European news – Page 434
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Coke ovens put the heat on BigLift Shipping
July 16 - Last week, BigLift Shipping finished the last of two challenging shipments on its vessels Happy Diamond and Happy Dover for the US Steel Corporation in Clairton, USA, from Lubeck, Germany to Mobile, USA, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhan
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Prangl puts bridge over rail tracks
July 9 - Prangl recently transported and lifted a footbridge with a length of 36 m, a height of 3.61 m, and weighing 27 tonnes, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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New book reflects hover history
July 6 - On a Cushion of Air: The Story of Hoverlloyd and the Cross-Channel Hovercraft captures the heroic upsurge and unavoidable demise of one of the country's most dominant cross-Channel service providers.
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Rhenus Midgard handles subsea cable logistics for Nexans
July 6 - Rhenus Midgard received, stored and forwarded 30 km of subsea cables at its port facility in Nordenham, Germany, on behalf of Nexans.
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Libyan aviation services company expands to Athens
July 5 - Atheka Aviation, one of Libya's first private and independent aviation services company, has opened an office and international hub in the European Union.
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Atlantic walrus digs his tusks into trouble
July 5 - When Russia's finest walrus found itself in need of urgent dental work AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) flew to the rescue, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.
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Rotor blades spin with Prangl
July 5 - Prangl recently transported three wind turbine rotor blades, each almost 50 m long and four metres at the widest point, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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Offshore goes onshore at Eemshaven
July 5 - Two wind turbines of a type to be located off the Dutch-German shore are to be erected onshore for testing and development purposes at Eemshaven, the Netherlands.
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Urmila handles 1,000 tonnes for Godrej & Boyce
July 4 - Urmila Project Services recently handled a 1,000 tonne DHDS reactor using a newly-built Goldhofer self-propelled modular trailer (SPMT), writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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New operations head for Rotterdam
July 4 - Effective September 2012, Ronald Paul will succeed Thessa Menssen as chief operating officer of Infrastructure and Maritime Affairs at the Port of Rotterdam Authority, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.
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LaRue will represent the Texas Ports
July 4 - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) selected executive director, John P. LaRue, Port Corpus Christi (POCCA), to represent the Texas ports in the newly formed Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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Pressure vessels are no problem for SCS
July 4 - SCS Heavy Lifts & Transports from Ootmarsum, the Netherlands, was contracted to jack up, transport and ship several high pressure vessels weighing more than 225 tonnes each, from Germany to Korea, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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Intertransport hits the road to China
July 3 - A road recycler being transported from Germany to China has been handled by Intertransport Hohnholz of Germany, a member of the Project Cargo Network.
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Intertransport hits the road to China
July 3 - A road recycler being transported from Germany to China has been handled by Intertransport Hohnholz of Germany, a member of the Project Cargo Network.
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Peel Ports seeks Vestas replacement at Sheerness
July 3 - Peel Ports Group, owner of the UK's Port of Sheerness, has moved quickly to pledge a major effort in securing a replacement for Vestas, following the latter's decision not to take up the option to locate a major wind turbine manufacturing facilit
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Fixed route in Mozambique Channel meets opposition
July 2 - At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) sub-committee on safety of navigation the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - which represents global shipowners and 80 percent of the world merchant fleet - will be opposin
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Spanish step up for Clipper Projects
July 2 - Clipper Projects and Maritima del Oriente have entered into an agreement covering commercial and port agency representation in Spain, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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Ahlers is busy with a range of projects
June 29 - Antwerp-based Ahlers Forwarding has revealed a range of charters and shipments that neatly demonstrate its worldwide reach in sectors as diverse as oil and gas to the Winter Olympics 2014.
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Port of Duluth goes nuts for Brazilian shipment
June 29 - The Port of Duluth has claimd a stake in the global wind energy supply chain with the movement of 60 wind turbine blades manufactured in North Dakota being exported to Brazil aboard the Dutch-flagged Alamosborg.
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Endgame for Sietas Group as buyers found
June 29 - Eight months after HLPFI first reported on the filing of an insolvency petition by the Sietas Group (Nov 18, 2011) and five months since HLPFI (May, 2012) reported that five concrete offers have been received for the companies of the Hamburg-bas