European news – Page 470

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    Forwarders name new management appointments

    2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - The New Year has brought a raft of management appoints at two leading global forwarding companies.

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    Unions and employers in Antwerp sign agreement

    2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - A move to modernise the relationship between labour and employers at the port of Antwerp and a cargo dues freeze for 2011, will have direct and positive benefits to heavy lift and project cargo operations at the Belgian breakbulk and heavylif

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    Energy market powers CEVA expansion in West Africa and Central Asia

    2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Expansive growth in the energy sector has persuaded CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company, to increase its presence in West Africa and Central Asia, areas which will be managed under CEVA's Southern Europe, Middle E

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    Lloyd's seminar to keep you the right side of the new UK Bribery Act

    2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - A seminar to be held by Lloyd's Maritime Academy is designed to equip those working in the international maritime industry, including heavy lift shipping and forwarding, with a full understanding of the UK Bribery Act 2010, which comes into f

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    AOP Project Partners launches new name as PCN announces first summit

    2011-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Heavy lift and OOG shipment network AOP Project Partners has changed its name to Project Partners, effective immediately.

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    Rickmers-Linie appoints Colombian agent

    2011-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg-based specialist for breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo, has appointed Gerleinco, Bogota, as its agent in Colombia with immediate effect.

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    Ro-ro rationalisation adds fifth OT Africa Line ship

    2011-01-18T00:00:00Z

    January 18 - OT Africa Line, a CMA-CGM group company, has restructured its ro-ro services, adding a fifth ship which allows the line to offer an improved service frequency with sailings departing Europe every 10 days.

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    Heavy lift crane developments driven by higher loads

    2011-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Industry observers have noted the significant co-incidence that as the current Heavy Lift & Project Forwarders International (HLPFI) is published containing an insightful article into the activity of crane manufacturers, clear trends are bein

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    Coordinadora in latest heavy lift movement

    2011-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Madrid-based project forwarder Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas has moved a 170 tonne transformer from Seville to the Port of Tarragona for export from Spain.

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    FESCO restructures its container business

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    January 14 - Fesco Transportation Group has reorganised the management system of its container business, forming a single logistics integrator responsible for the management of the group's business directions and companies that provide various types of co

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    Safmarine and Antwerp bosses celebrate cooperation

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    January 14 - At an unveiling ceremony held at the headquarters of the Antwerp Port Authority, Safmarine CEO Tomas Dyrbye presented a ship model of Safmarine Kuramo to CEO Eddy Bruyninckx as a gesture of thanks for the many years of close cooperation betwe

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    Agility name Klompers as chief of commercial strategies

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    January 14 - Agility Global Integrated Logistics (Agility GIL) has appointed John Klompers as chief of commercial strategies.

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    Indial Shipping joins GPLN

    2011-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has announced the addition of Indial Shipping Pvt Ltd from Mumbai as its latest member.

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    Swiss mountains are no problem for Fracht

    2011-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Swiss forwarder Fracht AG negotiated some challenging terrain to complete its latest move, writes Luke King.

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    Air Charter Service announces promotions

    2011-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Air Charter Service has made a number of promotions within the cargo department of its London office.

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    ACS's big-hearted look at 2011

    2011-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Philanthropic air charter broker, Air Charter Service (ACS) raised more than USD 75,000 last year for good causes, with money raised by staff matched by the London-based company.

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    World's largest heavy lift vessel to visit India

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - MV Svenja, which is claimed to be the world's largest heavy lift vessel with a lifting capacity of 2,000 tonnes and speed of 20 knots, will arrive in India later this week on its maiden voyage.

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    Trends identified as latest HLPFI is set to land on your desks

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - The latest edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) is due to hit readers' desks just as the year's trends for the heavy lift industry are becoming visible, say industry observers.

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    Air Charter Service expands in South America

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Air Charter Service has opened its first office in Brazil, in Sao Paulo.

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    Transworld Logistics joins GPLN

    2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

    January 11 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) has announced the addition of Transworld Logistics from Dubai as its latest member.