European news – Page 509

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    Zagrebtrans moves a monster crane

    2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - Zagreb-based Zagrebtrans has relocated a 725 tonne crane at the container terminal of Port Rijeka, Croatia to its final quayside location.

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    UAL reaches halfway point of key cement contact

    2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - UAL-SA, the local subsidiary of global heavy lift line Universal Africa Lines (UAL), has reached the halfway point of a six-month contract to carry cement from Cape Town to Soyo, Angola where a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is under

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    TBS heads for Ireland

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - The decision by TBS International to move its corporate domicile from Bermuda to Ireland appears to be the result of US tax change proposals.

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    Goldhofer names Swiss area sales manager

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Robert Venier has joined Memmingen-based Goldhofer as a field sales executive with responsibility for growing business in Switzerland.

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    AOP Project Partners faces the music in Bremen

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - JH Logistik GmbH has become the most recent company to join the AOP Project Partners network.

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    BBC Chartering offers upright shipping for wind turbine towers

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Wind turbine towers destined for the world's biggest offshore wind park are being transported upright on board a BBC Chartering and Logistic ship in an innovative project aimed at improving on similar methodology used when the towers are ship

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    Heavy lift seminars in 2009 and 2010

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - After the success of many previous heavy lift seminars related to safety in heavy lifting, Richard L Krabbendam, an expert in the field, has announced that many more seminars are yet to be held over the next few months in 2009 and 2010, write

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    USD250 million funding target for Dockwise as 3i sells stake

    2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Dockwise has announced that it will seek to raise up to USD250 million in fresh equity to pay off debt and prepare for future growth.

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    Antwerp upgrades port information system

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Antwerp Port Authority is currently developing a new version of APICS (Antwerp Port Information and Control System), an innovative software package which among other things supports vessel traffic controllers in drawing up the safest, most ef

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    What's in Issue 11 of HLPFI?

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - In the November/December issue of HLPFI, our regional profile will be on the economies within the Gulf Cooperation Council; whilst our individual country reports will be on South Africa, France and Argentina.

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    Success for project forwarders conference

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - A record number of 120 delegates from 40 countries attended the 3rd annual WCA Projects Network (WCAPN) Conference 2009 in Istanbul, writes HLPFI's Oliver Ward who also attended the event.

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    Open positions from Jumbo Shipping

    2009-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Jumbo Shipping has the following open positions:

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    Projects group strengthens supply chain networks

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) is getting a positive response from supply chain service providers to an initiative to expand membership categories.

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    DSV drops interim name to return to old identity

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Just 13 months after the corporate merger of DSV Air & Sea and ABX Logistics Air & Sea, described at the time by mangers as "the perfect match", the expanded company will now officially be known, with immediate effect, as DSV Air & Sea GmbH.

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    Hola for BDP Project Logistics in Mexico

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - In order to serve the growing Latin American project market, BDP Project Logistics has opened an office in Mexico City.

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    Antwerp welcomes dredging go-ahead

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Antwerp Port Authority has given a warm welcome to the Dutch government's implementation of the treaty on deepening the Scheldt estuary, hailing it as an important step. However, managers are keeping the Champagne on ice until the dredging is

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    Agility Europe names Joerg Roehl senior VP Business Development

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Agility Europe has appointed Joerg Roehl as new senior vice president Business Development, reporting directly to Beat Simon, CEO Europe.

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    Canadians sail in for PD Ports

    2009-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - PD Ports is to be bought by a Canadian asset management company as part of an AUD1.5bn-plus recapitalisation by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI), which has been under pressure to sell assets to reduce its debt.

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    Model shipment for Kuehne + Nagel

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - K + N handled the logistics of a full size model of the AVE train that, in 2015, will link the capital of Grand Canaria with the South of the island in the first phase and the North in the second.

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    Leipzig-Halle Airport to host TIACA

    2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Leipzig-Halle Airport is to host The International Air Cargo Association's (TIACA) Executive Summit and Annual General Meeting, which will take place on May 16-18, 2010. The German airport is served by 24 airlines flying to 17 countries and of