European news – Page 213
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Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt form shipping pool
January 17 - Thorco Projects has teamed up with MC-Schiffahrt to create a new shipping pool, which starts with a fleet of 14 ships - six 10,500 dwt multipurpose vessels from the latter and eight comparable vessels from the former.
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Industry prepares for widespread consolidation
Consolidation was the word on everybody's lips at the Breakbulk Americas 2016 exhibition held from September 26-29 in Houston, USA. Annie Roberts reports from the show.
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Italy's Navemar hits the buffers
January 17 - Navemar of Italy is the latest company to fall victim to the shipping downturn, writes HLPFI's Italian correspondent, Nicola Capuzzo.
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Antwerp finishes 2016 with growth
January 17 - The Port of Antwerp handled a total freight volume of 214.06 million tonnes in 2016, up 2.7 percent on the previous year.
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TPI opens in Lyon
January 16 - French forwarding agent, Transport Paris International - Groupe Worms (TPI) has opened a new agency office in Lyon.
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Schedule change for Streamlines
January 16 - From January 18, the European schedule of Streamlines' Blue Stream service will change; calling at Tilbury before Rotterdam.
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Chipolbrok trio busy in Europe
January 16 - Nowowiejski, one of Chipolbrok's newest vessels, has recently made its maiden call at the German ports of Hamburg and Rostock having transported crane parts, machinery and project cargo from US ports.
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Modulift unveils even bigger beam
January 16 - Modulift says that it has manufactured its largest ever spreader beam, which can lift 1,500 tonnes at a span of 20 m, for Netherlands based equipment and service provider to the marine industry, Safe Lifting Europe.
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Gantry first for Enerpac
January 13 - Enerpac has developed a 450-ton (408-tonne) capacity lift and rotation strand jack gantry, which it claims is the first of its kind to feature a rotating unit, enabling the lift and rotation of large turbine equipment during power plant insta
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Veolia and Peterson win decommissioning contract
January 13 - A partnership between Paris-based Veolia and Netherlands-based logistics firm Peterson has been awarded two platform decommissioning contracts for recycling at their facility in Great Yarmouth.
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Bladt and Blue contract at Lindo
January 13 - Blue Water Shipping has been contracted by Bladt Industries to handle all of the company's heavy load transports at its Lindo site in Denmark.
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Alibaba and WCA network partner up
January 13 - Global logistics network WCA and global wholesale trading platform, Alibaba.com have concluded a co-operation agreement that will see approved WCA member companies integrated into the Alibaba.com logistics platform for cross-border e-commerce
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Sarens debuts new jacking system
January 12 - Sarens has used its new CS1000 jacking system for the first time to install a 2,000-tonne, 120 m long segment of the new Schierstein Bridge in Germany.
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Volga-Dnepr delivers to South Korea
January 11 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered pump and vaporiser skids to Seoul, South Korea.
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ABC achieves 1,000
January 11 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) exceeded 1,000 Boeing 747 freighter flights at Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt airports for the first time in 2016.
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Houston we have a new MIQ facility
January 10 - MIQ Logistics has opened a newly constructed global logistics facility in Houston, Texas.
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IMO speaks out on emissions trading
January 10 - Kitack Lim, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), believes including international shipping in the European Union's Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) could undermine global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissio
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Kestrel flies with Carpenters
January 10 - Kestrel Liner Agencies has been appointed liner agent in the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA for MBf Carpenters Shipping, and can now offer a weekly service to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
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Logistics Plus appoints Whitehill
January 10 - David Whitehill has joined Logistic Plus to head up its sourcing solutions division.
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More moves for PCN members
January 9 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) member PrimoCargo has handled shipments to Sohar in Oman whilst members Delta Maritime and Steder Group Logistics have arranged a transhipment in Piraeus, Greece.