European news – Page 215

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    Brunel adds Chinese rail link

    2016-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Brunel Project Cargo says that it can now offer a rail service for containers between Yiwu, China to London, UK.

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    Aberdeen inks expansion contract

    2016-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Aberdeen Harbour Board has signed a contract with Dragados UK for the construction of additional facilities at Nigg Bay to the south of the existing harbour in Scotland.

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    M&M Bank opens doors

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Maritime & Merchant Bank (M&M) - a Norwegian headquartered specialist bank for the shipping and offshore sector - has officially opened for business.

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    Qatar strengthens American links

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - With effect from February 2017, Qatar Airways Cargo will commence freighter services to and from the South American destinations of Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Quito, as well as Miami in the USA.

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    Aertssen redelivers Mexico Bridges

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Aertssen has repositioned the two Mexico Bridges in the Het Eilandje district of Antwerp.

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    Shipping confidence hits 15-month high

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Shipping confidence improved for the third successive quarter in the three months ending November 16, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.

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    Big barges sail with Hude

    2016-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Denmark based E.W.v.d. Hude & Son has worked together with Peters & May in the UK to arrange the transport of nine barges - weighing a total of 3,080 tonnes - from Nantong, China to Rotterdam on board Saga Welco's vessel Optimana.

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    AME in boiler skid

    2016-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Lifting and rigging specialist AME has used a 300-ton (272-tonne) capacity Hydra-Slide heavy track skidding system to position two 160,000 lb (72-tonne) boilers inside a packaging manufacturing facility in North Carolina, USA.

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    ACS names French head

    2016-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Air Charter Service's (ACS) French office has named François-Xavier Camus as managing director to oversee all three of the company's divisions.

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    Geodis wraps up contract duo

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - Geodis has completed a contract with Petrofac for the transportation of oil production modules, weighing up to 4,500 tonnes each, from several origins in Asia to Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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    Hutchison in at Chornomorsk

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - Hutchison Ports has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Ukraine for the development of Chornomorsk Port on the Black Sea.

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    Ball valves make Milan flight

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - DB Schenker has coordinated the delivery of two ball valves from Australia to Italy using a combination of Volga-Dnepr's charter and scheduled cargo services.

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    KOG navigates Gotthard tunnel

    2016-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - KOG Transport has coordinated the delivery of a 48-tonne THF recovery plant unit from Basel, Switzerland to Patrica in Italy via the Gotthard road tunnel.

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    Chipolbrok completes newbuild programme

    2016-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Chipolbrok has held a naming ceremony for its new heavy lift vessel, Paderewski, in Shanghai, China, marking the completion of its four-ship newbuild programme.

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    ALE ties up Wikinger project

    2016-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - ALE has performed its final load-out for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project in Ferrol, Spain.

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    Weiss-Röhlig venture dissolved

    2016-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Gebrüder Weiss and Röhlig have confirmed that their joint venture Weiss-Röhlig will be phased out in 2017, with both companies expressing their desire to operate in the market under their respective brand names.

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    Terex makes site and staff cuts

    2016-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - Terex Cranes has revealed plans to sell its components and parts facility in Pecs, Hungary, consolidate its three manufacturing operations in Zweibrücken, Germany into two, and reduce its global workforce by around 30 percent.

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    Genesee & Wyoming buys Pentalver

    2016-12-15T00:00:00Z

    December 15 - APM Terminals has reached an agreement to sell UK based container-related services provider Pentalver to US based railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming.

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    Romanian task for Faymonville

    2016-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Romanian heavy haulage and crane rental services provider Deme Macarale has been using its two new FlexMAX self-steering trailers from Faymonville to transport concrete beams across the country.

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    Cranes sail into Savannah

    2016-12-14T00:00:00Z

    December 14 - Dockwise's semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Teal has transported four new ship-to-shore cranes from Finland to the Port of Savannah in Georgia, USA.