European news – Page 482
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Ahlers reveals global scope of project cargo activity
October 8 - Antwerp-based project cargo forwarder Ahlers Forwarding has revealed a range of heavy lift and project cargo activity that the company has undertaken in global markets; so far this year.
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Antwerp Port freezes 2011 rates as massive investment programme unveiled
October 8 - Managers at Antwerp Port Authority have given the global heavy lift maritime industry an early Christmas present - a massive EUR1.6 billion investment programme and a freezing of dues next year at 2010 rates.
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Mortrans handles condenser
October 7 - Mortrans Ltd has handled the shipment of more than 200 individual consignments of a steam turbine power generation plant.
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AirBridgeCargo 747 becomes an aircraft carrier!
October 7 - One of AirBridgeCargo Airlines' Boeing 747-400 freighters has acted as an 'aircraft carrier' for four aerobatic aircraft travelling from the Netherlands to China.
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Cider with Ollie
October 6 - Anyone who finds themselves in southern England this weekend should make a bee-line for the Old Rudgwick Cider Society's annual Apple Day which promises to be a very juicy apple fest for the whole family.
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Seaports of Niedersachsen shows off its wind energy logistics capabilities
October 4 - Communication between manufacturers and service providers is essential for successful logistics in the wind energy sector, says the Seaports of Niedersachsen.
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ALE lifts dissolver in Portugal
October 4 - ALE Heavylift has successfully installed a dissolver reactor weighing 242 tonnes in the Artenius petrochemical plant at Sines in Portugal.
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Six international freight forwarding companies agree to plead guilty to price-fixing charges
October 4 - Further to our report on Friday, HLPFI has now learned that six international freight forwarders have agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling USD50.27 million for their roles in several conspiracies to fix a variety of fees and
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GRUBER Logistics moves transformers from Italy to Ethiopia
October 1 - GRUBER Logistics is currently involved in the transport of electrical transformers each with a unit weight up to 90 tonnes from Northern Italy to Ethiopia.
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Special berth arranged for GAC heavy lift
October 1 - A recent heavy lift move at Dubai's Jebel Ali port required managers to arrange a special berth to allow the 1,000 tonne consignment to be loaded in a timely and efficient manner.
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Air Charter Service tests its sea legs
October 1 - Last weekend global aviation specialists, Air Charter Service, entered a team into the Great River Race - a gruelling 21 mile course down the Thames from London's Docklands to Richmond in Surrey.
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Forwarders enter into plea agreement in U.S. Antitrust case
October 1 - Both Panalpina and Kuehne + Nagel have announced the settlement of certain claims arising from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics appoints deputy CEO
September 29 - Christopher J. Connor has been named deputy chief executive officer of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), effective October 1, 2010.
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ALS ships its longest piece of cargo
September 29 - ALS has shipped its longest single piece of cargo to date, moving a 71 m Mobile Offshore Production Unit riser from Dunkirk, France to Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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ALE Heavylift in crane installation at Tarragona
September 28 - ALE Heavylift Iberica has performed the skidding of three 1270 tonne container cranes from the assembly area up to the dockside rails on the Andalucia pier at Tarragona Port, Spain.
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Mexican celebrations take off in France thanks to Volga-Dnepr
September 27 - Main deck capacity provider Volga-Dnepr operated its first flight from an airfield in the Pyrenees in over a decade when it transported two Super Puma helicopters from France to take part in a military parade to mark Mexico's bicentenary ce
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Martin Bencher extends US coverage with new office
September 27 - Scandinavia-based freight forwarder Martin Bencher Group has opened a new office in Houston, Texas to further strengthen its position in North America.
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Schenker subsidiary to introduce first hybrid vehicle fleet for rail freight operations in Europe
September 24 - DB Schenker Rail and Alstom signed an agreement for the first European test fleet of switching locomotives equipped with hybrid drive system earlier this week at the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin.
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Cargotec to present its widest product range at IAA 2010
September 24 - Cargotec is set to exhibit at the IAA Commercial Vehicles exhibition in Hanover, Germany, on 23-30 September.