European news – Page 296
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Blue Water turns the tide
July 20 - Blue Water Shipping has assisted French engineering and project management company Sabella with the installation of a D10 tidal turbine on the seabed off Ushant Island, located 30 km offshore Bretagne, France.
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Growth continues at Rotterdam
July 20 - The port of Rotterdam's breakbulk cargo throughput increased by 4.4 percent in the first half of 2015, compared with the same period last year.
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Jumbo squeezes in Fecamp
July 20 - Jumbo's heavy lift vessel Fairline recently transported four steam generators, each weighing 500 tonnes, in two consecutive voyages from Fos to Fecamp, France.
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Strong half-year for ABC
July 17 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has reported a 17 percent year-on-year increase in tonnage carried across its global network in the first half of 2015.
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GAC UK adds Kenney
July 17 - GAC UK has expanded its capability in the heavy lift and project forwarding sector with the appointment of Martin Kenney as its chartering and project manager.
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Wissel adds Explorer
July 17 - Aschaffenburg, Germany based Autokran Wissel has purchased a new Terex Explorer 5600 all-terrain crane, as part of a process to upgrade its fleet.
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NileDutch upgrades African connection
July 17 - Effective August 21, NileDutch will offer a weekly service from South America to South and West Africa, based on a vessel sharing agreement (VSA) between CMA CGM and Hamburg Sud.
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Breakbulk lags behind in Antwerp
July 17 - The port of Antwerp handled 104.5 million tonnes of freight in the first six months of 2015, which is a 6.4 percent increase compared with the same period in 2014. However, breakbulk cargo volumes were down by 3.9 percent.
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Transconsult in concrete plant shipment
July 17 - Belarus based heavy haulier Transconsult has coordinated the transport of components for a new concrete plant from Ostrava in the Czech Republic to Arkhangelsk, Russia.
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Mining machine heads for mountains
July 17 - Universal Transport has shipped a 400-tonne Komatsu construction machine from Germany's Rhineland to a mine in the west of Russia's Sayan Mountains.
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Palfinger adds crane model
July 16 - Manufacturer of truck-loading cranes, Palfinger, has launched a new generation of heavy-duty crane in the form of the PK 165.002 TEC 7.
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Baku looks to Antwerp
July 16 - Azerbaijan's Baku International Sea Trade Port has signed a memorandum of understanding with two Antwerp Port Authority subsidiaries, Port of Antwerp International (PAI) and Antwerp Port Training Centre (APEC), for the provision of consultancy a
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Monroe proves project cargo capability
July 16 - Logistics Plus has coordinated the delivery of two 12.7-tonne wind turbine blades each measuring 58 m long, which arrived at the US port of Monroe from Bremen, Germany onboard Spliethoff's vessel Faglegracht, to a site in Gratiot County, Michiga
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Collett winds up Strathy project
July 16 - UK heavy haulage company Collett Transport has completed the transport of over 200 wind turbine components for SSE's 33-turbine Strathy North wind farm in the Scottish Highlands.
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Dan-Czech on the double
July 16 - Dan-Czech Transport has delivered two 145-tonne adjusters from Sviadnov in the Czech Republic to Schiedam, the Netherlands via the port of Melnik.
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PCN duo shine in solar project
July 16 - Members of the Project Cargo Network (PCN), Grand Arabia Forwarding and Fortune International Transport, have been awarded a logistics contract for the Shamsuna PV solar project in Aqaba, Jordan.
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Scandinavian first for ALE
July 15 - ALE's Mega Jack 800 has been used for the first time in Norway to jack up a 1,000-tonne living quarters module.
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Optara project draws to a close
July 15 - ALE and Aertssen have completed their work for the Optara project at Total's Antwerp refinery, which involved the transportation of modules from Spain to Belgium and the installation of main units for Tecnidas Reunidas.
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Englishman in Rotterdam tow
July 15 - SMS Towage's harbour/offshore tugboat, Englishman, has towed the Ugland barge UR6 from Stavanger, Norway to the Dutch port of Rotterdam.
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Stena agrees new Rotterdam berth
July 14 - Stena Line and the Port of Rotterdam have agreed to collaboratively build a second berth at the company's Europoort terminal, as part of a EUR27 million (USD29.7 million) investment.