in Belgium.

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    Nordic Crane adds eight Demags

    2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - Nordic Crane Vest, part of the Crane Norway Group, has ordered eight Demag all terrain cranes, ranging in capacity from 130 to 250 tonnes.

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    Venice grows with Grimaldi

    2017-05-15T00:00:00Z

    May 15 - In a presentation at the transport logistic exhibition in Munich last week, the Port of Venice celebrated its successful cooperation with the Grimaldi Group, now operating five departures a week to Greece and one weekly departure to the Near East

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    Navantia-Windar loads out foundations for Hywind

    2017-05-15T00:00:00Z

    The first two of five SPAR-type floating foundations built by Spain's Navantia-Windar consortium for Statoil's 30 MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm has been loaded onto OHT's semi-submersible vessel Albatross.

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    Rhenus expands global services

    2017-05-15T00:00:00Z

    May 15 - The Rhenus Group will increase the number of its business sites in the Asia/Pacific region by more than ten percent during 2017 to support the expansion of its sea and airfreight business divisions.

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    Noise fines cause cargo airlines to flee Brussels

    2017-05-15T00:00:00Z

    May 15 - Brussels Airport has reported that it has received the written confirmation that a second cargo airline is leaving as a result of the noise fines imposed by the Brussels Capital Region. A third cargo carrier is also threatening to leave Belgium i

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    Tidewater to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    2017-05-15T00:00:00Z

    May 15 - Hampered by a global slowdown in oil-drilling activity and a prolonged slump in oil prices, New Orleans, USA-based Tidewater Inc announced that it will file a prepackaged bankruptcy plan aimed at removing USD1.6 billion in debt.

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    Straightpoint expands in the UK

    2017-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Straightpoint has expanded its manufacturing facilities at its headquarters in Havant, Hampshire, UK.

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    Siemens' turbines hike the Andes

    2017-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Two industrial gas turbines, manufactured by Siemens, are being transported 16,000 km from Sweden to the Termoeléctrica del Sur power plant in Bolivia.

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    EMS launches EFG Scandinavia

    2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - EMS-Fehn-Group has established EMS-Fehn-Group (EFG) Scandinavia in Bergen, Norway to offer logistics services with a focus on project logistics and crane services in the Nordic countries.

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    Silverburn on the tug double

    2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Silverburn Shipping Group is continuing to renew its fleet with the building of two unlimited navigation Ice class 1C Tow/Pusher/AHT tugs for oil field support and Russian Inland Waterways system (RIWS) towage, at TB Shipyards in the Netherlands.