European news – Page 436

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    Liebherr on the double

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH has delivered a new LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane to crane hire specialist, Sommer Kranverleih GmbH, or Bremen, Germany.

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    Heavy cargo exports fall at Port of Hamburg

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - 2011 saw a welcome increase in seaborne cargo throughput at the port of Hamburg, totalling 132.2 million tons that represents an increase of 9.1 percent over 2010. Container throughput in 2011 totalled 9 million teu, or 1.12 million teu more

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    Drewry Maritime Research opens for business in Shanghai, China.

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Drewry, one of the leading independent advisory and analytical research organisation in the maritime sector, and a regular editorial contributor to HLPFI, has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai.

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    VGG transports 54 wind turbines

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Vasco Gallega Group (VGG), the Spanish member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has arranged the transport of 54 complete windmills from Vigo, Spain to Ethiopia, through Djibouti.

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    France Cargo International joins PCN

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) now has its second member in France with the addition of France Cargo International (FCI), which have been specialising in heavy lift and project cargo for over 20 years.

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    Holleman on the boil

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Holleman Bulgaria, a member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has completed the delivery of a large boiler measuring 16.16 m x 3.60 m x 3.84 m, with a weight of 83 tonnes, from Bucharest, Romania to Rousse, Bulgaria and rel

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    HOCHTIEF to build another special-purpose wind farm ship

    2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - HOCHTIEF Solutions has commissioned the construction of a further heavy-lift jack-up vessel from the Crist shipyard in Poland for the installation of offshore wind farms.

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    JSC Transafe Logistics partners with Sarens Group in Serbian project

    2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - In Pancevo, Serbia, Russia's JSC Transafe Logistics has worked with Belgium's Sarens Group on a hydrocracker/hydrotreater modernisation and construction project for NIS Petroleum Industry.

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    Four into seven for Tuscor Lloyds

    2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - The UK's Tuscor Lloyds has handled the shipment of four items of breakbulk cargo on seven out of gauge flat racks, as well as one standard freight container, from Felixstowe, UK to Haifa, Israel.

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    Indian takeaway for cranes

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - V.Alexander of Germany and InterMax Logistic Solutions of China, both members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, successfully cooperated in a shipment of two cranes from China to India.

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    Georgia on Caterpillar's mind

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The ease of accessing the major ports of Savannah and Charleston on the US East Coast has been cited by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar as a major factor in its decision to site a new manufacturing facility in Georgia.

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    Conference to highlight tightening of ballast water regulations

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - A London conference on ballast water is to be held against a background of tightening regulations and codes of practice that will be enacted over the coming months.

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    Artisgracht loads yachts in Rotterdam

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Pictured, we see Spliethoff's Artisgracht loading several boats on deck in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam, recently, on behalf of sister company, Sevenstar Yacht Transport.

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    BBC Chartering starts Euro-Asia service

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - BBC Chartering has started a new liner service connecting Europe and Asia.

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    2012 conference on health and humanitarian logistics announced

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - The main objective of the 2012 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics, which will be held in Hamburg, Germany, from March 21-23, is to bring together all relevant stakeholders of humanitarian response and global health care at a neu

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    Sensitive projects hat trick for Rhenus Logistics

    2012-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - The French Industrial Project department of Rhenus Logistics (former Wincanton Mondia) has completed three sensitive projects in Russia, France and Qatar.

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    Belgian ports work to clear backlog as strikes end

    2012-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Last Friday (17th), Belgian port workers ended their strike over pension reform that brought shipping in Europe's second-busiest cargo port of Antwerp to a halt and operators are now working to clear the backlog of cargoes.

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    Widdows to take over from Steffens at Rickmers

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - After ten very successful years with the Rickmers Group and especially, with Rickmers-Linie, Jan B Steffens will, by 31 March 2012, step down from the twin positions of CEO of Rickmers Holding and of Rickmers-Linie although he will continue

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    Nurminen Logistics breaks records on Siberia shipment

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - A recent shipment by Nurminen Logistics was the furthest overland journey in the company's 125 years of existence.

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    Safmarine name new ship in Savannah

    2012-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Shipping line, Safmarine held a naming ceremony in Savannah for its newest vessel, Safmarine Sahara.