European news – Page 406

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    Clipper shifts turbines down under

    2013-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Clipper Projects has shipped 56 wind turbines to Musselroe Wind Park, northern Tasmania, Australia, for Vestas Wind Systems.

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    World Bank backs Jamaica's hub dream

    2013-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - The World Bank Group has endorsed Jamaica's aim to become the logistics hub for the Caribbean, Latin America and US Gulf and East Coast area by pledging to help find funding for the pioneering project.

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    Safmarine MPV names Norton Lilly

    2013-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Safmarine MPV, the specialist project cargo and breakbulk cargo operator to West Africa, has appointed Norton Lilly International as its full liner agent in the United States.

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    Saudia Cargo wins hearts with flowers

    2013-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - It might not be the usual type of urgent project assignment that Saudia Cargo is used to - but the repercussions if this urgent freight does not get into the eager hands of the customer on time could be severe.

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    ASCO gets 5-year Norwegian contract

    2013-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - The ASCO Group has won a five-year contract for supply base and logistics services in support of Lundin's drilling and operational activities in the Norwegian Continental Shelf, including the Brynhild and Edvard Grieg fields, as well as expl

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    Viennesse waltz for Seaports of Niedersachsen

    2013-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Once again, Seaports of Niedersachsen used the European Wind Energy Association's (EWEA) conference, held last week in Vienna, to present the capabilities of its ports to deliver logistics solutions for the wind energy sector.

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    Greencarrier puts wind in its sales with G

    2013-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - The Swedish East India Company and the Swedish transportation company Greencarrier have signed an agreement for the later to use the former's 18th-century East Indiaman sailing ship, G

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    Conqueror: the latest network to join ELITE

    2013-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Conqueror Freight Network has joined the Elite Association of Logistic Networks (ELITE) after passing the qualifying criteria for membership.

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    CEE duo handles Chinese tram shipment

    2013-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - The railway transportation specialist Multitrade Spain is working with Intermax Logistics Solutions in China, to handle a prototype tram being moved from the Spanish port of Tarragona to Chengdu via Shanghai, under a contract signed between

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    Cargolux adopts new business plan

    2013-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - The board of directors of freighter operator Cargolux has formulated a new business plan for the period from 2013 to 2017.

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    IAG ships Pagani supercar

    2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - IAG Cargo - the result of the merger between British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo - has successfully shipped a Pagani Huayra supercar from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The old adage - talk is cheap - does not seem to apply in the EU's corridors of power in Brussels where agreement is being sought on a trillion-euro budget for the next seven years for the 27-nation union.

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    Fairmount couple tow rig to Brazil

    2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The super tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Expedition operated by Netherlands headquartered Fairmount Marine, have towed the drilling rig Noble Max Smith from the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.

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    Thursday Flyer

    2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - HLPFI staff writer David Kershaw presents a round up of Thursday's news and views from across the industry. For starters, Hamburger Hafen and Logistik (HHLA), one of Europe leading port logistics groups, released its preliminary performance f

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    Damen delivers newbuild combi-lift vessel

    2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - Damen Shipyards Bergum, a subsidiary of Netherlands headquartered Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered a brand new combi-lift vessel - the Damen Combi Freighter 3850 'Hoogvliet'.

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    Cargo Equipment Experts welcomes latest member

    2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - The global network for equipment owners serving the heavy and outsized cargo industry - Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) - has added German Survey Marine to its ranks.

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    BEST fights elements to deliver reactors

    2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - Szczecin, Poland based BEST Logistics has delivered six reactors from the port of Szczecin to the port of Schwedt, Germany.

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    Olympic charters by ABC

    2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - Russia's largest all cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) - a part of the Volga-Dnepr Group - has completed the first of a series of charter flights between Frankfurt, Germany and Sochi, Russia. The B747-400F charter flight was loaded

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    Tuesday Flyer

    2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Welcome to the first edition of our Tuesday round-up, in which HLPFI staff writer David Kershaw, delivers a snap shot of general news from across the industry that has caught his eye today.

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    Wednesday Flyer

    2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - In today's round round-up of general news from across the industry, HLPFI staff writer David Kershaw, reports that international logistics provider, Logwin has opened a new warehouse in Sydney, Australia. The 4,000 sq m facility will bring al