European news – Page 420

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    Teesport sees a million tonnes of SSI slab steel

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - SSI UK has recently achieved a major milestone having exported over one million tonnes of steel slab through PD Ports-owned Teesport in the UK.

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    Prangl keeps Romanian tram on track

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Austrian logistics company Prangl GmbH has handled the shipment of a tram from Romania to Germany.

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    Cardinal Maritime restructures ownership

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Manchester, UK-based freight logistics provider, Cardinal Maritime Group, has completed a deal with founder Brian Hay that has delivered control of the business to the management team.

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    Inchcape Shipping Services partners Palumbo

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is teaming up in a new strategic partnership with offshore logistics and freight forwarding specialist Palumbo SpA. to form ISS Palumbo Srl.

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    DB Schenker Logistics opens new hq London Heathrow

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Schenker Limited, the UK arm of the global services provider DB Schenker Logistics, has opened its new headquarters building at London Heathrow airport.The 9,900 sq m facility, which will also be the company's main airfreight hub for the UK.

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    Volga-Dnepr Technics adds maintenance unit at Frankfurt

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT), part of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group, has opened an aircraft line maintenance station at Frankfurt Airport, Germany.

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    Winds of change at A2SEA

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Kaj Lindvig, who has played a major role in A2SEA since the company's launch in 2000, including ceo and most recently as chief strategy officer (cso), is being replaced by Martin Huss, currently the company's regional manager for Germany and t

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    Cranes on route with Altius

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The Projects Division of Altius, has been responsible for transporting four ship-to-shore cranes from Amsterdam to Vigo and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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    130 photographers compete for Volga-Dnepr Group awards

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Over 130 professional and amateur photographers from 23 countries submitted entries to a special photographic competition organised by Volga-Dnepr Group to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Antonov AN-124 freighter's maiden flight.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - With three members of HLPFI staff at the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and two others heading to Houston for next week's Breakbulk America's event, it's been a little like the Marie Celeste in our head office this week.The news that Turkey, a key

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    Peters & May signs up with Marine Invest to use Flat Rail system

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Peters & May, in conjunction with Marine Invest, have signed an exclusive agreement securing the use of the patented Flat Rail system in the UK, Italy and the USA.

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    Geodis Wilson leads logistics support for Panama Canal expansion

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Further to our report on August 31 (Sarens set to ship new Panama lock gates), Geodis Wilson, the freight forwarding and heavy lift specialist of Geodis, has advised that it is the lead contractor in the USD50 million contract awarded by steel

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    Artworks fly with IAG Cargo

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - IAG Cargo, the single business unit of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has transported 50 oil paintings belonging to the Fundaci

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    More storage space completed on Niedersachsenkai

    2012-10-04T00:00:00Z

    October 4 - The completion of the final asphalting at the J. M

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    Breakbulk China 2013 to focus on developments, transport solutions

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Breakbulk China 2013 will attract 150 exhibitors and 5,000 qualified participants to the expo and two-day conference to network and discuss the future development of the industry and transportation solutions, say the organisers.

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers for the Silk Way Rally

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Once again, Volga-Dnepr Airlines' has supported the air unit participating in the Silk Way Rally 2012.

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    Container weighing delayed

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Last week saw two flag states raise concerns about container weighing proposals that will almost certainly delay efforts to bring in mandatory regulations, though not stop them altogether.

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    Liebherr crawler crane duo in complex tandem hoist

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - At the ABC-Halbinsel offshore terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany, a jacket representing the underlying substation platform structure of the "Borkum West II" offshore wind park was fitted using two 750 tonne Liebherr LR 1750 crawler cranes.

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    Buckerfield takes up Toll UK MD post

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - Toll Global Forwarding has appointed Steve Buckerfield as managing director of its UK operation.