European news – Page 284
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      NewsChernobyl's arch becomes wholeAugust 26 - Mammoet has successfully connected the two halves of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, built to house the Reactor Unit 4, which was destroyed in the disaster of 1986. 
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      NewsARRC signs new agentAugust 26 - Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers (ARRC) has nominated Sea Bow as its agent for developing short sea trade between Antwerp and St Petersburg. 
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      NewsEXG finds a wayAugust 25 - Express Global Logistics (EXG), member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, has delivered a 77-tonne tank measuring 10.36 m x 5.96 m x 6.16 m from Mundra to Antwerp. 
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      NewsChapman and GAC rally togetherAugust 25 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and GAC have worked together to transport 19 Rallycross cars, along with 30 tonnes of supporting equipment, from Canada to Norway onboard a chartered Kalitta Air B747-200 freighter. 
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      NewsRestaurants relish ACS deliveryAugust 25 - Air Charter Service handled 90 tonnes of tomato ketchup sachets requested by a leading fast food restaurant chain last week. 
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      NewsACP to sell for Saudia CargoAugust 25 - ACP Worldwide has been appointed cargo general sales agent (GSA) across South Africa for Saudia Cargo. 
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      NewsLammers returns to RotterdamAugust 24 - Sohar Port and Freezone has appointed Marc Vertsee to replace current executive commercial manager, Edwin Lammers, who is returning to the Port of Rotterdam as the new director of breakbulk. 
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      NewsNew sea lock for IJmuidenAugust 24 - Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency) has confirmed that Consortium OpenIJ will develop the new IJmuiden sea lock on the North Sea Canal. 
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      NewsIt's heating up for RuslanAugust 24 - Ruslan International has moved a 60-tonne steam superheater along with 4.8 tonnes of accessories from Austria to Saudi Arabia. 
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      NewsRotterdam gets breakbulk boostAugust 24 - Finnish shipping company Meriaura's multipurpose vessel Meri has delivered a Liebherr LHM 420 mobile harbour crane to Pacorini Metals' new terminal at the Port of Rotterdam. 
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      NewsWomen sail forth at LISWAugust 21 - “Women in command” is among the topics that Women's International Shipping & Trading Association UK (WISTA-UK) will be exploring at their event on September 7, the opening day of this year's London International Shipping Week (LISW). 
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      NewsSpeakers confirmed for ICHCA SeminarAugust 21 - The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the British International Freight Association (BIFA) and the TT Club are among those scheduled to speak at the Container Weighing Seminar being held by the International Cargo Handling Coordinatio 
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      NewsTTS Group bags Korean contractAugust 21 - TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, Sweden, entered into a new contract for delivery of cargo access equipment for two pure car/truck carriers (PCTC). 
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      NewsSilk Way West gets third 747-8 freighterAugust 21 - Silk Way West has taken delivery of the third from an order of five Boeing 747-8 freighters. 
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      NewsBuilding begins on Combilift's new baseAugust 20 - This month, specialist straddle carrier and forklift manufacturer Combilift inaugurated the construction of its 46,000 sq m manufacturing facility in Monaghan, Ireland. 
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      NewsHeat exchanger travels from Lithuania to BelarusAugust 19 - Nurminen Logistics, member of the Cargo Equipments Experts (CEE) network for Finland, transported a 100 tonne heat exchanger from Klaipeda Port in Lithuania to Grodno in Belarus earlier this month. 
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      NewsUECC's vessel a cut aboveAugust 19 - The steel cutting ceremony for United European Car Carriers' (UECC) first dual fuel LNG pure truck and car carriers (PCTCs) was held on 6 August at the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China. 
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      NewsMacGregor delivers for GrimaldiAugust 17 - The Chinese shipbuilding group Yangfan has contracted MacGregor, part of Cargotec, to supply ro-ro access equipment packages to five car carriers being built for Grimaldi. 
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      NewsCombilift delivers productivity gainsAugust 17 - Imorex Shipping Services reports that its recently acquired Combilift Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC) has made container handling operations at its deport near Felixstowe, UK, much quicker and safer. 
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      NewsClipper gets new chair in DenmarkAugust 17 - Peter Appel has replaced Frank G Jensen as chairman of the board for Clipper Group AS, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Clipper Group Ltd. 
 









