European news – Page 415

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    APM Terminals reveals Nigerian mega-port proposal

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - APM Terminals and a number of consortium partners, has revealed plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria's Lagos State, some 55 km west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Ex

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    SDV provides logistics for Eurocopter's X3 American tour

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Logistics provider SDV has handled the transportation of the Eurocopter X3 from France to the USA, as well as providing local logistics support during its recent Demo Tour.

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    Jenkinson on the double

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Jenkinson Logistics, the member in Ireland of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), reports being extremely busy with project work to Africa and Saudi Arabia.

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    Logwin grows in China

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Luxembourg headquartered global logistics services provider Logwin is continuing to expand its network of locations in China, with the opening of new sales offices in the industrial city of Wuhan in Central China as well as in Zhongshan in t

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    Cargotec makes staff cuts

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Equipment manufacturer Cargotec has made 33 of its staff in Finland redundant. In addition, 72 people will be made redundant in global support functions and other areas.

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    Blansjaar invests in Terex Challengers

    2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Netherlands based transport and heavy lift business Blansjaar has acquired three Terex Challenger 3160 all-terrain cranes.

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    UK P&I Club welcomes S&P upgrade

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda), generally known as the UK P&I Club, has welcomed an improvement of its Standard and Poor's (S&P) rating from 'Stable' to 'Positive'.

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    London International Shipping Week 2013

    2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - The UK capital London is to host its own International Shipping Week in 2013, when maritime industry leaders from across the globe will gather during the week of September 9 to 13, 2013, for meetings and events, concluding in a day-long gove

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    Heavy lift master class

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Having presented his two-day 'Heavy Transport & Lifting' seminar to more than thousand people in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the UAE and Singapore.

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    Tribble named ceo at Cordstrap

    2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - Cordstrap, which specialises in cargo securing systems, has appointed Brad Tribble as the new ceo of the company.

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    Qatar pulls out of Cargolux

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Luxembourg based freighter operator Cargolux Airlines International today confirmed that Qatar Airwaysintends to exit from its 35 percent shareholding in Cargolux.

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    Inchcape Shipping wins Grieg Star business in Houston

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is the new agent in the port of Houston for specialist transportation & logistic services company, Grieg Star Shipping.

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    Australia creates world's biggest marine park

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Australia has created the world's largest network of marine national parks, protecting a 2.3 million square km (888,035 sq mi) area of ocean roughly the size of Western Europe.

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    Agility appoints road freight director, Europe

    2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

    November 19 - Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has appointed Claus Duval as road freight regional director for Europe. Based in Agility's Basel, Switzerland office, Duval will be responsible for leading the development of the company's Europe

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - It's time again for another edition of HLPFI's Friday Flyer, giving you a round-up of news from the last week, together with a few comments and asides from the editorial team.

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    KAMAG takes US Space Shuttle on its final trip

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - The US Space Shuttle Endeavour made its final journey in October - a 20 km trip through the streets of Los Angeles carried on self-propelled modular trailers manufactured by Ulm, Germany based KAMAG.

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    TIACA welcomes ETS reprieve

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has welcomed the announcement by EU Climate Action Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard to suspend the inclusion of international aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and to allow the

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    Project Professionals Group enrolls Stella Group

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Project forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG), has appointed Stella Group as its new Project Support member for Finland, the Baltics and Russia.

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    Italy's first Terex Challengers join Vernazza

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Vernazza Autogru, a lifting and transport company based in Genoa, has recently acquired a Terex Challenger 3160 and a Challenger 3180 All Terrain Crane with 55 and 60 tonnes of lifting capacity respectively.

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    Dockwise to appeal court ruling

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    November 16 - Dockwise, the Netherlands-based marine transport company, has confirmed that it is appealing against its recent loss of a court case brought against the ex-ceo of Fairstar Heavy Transport, Philip Adkins, which sought to gain access to the la