European news – Page 377

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    Airbus forecasts global freighter growth

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has released its latest Cargo Global Market Forecast, highlighting how it sees the market for freighter aircraft developing over the next 20 years.

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    BWS acquires ACi

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - Denmark headquartered Blue Water Shipping (BWS) has strengthened its position in the Nordic transport market following its acquisition of Swedish freight forwarder, ACi Transport & Spedition, based in Malm

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    The Friday Flyer - October 11th 2013

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - The news that a team of shipping, offshore and finance professionals based in Norway are to establish a bank especially structured to satisfy the funding needs of owners and operators active in the shipping and offshore industries worldwide c

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    MACS welcomes latest newbuild

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - The maiden voyage of MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping's Golden Karoo marks the end of a new build programme which has seen the shipping line take ownership of four new ships into its fleet of modern multi purpose container ships in recent month

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    Dockwise to lift Concordia wreck

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Netherlands headquartered heavy lift shipping line Dockwise has been awarded the contract to load and transport the sunken vessel Concordia, offshore Isola del Giglio in Italy.

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    Chapman Freeborn charters Antonov giant

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - UK headquartered global air charter broker Chapman Freeborn teamed-up with NATCO Global Transport Solutions and Projects to deliver a 170-tonne consignment from Switzerland to Bahrain, using the giant Antonov AN-225 freighter.

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    Air Partner: freight struggles

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - London headquartered air charter broker Air Partner has released its results for the 12 months ending July 31, 2013.

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    Heavy machinery helps Brunswick figures

    2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 -Heavy machinery exports from companies like Caterpillar helped Georgia Port Authority's Port of Brunswick to an impressive 47 percent increase in total tonnage for fiscal year 2013 and contributed to a 127,000-tonne increase in breakbulk tonnag

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    Van der Vlist moves biomass plant gear

    2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Van der Vlist recently transported out-of-gauge components for a biomass-fuelled heating plant - nicknamed 'The Purmer' - to Purmerend in North Holland.

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    V. Alexander completes column move

    2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - V. Alexander International Logistics - a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts network (CEE) in Germany - completed the survey and transportation of a 46 m long, 222-tonne column from Germany to Belgium.

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    ARC adds Freedom to ro-ro fleet

    2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier LLC (ARC) has enhanced its Atlantic service with addition of the US flag ro-ro vessel Freedom to its fleet, and by adding Galveston, Texas and Veracruz in Mexico to its regular ports of call.

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    PEMA adds Nooteboom capacity

    2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Herzberg am Harz, Germany based PEMA Truck & Trailer hire has added several new Nooteboom semi low-loaders to its hire fleet.

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    Scandinavian Shipping and Neptumar merge

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics AB - owned by Sweden's Greencarrier AB - has merged with Neptumar AB, owned and operated by the German transport group Menzell & D

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    Safmarine MPV eyes growth in USA

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Further to our exclusive report in the September/October edition of HLPFI, it was good to see the recently relocated management team of Safmarine MPV flying the flag at the Breakbulk Americas event in New Orleans.

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    Fairmount Marine completes Congo project

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Netherlands headquartered Fairmount Marine has mobilised its multipurpose vessel Fairmount Fuji to assist Italian contractor Saipem with operations offshore the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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    Astral Aviation eyes Europe-Africa market

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Nairobi, Kenya headquartered airline Astral Aviation and UK based airline general sales agent (GSA) ANA Aviation Services have signed a strategic partnership, following the delivery of a B747-400 freighter from ACMI firm Atlas Air.

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    Arctic Circle attracts key industry figures

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Industry leaders, key government figures and other significant stakeholders will gather to discuss critical Arctic issues such as climate change, economic development and new shipping lanes at the inaugural Arctic Circle assembly, October 12-1

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    ABC sees sustained growth

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Russia's AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has transported 223,732 tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2013.

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    Wagenborg completes complex shipment

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Netherlands headquartered Wagenborg Nedlift recently coordinated the delivery of a 295-tonne transformer to the northern port city of Pite

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    Terex team in stadium build

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - A trio of Brazilian crane rental and construction firms are using their combined expertise, along with a fleet of Terex machinery, to build the 45,000 capacity Arena da Amazonia stadium in Manaus.