European news – Page 470

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    Staffing agency points to potential future staff shortages

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - An employment and staffing agency that specialises in supplying hoisting and lifting, heavy lift and specialised transport personnel has passed its third anniversary and noted continuing industry trends that could lead to staff shortages in the n

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    Crawler cranes help save Polish military history

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - A tiny part of Polish military history has been saved from oblivion thanks to the use of two Terex lattice boom crawler cranes, one Terex CC 2800-1 and one Terex CC 2500-1. They have relocated the historical bunker for the re-construction of the

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    Europe Caribbean Line makes its debut in Aberdeen

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Baltic & European Shipping, a monthly service operated by Europe Caribbean Line between Ipswich, UK, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad, has made its first call at Aberdeen, Scotland.

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    Speaking up for project cargo

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has announced two key industry speakers for its 2011 Annual Summit, which will be held from 19-20 November at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London.

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    Air charter specialist enters second year with new airline

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Chartersphere is seeking to expand its business and recruit new staff after a brisk first year of trading.

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    Air Charter Service on the move in Paris as Smith moves in

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Air Charter Service's Paris operation has moved to much larger offices and welcomed Stuart Smith from the company's New York office, to head up the expanding cargo department.

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    Union Transport joins Conqueror Freight Network

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Freight forwarder Union Transport (Newcastle) Ltd, which is part of the Bromley UK-headquartered Union Transport Group plc has been selected as the exclusive representative in Newcastle, UK, for the Conqueror Freight Network, which operates as a

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    CEE members bag a brace of projects

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) members are busy with a pair of high and heavy projects on different continents.

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    DSV buys Finland's Wasa Logistics

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Finland's Ab Wasa Logistics Ltd Oy, which specialises in project forwarding and is one of the nation's market leaders within this sector, has confirmed that it has been acquired by the Finnish subsidiary of Danish transport and logistics company

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    Four project movements display industry's variety

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A quarter of heavy lift and project cargo operations undertaken by members of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) demonstrate the wide variety of operations in this industry.

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    PCN grows in new territories

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - The Project Cargo Network has broken ground in two new territories and expanded in an existing territory as it grows its global reach.

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    TransRussia hailed as the must attend transport exhibition in Russia

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - The 16th edition TransRussia exhibition in which HLPFI participated as a media partner, has been hailed as a "must attend" event for international transport and logistics companies.

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    Wallenius Wilhelmsen awarded for its green intiatives by GE Energy

    2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - At GE Energy's first Logistics Supplier Conference in Prague, attended by 120 suppliers from Europe, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) was presented with an award for its excellence in quality and environmental health and safety.

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    Cranes double up to handle heavy cargoes through Saint-Petersbur

    2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Two companies from the Universal Cargo Logistics Holding group have worked together to handle the shipment of over-dimensional equipment weighing more than 1,100 tonnes in total.

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    Hansa off to market

    2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Finally, the speculation is over with this week's confirmation that the principal shareholder of the Beluga Group Holding Company, Oaktree Capital Management, has established a new, and totally independent shipping company.

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    Port of Antwerp congratulates Chipolbrok on 60th birthday

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Port of Antwerp congratulated Chipolbrok on its 60th anniversary during the recent Breakbulk Conference in Antwerp.

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    Jade Cargo International selects Traxon Europe

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Chinese all cargo airline Jade Cargo International has signed an agreement with the e-communications provider Traxon Europe for the implementation of the AWB Data Capture application.

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    IMO places container weight misdeclaration in the spotlight

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation will address the issue of weight misdeclaration of containerised cargo shipments and undertake other measures to improve the safety of container stowage and ship operations.

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    German ports group goes online to showcase offshore logistics

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - Germany's Seaports of Niedersachsen has launched a new website to demonstrate the capabilities of the various ports within the group in regards to offshore logistics.

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    Heavy lift newbie sets benchmark for cryogenic tank movement

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Project cargo broker InterConti Navigation is claiming a heavy lift benchmark with a recent shipment from the Czech Republic to Norway of the world's largest double-hull cryogenic tanks.