European news – Page 438
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Dutch invention to end towline chaffing failure on tugboats
June 5 - Rotterdam based shipping company Rotortug and ASD Ship Design from Alblasserdam, The Netherlands have invented a revolutionary tugboat technology to prevent towline failures from chafing against a tugboat's fixed towing point.
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A freight movement 12 million years In the making
June 4 - A life-like and full-sized reconstruction of the jawbone and mouth of a 12 million year old sea monster named after the author of Moby Dick, has been transported from South America to Europe by Rhoon, Netherlands-based Steder Group.
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Wagenborg Nedlift opens in Akersloot
June 4 - Wagenborg Nedlift recently opened a new office in Akersloot, the Netherlands, and is targeting its crane and transport services to companies in the oil and gas sector in North Holland.
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Damen Shipyards unveils new tug type
June 4 - A new tug suitable for offshore and deep sea heavy lift towage operations was unveiled by Damen Shipyards at the International Tug and Salvage Convention (ITS) in Barcelona, Spain.
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Erik Lindbergh joins Air Charter Service
June 1 - Erik Lindbergh, the renowned aviator and grandson of world famous Charles Lindbergh, has joined global aircraft charter specialists Air Charter Service as a brand ambassador.
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Fagioli completes complex generator lift in India
June 1 - Fagioli India has successfully lifted and moved a massive generator unit at a power station in India.
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Equipment owners network adds two service categories
May 31 - Following the Breakbulk Europe event, which was very successful for the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE), Wolfgang Karau, director for the equipment and manufacturers network revealed that two new areas - Rail Operators and Rigging & Skidding - woul
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China Leads growth in global wind power capacity
May 31 - Global installed wind power capacity continued to grow in 2011, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in 2009 and 2010, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service.
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Geodis Wilson committed to growth
May 31 - Describing the Industrial Projects division of Geodis Wilson as the 'smallest of the big players'; Philippe Somers, senior vice president of Geodis Wilson's Industrial Projects group, said that the company is making progress in bridging the gap o
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Anchor chains away for Tuscor Lloyds
May 29 - UK shipping agent and forwarder Tuscor Lloyds has recently completed the movement of a large and heavy consignment of anchor chain from China to the UK North Sea, under the highly pressured requirements of a particular customer.
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European bank funding running out for shipping lines
May 29 - Traditional sources of bank business finance and capital in Europe are drying up for shipping lines in the face of global credit and austerity programmes, leading many to new sources of investment such as private equity funds.
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GROUP7 'moooooves' dairy plant
May 28 - Working with Mayan Group, its partner in Israel, GROUP7 used open top containers, flat racks, rolltrailers, 20-foot, 40-foot and high cube containers to transport various large and unwieldy processing plant components from Germany to Israel.
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DB Schenker Logistics breaks ground on Euro Logistics Centre
April 25 - DB Schenker Logistics is set to invest approximately EUR27 million (USD35.7 million) to build a logistics centre on the Ilsfeld Untere Bustadt industrial park in Germany.
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Projects FPS helps build a brewery
May 25 - Projects FPS - the project forwarding and third-party logistics arm of Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka - has cleared and delivered a 9,000 cu m shipment of outsize brewery equipment from Colombo Port to the site of a new brewery at Meegoda, Sri Lan
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Broekman and Rotterdam invest in project cargoes
May 25 - At this week's Breakbulk Europe event, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Broekman Group announced their intention to renovate and redesign the eastern section of the RDM site in the Waalhaven.
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BigLift transports five mobile cranes to Nigeria
May 23 - BigLift Shipping has used its heavy lift ship, Happy Dragon, to transport five mobile cranes for leading crane manufacturers Liebherr and Gottwald from Germany and Belgium to Nigeria.
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Boost delivered to Congo's mining power generation
May 23 - A Volga-Dnepr Airlines' AN-124-100 freighter chartered by Chapman Freeborn has carried a 22-ton (22.35-tonne) multi-stage press coil to the Congo to help progress the modernisation of the country's power generation.
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LiftRig handles power cables
May 23 - Portland in the UK is an Olympic site this year, and also the location of LiftRig Consulting's latest subsea power cable handling and storage project.
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Five in line for Sietas Group companies
May 22 - Five concrete offers have been received for the companies of the Hamburg-based Sietas Group.
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Scholpp moves two production lines
May 22 - Scholpp Montage from Germany has relocated and installed two production lines to China.