European news – Page 457

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    The Italian job fails to defeat Tuscor Lloyds

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - A perfect storm of public holidays, unsafe and illegal material handling equipment as well as road works along the projected route greeted global project cargo specialists Tuscor Lloyds when it handled a significant high and heavy load after disc

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    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics makes senior appointments

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added two senior officers to its global executive management team.

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    Jumbo Shipping opens for business in Bremen

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - Dutch heavy lift shipping company, Jumbo Shipping has opened a representative office in Bremen, Germany, in cooperation with German independent breakbulk and heavy lift shipbroker Coli Schiffahrt & Transport KG.

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    Project cargo powers double-digit growth at Bilbao

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - General conventional goods at Bilbao port, helped by project cargo activity, rose by 14 percent in the first three months of the year. Project cargo at the Spanish Atlantic port includes machinery, wind energy equipment, rail carriages, buses, pa

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    BACA launches escrow account to secure deposits

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - London-based BACA (Baltic Air Charter Association) has launched an escrow facility to provide a secure deposit for funds being paid in advance by customers for air charters.

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    New ship deal for NSCSA

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia has signed a 'murabaha' financing agreement with the Saudi British Bank (SABB) and the National Commercial Bank for SR822.6 million (USD219.3 million) that will finance 80 percent of the cost to construc

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    Port of Hartlepool calls for government transparency on renewable energy

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - The Port of Hartlepool, UK, has hosted a ministerial visit by Charles Hendry, minister of state for the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change, and used the opportunity to call for more clarity in the UK government's renewable energy polic

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    Cruz doubles up IL-76TD flights for significant client

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Almaty, Kazakhstan-based project cargo forwarder Cruz Logistics recently required two IL-76TD journeys on consecutive days to move four load banks from Fujairah, UAE to Uralsk, Kazakhstan for a significant customer.

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    Dockwise to convert contract backlog to firm orders

    2011-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A backlog of multi-million dollar contracts worth more than USD40 million for the moving of offshore equipment and heavyweight barge movements will be completed by Q3 2011, says Dutch leading marine contractor Dockwise.

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    Jumbo Shipping delivers its largest ever container crane

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Jumbo Shipping has delivered a container crane measuring 71 m high and 29 m wide to the Port of S

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    Broekman Group opens new head office

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Broekman Group has centralised its different operations within a new head office in 'PortCity 1', the Waalhaven, Rotterdam.

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    Allcargo Laxmi on its maiden call at Mumbai Port

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Allcargo Global Logistics is celebrating the first call of its new coastal shipping service at Mumbai port.

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    Boeing sends first 747-8F on a visit to Luxembourg

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Following its visit to this year's Paris Airshow, Boeing has flown a 747-8 Freighter to Luxembourg, the home base of launch customer Cargolux Airlines.

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    Steel fabricators invest in Shuttlelift product

    2011-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Plains Fabrication & Supply, a steel fabrication company based in Alberta, Canada, which produces heaters, separators, pressure vessels, skid packages, and other custom fabrication items has purchased a Shuttlelift SL 75II to increase productivi

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    Rawcliffe ships pair of castings

    2011-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - JB Rawcliffe & Sons from Skelmersdale, UK has transported two 300 tonne castings for Sheffield Forgemasters International.

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    Demag Cranes' board recommends latest Terex offer

    2011-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - The management and supervisory boards of Demag Cranes AG has recommended that its shareholders accept a revised takeover offer from Terex Corporation that includes an increased share price offer and safeguards employee jobs, existing sites and D

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    Imperial Reederei takes over BARIS

    2011-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - Effective July 1, 2011 Imperial Reederei GmbH will be the exclusive shareholder of BARIS Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH, with the company operating as Imperial BARIS GmbH from that date with its head office in Berlin and a branch office in Duisbur

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    StederGroup links two European seas with South America

    2011-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - StederGroup Liner Agency has launched a breakbulk, liner service with vessels from 15,000 dwt up to 30,000 dwt and geared with 20 ton cranes between the Black Sea and Mediterranean ports and South American east and west coast ports.

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    Prangl helps out at Schwechat shutdown

    2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Austrian crane, access, and heavy transport company Prangl has been involved in the annual shutdown at Schwechat refinery, near Vienna, among the largest and most complex inland refineries in Europe.

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    Robert Wynn & Sons commence module delivery operations

    2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - The completion of the UK's largest current nuclear project, Evaporator D (where Costain is working with Sellafield Ltd), has moved a stage nearer with the successful completion of the first of the module delivery stages required for this impress