European news – Page 22
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NewsHeavy Lift Awards 2025: Save the date
The Heavy Lift Awards returns to London to celebrate the achievements of the project cargo supply chain. Taking place on Wednesday October 22 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, the event is the perfect way to showcase your successes from the past year and celebrate industry excellence.
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NewsGary Keville Transport opts for CombiMAX
Ireland’s Gary Keville Transport has taken delivery of a Faymonville CombiMAX trailer configuration.
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NewsEuropean MHST operators’ licence takes step forwards
The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) said that its plan to develop a transport operators’ licence for modular hydraulically suspended trailers (MHST), including SPMTs, has been given a further boost.
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NewsDurham Lifting adds Multi-Point 34T lifting beam to offering
UK-based Durham Lifting has added the Multisec Multi-Point 34T heavy lifting beam to its hire fleet.
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CapPro newsRosebank and Jackdaw to resubmit EIAs
The Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, found that UK government unlawfully granted approval for the Jackdaw and Rosebank gas projects, located in the North Sea.
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NewsHenneberger Schwerlast adds LTM 1300-6.3 to fleet
German crane and logistics contractor Henneberger Schwerlast has purchased an LTM 1300-6.3 mobile crane, becoming the company’s most powerful mobile crane.
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NewsFelbermayr expands transformer station in Austria
Austria-based Felbermayr has expanded one of the largest transformer stations in Austria to support electricity transmission between its home market and Germany.
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NewsPort of Tilbury invests in third LHM 550 MHC
The port of Tilbury has added a third LHM 550 mobile harbour crane (MHC) to its fleet.
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NewsMeriaura restructures business
Finland’s Meriaura Group has signed a conditional share exchange agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Summa Defence. In connection with the arrangement, the company’s marine logistics business (Meriaura and its wholly owned subsidiary VG-EcoFuel) will be sold to former parent company Meriaura Invest. The name of the new listed company will be Summa Defence.
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NewsTO Group becomes commercial agent for Polaris Autoliners
Shipbroker and liner agent Transport Overseas Group (TO Group) has become the commercial agent for British shipping company Polaris Autoliners, effective January 1, 2025.
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NewsSarens lifts pedestrian and cyclist path into place in France
Sarens has lifted a pedestrian and cyclist path into place in Albi, France, which runs along a 19th century railway viaduct on the Tarn River.
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NewsMilitzer & Münch launches country unit in Belgium
Logistics company Militzer & Münch will open its country unit in Belgium on January 27, 2025.
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NewsAntwerp-Bruges sees growth
At 278 million tonnes, the port of Antwerp-Bruges witnessed total throughput growth of 2.3 percent in 2024. Conventional breakbulk stood at 10 million tonnes (up 0.1 percent on 2023), meanwhile ro-ro figures sat at 20.3 million tonnes (down 3.4 percent on the previous year).
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NewsClimatic events increasingly hinder inland waterway operations
There are warning signs that severe climatic events are already impacting inland waterway operations, according to international freight and cargo handling insurer TT Club. These impacts are widely forecast to get worse in the future.
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen ships rail tamping machine to Australia
Ro-ro shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has shipped a rail tamping machine from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Port Kembla, Australia.
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NewsCometto SPMTs used to replace 100-year-old Swedish bridge
Swedish construction company Jinert has used SPMTs from Cometto to replace a 100-year-old bridge which connects the Swedish towns of Vänersborg and Djupedalen.
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NewsAirbus to close Beluga Transport airline
HLPFI’s sister title Air Cargo News has reported that Airbus will close its Airbus Beluga Transport operation, which was intended to cater to demand for outsize cargo carriage.
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NewsBertling transports separators from Belgium to China
Bertling Logistics has transported separators from Antwerp, Belgium, to Tianjin, China.
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NewsEgystores on hand for logistics projects
Egystores has successfully managed several projects, including transporting a full transformer production line from Germany to Egypt, shipping petroleum pipes to the UK, and supplying chemicals across Egypt.