European news – Page 482

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    LogSys software goes live at three bulk terminals

    2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Belgian software house LogSys has installed its LGS.Stevedore browser-based application designed and developed to manage port terminals at three Belgian cargo terminals.

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    Logwin claws back loss on rising turnover

    2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - International logistics company Logwin has succeeded in markedly boosting its first half 2010 turnover compared to the same period in 2009 and significantly reducing its interim trading loss.

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    Jumbo assists in deepest-ever riser installation

    2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Rotterdam-based Jumbo Offshore, part of the Jumbo shipping group, has been involved in the significant installation of the deepest Free Standing Hybrid Risers (FSHRs) in an ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico for a major oil industry

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    NileDutch set to strengthen operations in Belgium and China

    2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 20 - From September 1, NileDutch Belgium will become an independent operating company as a subsidiary of NileDutch to optimising the services offered and strengthen the company's partnership with the trade. Antwerp is a strategic port for NileDutch

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    Bigge acquires third Manitowoc 16000 crawler

    2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 20 - California-based crane rental company Bigge Crane and Rigging has purchased a third Manitowoc 16000 and made it immediately available for hiring. The heavy-boom 16000 is optimised for wind turbine erection.

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    GPLN signs up L.C. van Tiel Logistics

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Rotterdam-based L.C. van Tiel Logistics has joined the Global Projects Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Bigge produces users' rental equipment fleet reference guide

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - California-based crane rental company Bigge Crane and Rigging has produced a crane reference guide containing basic information on the majority of the cranes and equipment in its rental fleet.

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    Allfort deliver hatch covers

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Japanese forwarder, Allfort Co Inc has successfully delivered 40 hatch covers, totally over 5,000 cu m in volume and over 1,100 tonnes in weight from Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan to Varna, Bulgaria.

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    Air Charter Service anticipates another strong peak season

    2010-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Air Charter Service's Hong Kong office anticipates another strong peak season for shipments out of Asia, with signs that it could be better than the final quarter of last year, itself the office's busiest period in its history.

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    Immediate success for Scheuerle's InterCombi PB

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17- A sixty-tonne processing machine 13m long, 3m wide and 3.4m is one of the latest heavy lift movements to utilise German handling equipment manufacturer Scheuerle's InterCombi PB (Power Booster) with shiftable drive axles.

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    WWPC members combine forces to move tunnel boring equipment

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Albacor Shipping has handled the transport of two used Tunnel Boring Main Drives (TBMD), each weighing 95 tonnes, from New York to Kehl in Germany.

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    DHL shines light on CO2 reduction

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Global forwarder DHL has launched an initiative to retrofit energy efficient lighting and equipment at its global forwarding units in the Americas region: initially to be rolled out in the United States before expanding to Canada and Mexico.

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    Air charter companies rally to aid Pakistan flood victims

    2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - London-based Air Charter Service has provided significant lift of aid to victims of the Pakistan floods through a range of aircraft types secured by its global network of offices.

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    Goldhofer launches new 62 metre wind blade trailer

    2010-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Goldhofer has launched a new flatbed semi-trailer for transporting wind power plant blades up to 62 metres long.

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    Beluga Shipping equips new vessel with broadband satellite communication system

    2010-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Beluga Shipping has selected MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), to install a broadband VSAT system on the new MV Beluga Shanghai.

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    ACS flies tricky load to Nigerian FPSO

    2010-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Air Charter Service's (ACS) London office recently arranged two charters for a very awkward load from France into Nigeria.

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    Newbuild hulls boost Rotterdam project cargoes

    2010-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - HLPFI has been advised that in the first six months of 2010 the port of Rotterdam has handled 245,000 tonnes of 'other general cargo' at the buoys in the Waalhaven basin.

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    ASCO takeover targets Norway energy sector

    2010-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - The ASCO Group has acquired a Norwegian freight forwarder in a bid to target the local energy sector.

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    TBS International sees second quarter loss narrow

    2010-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - TBS International has reported a narrower loss for the second quarter, helped mainly by a 54 percent growth in revenues.

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    BEST Logistics on the move

    2010-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - BEST Logistics, a joint venture between Haeger & Schmidt International of Duisburg, Felbermayr of Wels, and Andreas H