European news – Page 258

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    Heavy hammer leaves Hamburg

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - A Menck hydraulic pile-driving hammer has been transhipped at Wallmann & Co's terminal in the Port of Hamburg, read for delivery to the Burbo Bank wind farm off the coast of Liverpool, UK.

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    JV targets China renewables

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Belgium's Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) has formed a joint venture with China's Cosco Shipping to develop offshore wind energy in the Asian nation.

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    Users hail CombiMAX reliability

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - According to Belgian trailer manufacturer Faymonville, its CombiMAX trailer has been extremely well received by the heavy transportation industry, delivering flexibility, speed and efficiency for its users.

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    Siemens reaches turbine milestone

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - The Siemens gas turbine factory in Berlin, Germany is getting ready to ship its 1,000th turbine manufactured at the plant to the Umm Al Houl combined cycle power plant in Qatar.

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    Tarros adds Brindisi call

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Tarros Group has added a port call at Brindisi, Italy to its Adriatic Levant service linking the Levant with Libya.

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    Mammoet dances to jungle beat

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Mammoet has undertaken a delicate load-out operation and transport through jungle terrain for Marathon Oil's Alba gas field.

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    Boskalis results 'as expected'

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) closed the first quarter of 2016 in line with expectations, with EBITDA margins down compared with the same period of 2015 and the order book showing slight year-on-year increases.

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    Celtic handles GE turbines

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Celtic Shipping Agencies was recently contracted by GE Wind to handle wind turbine components shipped from Turkey to Ireland.

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    WCA Projects on cloud nine

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Nine members of the WCA Projects network have recently completed a number of complex project moves worldwide.

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    OCTRA expanding in Montoir

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - The Montoir de Bretagne (St Nazaire) division of French transport engineering and project forwarding company OCTRA will undertake commercial and operational representation for two of the largest heavy transport and rigging operators in France.

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    Rutler joins LOC Group

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - LOC Group has appointed Jerome Rutler to the newly created post of group chief operating officer.

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    More movements for PCN

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Saudi Arabia, Paragon Saudi Services, has recently handled the transportation of a Liebherr 885 crane from Qahma to Jizan in Saudi Arabia and onwards to Dubai.

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    Profit up, revenue down at Agility

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - Agility posted a net profit of KWD13.1 million (USD43.4 million) for the first quarter of 2016, which is an increase of 10.9 percent; and a revenue of KWD298.8 million (USD991.7 million) - a 6.1 percent decrease compared with the same period of 20

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    Aqualis Offshore wins Siemens work

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - Siemens Wind Power has contracted offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore to provide a series of assessments for wind turbine service operations.

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    Armitt in at Thamesport

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - UK shipping agent and specialist logistics company, The Armitt Group, has signed a long term agreement to build a 120,000 sq ft (11,148 sq m) multimodal terminal at London Thamesport with the port's owners Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group.

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    Modern Cranes buys Grove unit

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - Modern Cranes, a crane rental company based in Hyderabad, India, has expanded its crane fleet with its biggest acquisition yet - a Grove GMK6300L.

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    Owner to offer stake in DB Schenker

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced plans to move forward with the sale of a stake in its DB Schenker forwarding and logistics business.

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    ALE opens in Italy

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - ALE has opened its first Italian branch office in Milan, which will be headed up by Paolo Arfani.

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    ALE on track in Saudi Arabia

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - ALE has been awarded a contract to transport 1,186 railcars from Poland to Saudi Arabia.

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    High brings crane back

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - High Logistics has shipped crane parts back to the USA from Lithuania on a Hapag-Lloyd ship after the machine was used in the disassembly of the Ignalina nuclear power plant.