European news – Page 461

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    DB Schenker debuts Eco Solutions for greener transport

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - DB Schenker has exhibited its new portfolio of services at the Transport Logistic 2011 trade fair in Munich. This includes its Eco Solutions, the forwarder's range of climate-friendly transportation and logistics services.

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    Heavy lift comes to the small screen

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Viewers of a TV documentary series on the global aviation industry will be treated to a behind-the-scenes look at a recent heavy lift maindeck shipment made on an AN-124 freighter.

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    SDV Horoz on the double

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) member for Turkey, SDV Horoz has completed the shipment of a transformer, pictured below, weighing over 170 tonnes to Germany from Turkey.

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    Breakbulk Europe starts next week

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - 'Thinking Globally for the Long Haul' is the banner for the 6th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & Exhibition which will take place next week in Antwerp, Belgium, from May 17 - 19.

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    Wind flows through BOW Terminal's sales

    2011-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Zeeland Seaports' BOW terminal in Vlissingen's Westhofhaven says that business really started to move in the first quarter of 2011 and the company, which began its operations in 2010, concluded various contracts for the handling, transhipment and

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    WWPC's Albacor and Steder move chimneys

    2011-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Worldwide Project Consortium members Albacor Shipping and Steder Group teamed up to move two chimneys from Esbjerg, Denmark to a refinery in Whiting, Indiana in the USA.

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    Munich hosts successful GPLN conference

    2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - The Global Project Logistics Network's (GPLN's) conference in Munich last week brought together 136 project cargo experts and independent project logistics specialist companies from around the world.

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    Allseas and Synergy relocate factory

    2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - The relocation of an entire paper processing plant from the UK to Bangladesh gave heavy lift specialist Allseas Global Logistics the opportunity to demonstrate its experience and expertise in handling this type of complex project.

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    Leading weather company acquires offshore forecasting technology business

    2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - MeteoGroup has acquired Nowcasting International, a global weather forecasting company specialising in metocean solutions for the offshore industry.

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    Cargo Equipment owners and operators set to meet in Amsterdam

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE), the global network for equipment owners and operators, supporting manufacturers and carriers, who are involved in the actual movement of heavy cargo, will gather in Amsterdam from May 19-21 to conduct

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    Cargolux in talks with Qatar Airways

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - The international business media is awash with reports that Cargolux is in talks with Qatar Airways about a minority shareholding in the European all-cargo carrier, with the Middle East airline reported to to be close to agreeing to the purchase o

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    Rickmers-Linie adds ships to upgrade Indian service

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Rickmers-Linie is upgrading its Indian service with the addition of new vessels.

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    IDEA Heavy Equipment and Ulstein sign MOU

    2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

    May 4 - A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed which outlines the main principles of how Norwegian Ulstein Group and Netherlands-based IDEA Heavy Equipment are joining forces.

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    Dockwise reveals more big contracts

    2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

    May 4 - Dockwise has reveals six new heavy marine transport contracts for its subsidiary Dockwise Shipping with a total contract value of more than USD 34 million.

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    Fairstar wins ENSCO contract

    2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a contract by ENSCO to transport the ENSCO 105 jack-up drilling rig from Malta to Singapore.

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    AirBridgeCargo Airlines takes scheduled route to North America

    2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has launched services to its first destination in North America with three flights a week to Chicago.

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    Globalink transports dump trucks to Kazakhstan

    2011-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Project cargo forwarder Globalink has recently handled the transportation of Hitachi dump trucks from the US to Kazakhstan. The consignment arrived at Paldiski port, Estonia where transloading from vessel onto low bed trailers was completed.

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    ADM-THW gets to the dock on time

    2011-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Project cargo forwarder ADM Team Heavy Weight (ADM-THW) transported two dryers measuring 10.0 x 3.30 x 4.0 m and weighing 78 tonnes from Lorient, France to the port of Antwerp, Belgium.

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    Jumbo Offshore to install protection structures in Shetland island fields

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - In June, 2011, Jumbo Offshore's DP2 heavy lift vessel Fairplayer is set to install four subsea protection structures for production flowlines at water depths of 600 m in the Laggan and Tormore fields, 125 km off the north-west of the Shetland i

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    PCN completes its trio of UK members

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has filled its UK membership quota with the signing of its "third and final" UK member, says Rachel Humphrey, PCN chairwoman.