European news – Page 219

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    UniportBilbao names Jaber Bringas

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - F. (Jimmy) Jaber Bringas - founding partner and ceo of Sparber Group - has been elected president of UniportBilbao in Spain.

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    Seajacks Scylla's stay with ROG

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Seajacks Scylla has visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, after her first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project.

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    Blue Water Shipping joins forces with BREB

    2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Blue Water Shipping and Bremer Reederei E&B (BREB) have founded a new joint venture, Blue Water BREB, with the main focus on servicing the wind energy industry in Germany.

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    A tale of two Marcs

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - Marc Smet, ceo of Gosselin Group and Marc Rombouts, ceo of Heavy Group, have signed an owner buyout contract for Heavy.

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    Airfreight prepare for takeoff at Luxembourg

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - The growth of airfreight at Luxembourg Airport continued increasing by 8.2 percent compared with 2015, with an 8.5 percent growth in oversized shipments.

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    ACS promotes D'Cruz

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Tracy D'Cruz to regional director for the company's European offices.

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    Subsea 7 makes offer for Seaway Heavy Lifting

    2017-01-23T00:00:00Z

    January 23 - A wholly-owned subsidiary of Subsea 7 has made an offer to acquire the 50 percent shareholding in Seaway Heavy Lifting, which is currently owned by its joint venture partner K&S Baltic Offshore (Cyprus).

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    Landstar expands with new centre

    2017-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Landstar System has opened its new US/Mexico logistics service centre in Laredo, Texas.

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    Höegh Autoliners delivers delicate cargo

    2017-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Höegh Autoliners has transported a yacht from Barcelona, Spain to Auckland, New Zealand for Complete Marine Freight.

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    Nichol joins Greece team

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - The UK P&I Club has promoted risk assessor David Nichol to regional loss prevention executive for the Greece region.

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    Growth in Great Lakes

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - The Port of Hamilton revealed its 2016 figures for heavy lift items, showing a 6.7 percent increase on the five-year average.

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    Italians seek uniform haulage rules

    2017-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Paolo Uggè, head of the Italian road haulage association Conftrasporto, has sent a letter to the Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio asking for clear and precise rules for transport of out-of-gauge (OOG) cargoes on the nation's road ne

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    ROG's big upgrade

    2017-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has started to upgrade its facilities in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam.

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    Petro Sea Logistics invests in all-terrain crane

    2017-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Petro Sea Logistics, a joint venture between Belgium's Sea-Invest and Ivory Coast's Petroci, has added a Manitowoc Cranes' Grove GMK6400 crane to its fleet.

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    Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt form shipping pool

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    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

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - From January 18, the European schedule of Streamlines' Blue Stream service will change; calling at Tilbury before Rotterdam.