European news – Page 501
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Campayo helps Madrid high speed train
December 22 - Despite winter conditions with ice and snow on the roads, Grupo Campayo of Spain has successfully completed two difficult shipments to help Madrid's AVE high speed train project.
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Blue Water handles flywheel shipment
December 22 - Cooperation between Blue Water Shipping's offices in Bremen and Copenhagen has resulted in the successful completion of a project transport shipment from the Czech Republic to Kalundborg in Denmark.
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Georgia Ports Authority protects Loggerhead Sea Turtles
December 22 - As a sponsor of the Caretta Research Project, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is pleased to report a successful 2009 nesting season on Wassaw Island, protecting more than 63 loggerhead turtles and their nests. For the past five years, the
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Jumbo Shipping breaks own record with tanker barges
December 21 - Jumbo Shipping's vessel, Fairpartner has successfully discharged the longest load in the shipping line's 41-year history heavy lift shipments.
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Galvanizing line equipment from Mumbai to Baltimore
December 21 - A regular client has contracted Ahlers Belgium to undertake a project shipment from India to the United States.
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SNS completes logistics for new Tunis airport
December 21 - The new Tunisian airport at Enfidha was declared open by the Tunisian subsidiary of its Turkish operator TAV earlier this month, writes Oliver Ward.
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Ahlers signs contract for Minsk power plant project
December 18 - Ahlers China has signed a contract to ship components for a massive power plant project in Minsk, Belarus.
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Nordic Heavy Lift sheds contracts for Borealis construction
December 17 - Rotterdam-based Nordic Heavy Lift (NHL) has sold the construction contracts for the heavy lift crane ship Borealis to a subsidiary of London-based Acergy Group, the seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor to the offshore oi
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Funding in place for Smit acquisition, says Boskalis
December 17 - Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced that financing of its intended public offer of EUR60 per share (cum dividend) for Smit Internationale is now in place.
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Chipolbrok adds Adam Asnyk
December 16 - Adam Asnyk, the first of six new, multipurpose, heavy lift ships which have been ordered by Chipolbrok from the COSCO Dalian Shipyard has entered into service
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Inmarsat activates 5,000th Fleetbroadband terminal
December 16 - Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has activated the 5,000th FleetBroadband terminal.
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Hamburg port to offer lower fees
December 15 - The port of Hamburg is gearing up for future growth and has lowered its fees.
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Beluga forms joint venture agency with Peter W Lampke
December 15 - Beluga Chartering GmbH, a subsidiary of the Bremen-based project cargo and heavy lift shipping company, Beluga Shipping, has formed a new agency joint venture with independent liner agent, Peter W Lampke.
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Europeans sign up to Europe's first offshore wind grid
December 14 - In what could be a significant boost to heavy lift operators servicing the offshore wind energy sector, nine European countries have signed up to an agreement to develop Europe's first offshore wind grid.
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Project cargo forwarding requires new solutions for air lift
December 10 - Project cargo forwarding has been on a roll in the last few years, but for those forwarders that rely on air freight movements, there are a number of challenges on the horizon that may very well impact on their business model within the next
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Rickmers-re-certified to latest ISO standards
December 9 - Rickmers-Linie has been successfully re-certified in accordance with the latest ISO standards ISO 9001:2008, OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 14001:2004.
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Boskalis - Smit merger on track
December 9 - Royal Boskalis Westminster in The Netherlands says good progress is being made in preparation for the merger of the company with Smit Internationale NV (Smit).
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Streetcars shipped from Germany to Tacoma; bound for Vancouver B.C
December 9 - Two modern streetcars, shipped from Germany, arrived at the Port of Tacoma recently. They are being transported to Vancouver, B.C., on special-purpose road trailers.