European news – Page 441
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Jade Cargo puts temporary halt to operations
January 3 - Jade Cargo International has announced the temporary suspension of services "due to overall weak air cargo demand".
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Tuscor Lloyds cements concrete equipment shipment
December 30 - Tuscor Lloyds was called in by the manufacturer of a mobile concrete batching plant (pictured below) after it struggled to find an appropriate vessel which could reach the destination within the limited timeframe.
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Fairstar wins contract for rig transport
December 29 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a USD2.6 million contract by Hercules Offshore to transport the jack-up drilling rig Hercules 185 from Pascagoula, Mississippi to West Africa in the first quarter of 2012 onboard Fairstar's open ster
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Jumbo Shipping takes up second option with Brodosplit
December 28 - Having announced in July this year that it had won a contract from Jumbo Shipping to build a heavy lift ship, Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit has revealed that the shipping company has also taken up the option for one additional vessel with
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Norwind Installer selects Ulstein as design partner for offshore vessel
December 23 - Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the ULSTEIN Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry. The
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Antwerp increases port dues for 2012
December 23 - The Port of Antwerp is to increase its port dues by 2 percent in 2012, the first adjustment in three years.
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Nice dozen for Dockwise
December 21 - Dockwise has revealed 12 new awards totaling USD55 million, of which six, to the value of more than USD15 million, are for execution in Q4 2011. The remaining contracts are for execution in 2012 and 2013.
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Holleman beats the drum
December 21 - Holleman Transport OOO, the Serbia and Montenegro member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has moved some small absorbers and a large tail drum to a refinery in Pan
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Logitrans 2011 exhibition exceeds expectations in Istanbul
December 21 - The fifth transport logistics exhibition, Logitrans held this month in Istanbul, has exceeded the expectations of its organisers, with more than 12,000 visitors, which represented an increase of 37 percent over 2010.
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Van Leusden has new HQ
December 20 - The Dutch company, Van Leusden, which tailor makes hoist and lift solutions with maritime, offshore and heavy industrial applications has relocated its main office.
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CalibRa wins logistics contract for second phase of Bangladesh project
December 20 - Turkish project forwarder CalibRa has been awarded a project logistics contract for the second phase of the Bangladesh Redevelopment project following the successful completion of the first tranche of shipments earlier this year.
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ASCO wins North Sea logistics contracts
December 20 - ASCO, a leading oil and gas logistics company has retained three significant long-term North Sea contracts - two with Nexen Petroleum UK Limited and one with Centrica Energy Upstream - with a total value in excess of GBP90 million (USD140 mi
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ABP establishes new funding platform
December 20 - In the UK, Associated British Ports (ABP) has established a new funding platform to enable it to access a variety of funding markets over time. ABP has raised GBP2.36 billion (USD3.67 billion) of senior bank and bond debt to refinance the pr
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Fairstar wins rig transportation contract
December 19 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a USD2.8 million contract by Northern Offshore to transport the jack-up drilling rig Energy Exerter from Malta to Northern Europe in January 2012.
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Wiesbauer adds Liebherr crane
December 19 - German crane and heavy haulage company, Wiesbauer, has taken delivery of a 750 tonne Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane.
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Parts for the 1,000th Boeing 777 move through the Port of Everett
December 19 - Boeing and the Port of Everett recently celebrated the arrival of the first shipment of parts for Boeing's 1,000th 777 from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Shipping confidence picks up despite eurozone fears
December 16 - Overall confidence levels and the likelihood of major new investments in the shipping industry in the next 12 months picked up marginally in the quarter ended November 2011, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from accountant
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Generation industry powers Ahlers business
December 16 - The needs of the global generating industry, both electricity generating and oil and gas production, are creating good opportunities for project cargo forwarder Ahlers, the company has revealed.
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First lift for J D Neuhaus 100 tonne hoist
December 16 - The inaugural lift for a Profi TI 100 tonne air operated hoist unit has been successfully accomplished at the St Fergus gas terminal located near Peterhead on the North East coast of Scotland.
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Experience counts says newcomer Derwent Shipping
December 15 - Derwent Shipping & Logistics Ltd, based in Selby, UK, recently used a hydraulic lifting system to move three heater coils into position outside a customer's workshop, enabling cranes to access the coils for lifting (pictured below).