European news – Page 360
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Cuxport's berth 4 gets go ahead
February 25 - A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed for the construction of berth 4 at the Cuxport terminal in Cuxhaven, Germany.
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Steely move for InterRail
February 24 - The Swiss rail freight service provider, the InterRail Group, has transported 41 high cube 40 ft containers full of steel equipment over 8,000 km along the wide gauge railway connection between Europe and China.
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US nuclear projects on the horizon
February 24 - Project forwarders in the United States will welcome the news that the country's government has issued USD6.5 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of two new nuclear power reactors at Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant.
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Oil and gas milestone for Volga-Dnepr
February 24 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered 45 tonnes of equipment from Rio de Janeiro to Prestwick, Scotland on board an IL-76TD-90VD freighter, marking its 1,100th flight for customers in the oil and gas industry.
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Liebherr crane aids Able's expansion
February 24 - The arrival of a Liebherr LHM600SHL mobile harbour crane at the Able Seaton Port has marked a major step forward in Able UK's expansion of its port facilities on the Tees and Humber.
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WWPC prepares for Phuket
February 21 - Members, invited sponsors and supporting media will gather in Phuket from March 14 - 16 for the Worldwide Project Consortium's (WWPC) annual membership conference.
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The Friday Flyer - February 21st 2014
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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It's a first for Chapman Freeborn
February 20 - Chapman Freeborn and its logistics partners, SPI Freight Ltd and Logik Logistics International have transported a C-Worker vessel from Portsmouth, UK to Lafayette, USA onboard a B747-800F.
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Hat trick for Blue Water in Tbilisi
February 20 - Blue Water Shipping's Tbilisi office has handled three complex unloading, loading and transportation projects in Georgia.
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Rodriguez steps down from Altius
February 20 - Commercial director of Spain's Altius Projects, Enrique Rodriguez, is retiring from the company and being replaced by Salvador Corrales.
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Faymonville gets gas tank moving
February 19 - Maxtrans NV has transported a 400-tonne liquid gas tank from its manufacturing site to the nearest quay in Genk, Belgium on Faymonville's S-module axle lines.
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Escalators fly with Volga-Dnepr
February 19 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered lifts and escalators to be used in the modernisation of the National Belarus Airport from Shanghai to Minsk, Belarus.
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Saudia to increase belly capacity
February 19 - Saudi Airlines Cargo (Saudia Cargo) is increasing its belly capacity on new international routes to Manchester and Los Angeles as of April 1, 2014.
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Seaports of Niedersachsen sees positives
February 18 - Despite a year-on-year fall of seven percent in cargo volumes, the Seaports of Niedersachsen reports that individual business areas of its ports, such as the handling of wind energy components, forest products and automobiles, has seen posit
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Landfall gets into the Spirit
February 18 - Landfall Marine Contractors has chartered a heavy lift vessel to transport 24 MPS container-pontoons and a 300-tonne jack-up barge to Ghana.
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West of Duddon powers up
February 18 - The West of Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm, a renewable energy project developed by ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy, has generated its first electricity for the United Kingdom's national grid.
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Port executive appointments for France
February 18 - The Marseilles Fos port authority has appointed Jean-Marc Forneri as chairman, Delphine Andre as deputy chair, and backed the nomination of Christine Cabau Woehrel as chief executive officer (ceo) on the port's executive board.
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Kestrel and SSL to serve Americas
February 18 - Kestrel Liner Agencies has appointed Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics (SSL) as its agent in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
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Aeolus breezes out of Sietas
February 18 - The jack-up vessel, Aeolus, which was constructed at the Sietas shipyard for Dutch marine engineering company, Van Oord, has left the shipyard.