European news – Page 462

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    Georgia's ports welcome world's largest ro-ro ship

    2011-04-26T00:00:00Z

    April 26 - The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has welcomed the largest ro-ro vessel ever to call at its deepwater ports.

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    Project network doubles up

    2011-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - Conti-trans Speditionsgesellschaft GmbH and Direct Logistics China are the latest companies to join the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) - the fast-growing, non-exclusive professional projects logistics network of independent companies s

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    Liebherr hat-trick for Knoll

    2011-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - Mobile crane hire company, Hans-Peter Knoll e.K. has taken delivery of a Liebherr LTF 1045-4.1, LTF 1060-4.1, and an LTC 1045-3.1.

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    TPL overcomes permitting problems to ship dryers

    2011-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - Belgium's TPL (Transport & Project Logistics) has handled the shipment of two large dryers from France to Jeddah via the port of Antwerp.

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    New overland service for Iraq

    2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Exporters looking to serve the Iraq oil and gas industry might be interested in the guaranteed twice-weekly express road trailer services between Western Europe and Iraq recently launched by independent freight forwarder F.S. Mackenzie.

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    Excellent start for Antwerp, but heavy lifts still down

    2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - The port of Antwerp handled 47,374,451 tonnes of freight in the first three months of this year, up by 12.7 percent on the same period of 2010, although heavy lift cargoes were down around 15 percent and machinery, engines, etc were down around

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    APM Terminals acquires 80 percent shareholding in Black Sea port

    2011-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - APM Terminals has acquired an 80 percent shareholding in Poti Sea Port, located on Georgia's Black Sea coast, from the UAE's Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) of the UAE.

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    DB Schenker names new head of Human Resources

    2011-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Milagros Cai

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    Port cities investigate maximum use of renewable energy

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Nine European cities and universities, confronted with the challenge of making greater use of renewable energies to power the industrial and logistics activities which take place in their ports, have joined forces to develop a model that makes

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    Kia Production expanding with arrival of major equipment

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - The first major machinery for Kia Motors' West Point manufacturing plant expansion arrived in the USA on Chongming at the Port of Savannah.

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    Euroports stays quiet

    2011-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Euroports, one of the largest port operators in continental Europe, is remaining tight-lipped on reports in the Italian trade media that suggest it is trying to acquire a multi service terminal in Porto Marghera, Italy.

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    Difficulties did not prevent TPL from delivering the goods

    2011-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - A catalogue of difficulties - permit denials, a missed sailing and a ten-week effort to secure the go-ahead from 13 French prefectures to permit surface transport - did not prevent freight forwarder Transport & Project Logistics Project (TPL) f

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    NICOLAS INDUSTRIE builds bridges in China

    2011-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Self-propelled transport vehicles supplied by NICOLAS INDUSTRIE of France have been involved in the movement of 25,500 tonnes of steel for the construction of a seven-km long bridge over the Yangtze River in China.

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    GPLN welcomes Bedmet Logistics

    2011-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has announced the addition of Bedmet Logistic Damian Bednarz Sp.k. for Southern Poland.

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    Damco appoints global marketing head

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Third party logistics provider Damco has appointed Christian Bech Hoengaard as global head of marketing at Damco International, based at corporate headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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    ASCO signs GBP20 million (USD20 million) contract with Perenco

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - ASCO UK has been awarded a five-year contract extension from Perenco UK.

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    Blue Water locates key new hire through HLPFI

    2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - If you want the best people (and who in Project Shipping can afford not to?) it pays to use the right media.

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    Dockwise signs with Seadrill

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Dockwise has entered into a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Seadrill Management AS to provide for the transportation requirements of all relevant rigs operated by the Seadrill group, including its subsidiaries.

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    "K" Line completes SAL Group takeover

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd ("K" Line), which has had a 50 percent stake in Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land GmbH (SAL Group) since 2007 has agreed to purchase the remaining shares in the SAL Group at the end of June 2011.

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    Volga-Dnepr helps sports broadcasters with Olympic trial

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has once again supported the hosts of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia - this time with the delivery of 93 tonnes of outside broadcasting equipment.