European news – Page 451

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    Sorgetti to succeed Sangaletti as FIATA CEO

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - HLPFI understads that Marco Sorgetti has been selected to fill the post of director general and chief executive of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) following the retirement of Marco Sangaletti.

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    Turkish yacht transport goes against the flow

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Turkish project cargo forwarder Project Cargo & Yacht Transport is claiming a record in the field of yacht transport as it moved three super-yachts and one coast guard boat to the Middle East.

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    WPA nears double-digit project membership as Jemara International joins

    2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

    September 13 - Philippines freight forwarder Jemara International Freight Services Inc has joined The Worldwide Partners Alliance (WPA).

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    Agility receives freight security certification

    2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

    September 13 - Agility has received the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) "A" certification for its Budapest and Helsinki offices, recognising the company's capabilities in implementing the highest security standards for its supply chain sol

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    Nurminen Logistics delivers tanks to Belarus

    2011-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - Over the past few years, Nurminen Logistics of Finland, which is a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, has made several special deliveries to Belarus and this summer was no exception with the delivery of three large tanks f

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    Antwerp port authority expands presence in South America

    2011-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - Antwerp Port Authority has expanded its presence in South America with the appointment of three new representatives: Fernando Bustamante, German Calderon (both in Chile) and Henrique Machado Rabelo (in Brazil), to promote the port across So

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    Air Charter International supports Afghan mine clearance

    2011-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - Air Charter International has handled the shipment of an outsized mine clearing machine and spare parts from Europe to Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, to assist with the country's efforts to be free of Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) by 2013.

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    Lenders offer lifeline extension to TBS

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Breakbulk and bulk vessel operator, TBS International has advised that its lenders have agreed to let it not make principal payments due on loans from September 30 to December 15.

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    Libya services resume as regime changes

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Though fighting is still continuing in the country and Colonel Gadaffi remains at large, a degree of normality is returning to Libya.

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    Barnhart Crane & Rigging opens at Port of Monroe

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has opened its newest branch at the Port of Monroe, USA.

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    Jakarta next for heavy lift seminar

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - The next seminar in a series of heavy lift and breakbulk cargo courses to be held by the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is to be hosted later this month at Oil & Gas Indonesia 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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    Nordana goes back to Libya

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Nordana has restarted its regular direct ro-ro service from the US Gulf and East Coast into Libya, which has been suspended since February due to the unrest in the country.

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    AF Decom opens in Aberdeen

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - AF Decom Offshore, a specialist company in the removal, demolition, environmental reconstruction and recycling of buildings, industrial plants and offshore installations, has opened an Aberdeen office to target the emerging UK market.

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    Up and under for Megatranz

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - If you can't go under, you have to go over: that was the message for transport managers when faced with the movement of three modules destined for a Brazilian oil and gas refinery.

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    Chapman Freeborn expands its On Board Courier (OBC) service

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - An old English expression has it that, for the want of a nail, the battle was lost. This sage wisdom sums up neatly the reality that even the biggest projects can flounder if an essential item stops working or is missing.

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    A hamburger with triple BBC Chartering vessels

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - It was a case of once, twice, three times a vessel as a trio of leading German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering's vessels were in the port of Hamburg simultaneously.

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    Emirates SkyCargo launches first scheduled freighter service to Australia

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates Airline, is set to operate its first dedicated freighter service to Australia.

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    Boeing 747-8 Freighter first delivery set for September 19

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux on September 19 at Paine Field in Everett, US and Cargolux will fly the aircraft away that morning and put it into revenue service.

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    NICOLAS vehicles transport first prototype of new Siemens nacelle

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Danish transport company, Brande Maskintransport, recently transported the prototype of the new Siemens SWT-6.0-120 nacelle using heavy goods vehicles from the French manufacturer NICOLAS Industrie.

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    ASCO wins Statoil logistics contract

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - ASCO, a leading oil and gas logistic company, has won a contract worth over GBP 1.1 million (USD1.8 million) from Statoil ASA.