European news – Page 510

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    Freight conference falls victim to swine flu

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - Organisers of a freight conference planned for Barcelona in October have cancelled the event over fears that the worsening swine flu pandemic has created international travel restrictions and travel warnings. It will be rescheduled for a date i

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    Two new members for cargo equipment owners network

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - The recently founded network for cargo equipment owners, Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd, has named Barcelona-based Multitrade Spain SRL as its new member in Spain and Bremen-based F. W. Neukirch (GmbH & Co.) KG - Internationale Spedition as its ne

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    Serving the Caspian

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The St Petersburg-based North Western Shipping Company is, according to reports in the Russian media, towing a new non-propelled barge from St Petersburg to Ravenna in Italy where it will load equipment destined for the construction of an oil a

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    Fleet additions lift Fairstar Heavy Transport

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - In its second quarter results, Fairstar has reported continued increases in revenue and profitability, and reduced debt.

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2009-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week

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    SAL expands in Australasia

    2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Heavy lift carrier Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has opened a new office in Fremantle, western Australia, in an expansion of its Australasian operations.

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    Panalpina delivers for Voith Hydro

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - The staff of Panalpina Vienna's project department have managed a very challenging shipment from St. P

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    Co-hosted conferences for high and heavy operators

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Two key co-hosted freight industry conferences with great relevance to high and heavy project operations are to be held at the World Trade Centre, Barcelona at the end of October.

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    Volga-Dnepr assists Russian space programme

    2009-07-30T00:00:00Z

    July 30 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has assisted the Russian Space Programme by delivering Meteor-M satellite to its launch pad in Baikonour. The satellite together with its launch equipment amounted to a total cargo weight of 50 tons.

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    SkyHook heavy lift vehicle on track

    2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - The Boeing Company and SkyHook International has confirmed that the design of the SkyHook Heavy Lift Vehicle has reached the configuration freeze milestone, meaning the aircraft's overall performance and layout have been established.

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    New shareholders for EUROPORTS

    2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Luxembourg-based port operator EUROPORTS has two new shareholders.

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    CH2M HILL VP to deliver key Breakbulk conference address

    2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - John F. Mika, senior vice president Procurement at CH2M HILL, will deliver the keynote speech at the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition which will take place between October 13th and 15th at the Ernest N. Morial Conve

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    ALE to the rescue in Lisbon

    2009-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - ALE Heavylift Ib

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    Chipolbrok adds port calls and anticipates new ships

    2009-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - Chipolbrok has recently added monthly calls at the ports of Haiphong and Singapore to its sailings from Northern Europe.

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    Silvasti Logistics sees double

    2009-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Silvasti Logistics, the Finnish abnormal load transport company, which is a member of the CEE global network of equipment owners, has moved eight evaporators, weighing from 150 to 200 tonnes, by barge from Varkaus in Finland to V

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    SAL commissions two heavy lift vessels

    2009-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - SAL - Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land, has placed an Euros 120 million order with the Sietas shipyard for the construction of two heavy lift vessels to be built in the Hamburg Neuenfelde shipyard.

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    Maximus inks Etihad Airways deal

    2009-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Abu Dhabi-based heavy lift and project cargo airline Maximus Air Cargo has started operating seven cargo flights a week for Etihad Airways between the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent and East Africa.

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    Wind turbine moves demonstrate CN's growing green businesses

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - CN is playing a key role in the transportation of huge wind turbine components to northeastern British Columbia.

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    Trio of jobs shows ALE Heavylift's capabilities

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE) has demonstrated its capabilities in regards to transportation, handling and installation of heavy, indivisible items with three separate projects across a number of industrial sectors.

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    Rolf Riedl GmbH named top supplier by AREVA

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Leading global energy company, AREVA has named German heavy lift shipping specialist Rolf Riedl GmbH as one of its top suppliers out of more than 8000 suppliers in Germany.