European news – Page 416

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    Hamburg holds steady

    2012-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - The Port of Hamburg's overall results for the first nine months have been characterised by export growth and an import downturn. In the first nine months of 2012 the German port achieved a total throughput of 98.1 million tonnes (down 0.8 pe

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    Clipper Projects heads new multi-purpose pool

    2012-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15- Clipper Projects, a leading carrier of project cargo, has created a new multi-purpose (MPP) pool, whichwill form an integrated part of the current Clipper Projects MPP fleet.

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    Liebherr offshore cranes support Cygnus

    2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Crane manufacturer Liebherr-Werk Nenzing in Austria has been awarded a contract to provide four RL 2650-25 D EX Litronic offshore cranes to GDF Suez E&P UK for the Cygnus gas field project.

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    Container train travels China - Europe in 16 days

    2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - A container block train comprising 50 standard 40 ft containers has travelled from Wuhan in Central China to Pardubice, about 100 km east of the Czech capital Prague, in just 16 days.

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    NEO opens in Turkey

    2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

    November 13 - NEO Air Charter - the European member of the Global Charter Alliance - has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey, headed by Mrs Ahu Ozturk (pictured below), as sales manager - Turkey.

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    Oniqua joins ASCO Group

    2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

    November 13 - The ASCO Group, a leading international oil and gas services company, has become the majority shareholder in Brisbane, Australia headquartered Oniqua MRO Analytics - a global analytics-based technology solutions company.

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    BBC Chartering enhances South American frequency

    2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

    November 13 - BBC Chartering is adding shipping capacity to its Andino Express Line, a liner service that was launched in 2005 connecting Houston with the West Coast of South America.

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    Damco reports continued growth

    2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Damco reports revenue growth of 11 percent in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period last year.

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    ABP announces new chief executive

    2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - In the UK, Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced that, after completing six years at the helm, chief executive Peter Jones has said that he will retire at the end of March 2013. He will be succeeded by James Cooper, who has served as

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - And so, it's time 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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    World's largest containership enters service

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - The CMA CGM Group says CMA CGM Marco Polo, which entered service this week, is the world's largest containership.

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    DNK appoints new insurance director

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Norway based war risk insurance specialist DNK (Den Norske Krigsforsikring for Skib) has named G

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    Dockwise posts sound results for combined group

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Breda, the Netherlands based heavy lift ship operator Dockwise has posted its financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012.

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    WWPC members handle Finland to Angola heavy lift

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Three member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) active in the Angolan heavy lift market have cooperated to get 55 tonnes of jaw crusher parts from Finland to Angola.

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    Cargolux boosts heavy air lift to Ghana

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Freighter operator Cargolux is to operate the first B747-8 freighter service from its Luxembourg hub to Abidjan and Accra in Ghana today (November 8, 2012).

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    TIACA picks Paris for ACF 2016

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Paris will stage the 28th International Air Cargo Forum & Exposition from October 26-28, 2016 hosted by A

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    Denholm Global handles heavy moves

    2012-11-06T00:00:00Z

    November 6 - Denholm Global Logistics, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network for the United Kingdom, recently part chartered the HHL Mississippi to move two 155-tonne steel rolls from the port of Immingham to Rio de Janeiro as part o

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    PCN adds Pol-Inowex in Poland

    2012-11-06T00:00:00Z

    November 6 - Lublin, Poland based relocation specialist Pol-Inowex has joined the Project Cargo Network (PCN) as the grouping's representative in Poland.

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    London P&I Club sets rate increase

    2012-11-05T00:00:00Z

    November 5 - The London based P&I Club a protection and indemnity mutual, has set a general increase of 12.5 percent in annual P&I call rates for the 2013/14 policy year.

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    Siro Trans joins Project Partners network in Chile

    2012-11-05T00:00:00Z

    November 5 - Siro Trans of Santiago de Chile has joined the Germany headquartered Project Partners network, a division of Air & Ocean Partners, replacing Acosta y Aguayo as the network member in Chile.