European news – Page 499

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    Freighters World Conference comes to London

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Following a successful event in Barcelona in 2009, the tenth annual Freighters World Conference will be held at the Lancaster London Hotel on from April 22-23, 2010.

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    Blue Water handles Vestas wind turbines from China to Denmark

    2010-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Blue Water Shipping has handled the export of wind turbine equipment from China to Denmark.

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    Panalpina scoops UK forwarders award

    2010-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Panalpina World Transport won the Project Forwarding category of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Freight Service Awards, the UK's most prestigious logistics and supply chain industry awards.

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    UAL opens Angolan office

    2010-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - Universal Africa Lines (UAL), which offers specialist shipping services in West Africa's 'oil and gas theatre', has added a new office in Luandam with Monique Gubler, formerly chief operating officer of a global logistics provider, appointed

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    UK announces record acreage in latest offshore oil and gas licencing

    2010-01-28T00:00:00Z

    January 28 - In the UK, a new round of offshore licensing aims to give a further boost to the country's offshore oil and gas industries and for the first time since 1998, also offers blocks in all areas of the UK seas for new licensing.

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    UniSea Shipping moves heavy plant

    2010-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Pictured below is a photo of UniSea Shipping's Beautriumph discharging heavy plant machinery in the port of Cartagena, Colombia.

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    Karl Gross achieves AEO certification

    2010-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Germany based Karl Gross Internationale Spedition GmbH has been granted certification as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO).

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    ABC names Network Cargo Systems GSSA for USA and Canada

    2010-01-26T00:00:00Z

    January 26 - Network Cargo Systems International Inc, has been chosen as the general sales and service agent (GSSA) for AirBridgeCargo Airlines in the US and Canada.

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    Haiti disaster shows importance of humanitarian supply chain

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - The importance of logistics and the humanitarian supply chain has been in clear evidence following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.

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    Grimaldi renews maintenance with Cargotec

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Cargotec has secured two new MacGregor Onboard Care all inclusive contracts.

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    Smit and Boskalis sign merger potocol

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Further to the news uploaded here in December, Royal Boskalis Westminster nv (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale nv (Smit) have announced that they have signed a merger protocol for a full merger of the two companies.

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    Ahlers handles oversize equipment from Ukraine to Uzbekistan

    2010-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Ahlers Tashkent has arranged the transportation of oversize equipment from Ukraine to Uzbekistan for one of its top clients, Zeppelin International.

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    Sugar shipment is sweet for WWPC members

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - WWPC members from Tunisia and France worked together to transport of a complete drying and cooling unit for a new sugar production plant in Tunisia.

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    Bidder places price tag on Monrovia Freeport

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - According to reports in the local press, the minimum investment to construct and outfit a Freeport for Monrovia, Liberia, will be at least USD200 million. This price tag includes the construction infrastructure costs and port equipment provis

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    ALE announces new global brand

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - The ultra heavy lift crane fleet AL.SK has been given a new name as part of a global rebrand for Abnormal Load Engineering, as the company, now called ALE, announced that it had been awarded a multi-million dollar contract involving the impen

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    Industrial Echo joins Intermarine fleet

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Intermarine has taken delivery of the Industrial Echo, the fourth in a series of four heavy lift newbuildings which have joined the company's fleet in the past 12 months.

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    Global boat transportation alliance aims to make waves

    2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - PSP, a Southampton, UK-based freight forwarder with experience of moving boats and cruisers, is heading up a new global boat transportation alliance. The aim of the alliance is to give customers "an ever-improving, seamless global service, as

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    Heavy lift looks to African wind generating opportunities

    2010-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Demand for heavy lift and project forwarding activity in Africa could grow from large-scale wind turbine development as economic growth in African states threatens to outstrip the capabilities of traditional power generation means to satisfy

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    Tuscor Lloyds moves huge underwater substructures

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    January 15 - Tuscor Lloyds was called upon by aspecialist manufacturing company that needed to move some large and cumbersome cargo for the offshore industry from the east coast of Scotland to Melbourne, Australia.

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    SCHEURLE's new equipment is ideal for excavator transport

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    January 15 - SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik has extended its product range for the challenging and demanding road transport sector and will present its new EuroCombi BR (Boom Recess) with its special Prisma loading trough at this year