European news – Page 471
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Equipment owners network celebrates second birthday
May 24 - 30 members of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE), the global network for equipment owners and operators, supporting manufacturers and carriers, which are involved in the movement of heavy cargo, gathered in Amsterdam for the network's second annua
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Strijland resigns from Executive Board at Dockwise
May 24 - Rob Strijland, chief operating officer at Dockwise in The Netherlands, has announced that he plans to leave his post with effect from June 1, 2011.
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ALE launches Mega Jack system
May 23 - Global heavy lift and transport company ALE has launched its new Mega Jack system at its R&D facility in Breda, the Netherlands.
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Gruber hauls huge reactors
May 23 - In Italy, Gruber Logistics has completed the transportation of two huge oil refinery reactors.
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Kuehne + Nagel opens in Esbjerg
May 21 - Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new facility in Esbjerg, Denmark, strengthening its presence in the Danish market and particularly in the oil and gas sector.
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UK liner agency enters into administration
May 20 - Long-established UK liner shipping agency Johnson Stevens Agencies has entered into administration with the administrators, accountancy firm PKF, already agreeing deals shipping industry entrepreneur, Andrew Thorne to acquire certain assets from
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Bids invited for Hull port expansion
May 20 - Associated British Ports is searching for contractors to expand its docks at Hull in the UK to allow construction of offshore wind turbines.
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Steil strengthens fleet with Nooteboom acquisitions
May 17 - Trier, Germany-based crane operator Steil Kranarbeiten has acquired mobile ancillary crane equipment from Dutch manufacturer Nooteboom.
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Harwich welcome largest jack-up ship
May 17 - Harwich International Port in the UK has welcomed the maiden call of MPI Adventure in readiness for its participation in operations at the London Array offshore wind farm project.
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Blue Water Shipping takes on a series project transports
May 16 - As part of an agreement with Dutch company SBM Offshore for all logistics in connection with the FPSO Cidade de Paraty project in Brazil, Blue Water Shipping in Aberdeen recently arranged part of a series of project transports.
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Air Charter Service welcomes new director in Big Apple
June 15 - Richard Thompson has moved to Air Charter Service's New York office as its new cargo sales director, replacing Stuart Smith who has transferred to the company's Paris operation becoming cargo sales director there.
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Pedestal crane handed over just 15 months after deal inked
May 13 - Huisman, the Dutch-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has handed over a new 600-tonne pedestal crane after successful competition of load testing to clients Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd and MPI Offshore, just 15 months a
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Martin Bencher now open in Sao Paulo
May 13 - The Martin Bencher Group has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, managed by Mikkel Kristensen, former manager of Martin Bencher Germany.
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Liebherr proves its worth at industrial gas facility
May 13 - A Liebherr LR 1600/2 lattice boom crane operated by Breuer&Wasel GmbH achieved a major success at an industrial gas installation in Duisburg.
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Heavy lift comes to the small screen
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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DB Schenker debuts Eco Solutions for greener transport
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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Wind flows through BOW Terminal's sales
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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Breakbulk Europe starts next week
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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SDV Horoz on the double
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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WWPC's Albacor and Steder move chimneys
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.