European news – Page 520
-
News
BDP Project Logistics signs up American Cargoservice
January 28 - BDP Project Logistics will be represented in California's San Diego and Imperial Valley markets by American Cargoservice, a San Diego-based freight forwarding firm.
-
News
Express powers Indian transformer move
January 27 - Mumbai-based project cargo forwarder Express Transport has undertaken the export and return of vital electrical equipment to India for manufacturer ABB.
-
News
Liebherr reports increased sales in mobile harbour cranes
January 27 - Liebherr delivered 102 mobile harbour cranes in 2008, a 16 0ncrease over 2007.
-
News
deugro Group adds to board as it starts 2009 in a bullish mood
January 27 - Strategic additions to the board of the deugro Group at the start of the year have been announced by the Kelsterbach-based heavy lift, project and specialist cargo forwarder.
-
News
Volga-Dnepr's supports deliveries to Brazilian power plant
January 26 - Volga-Dnepr Group has seen its AN-124, IL-76TD-90VD and Boeing 747 freighters combine to deliver machinery and materials for the Corumba III hydroelectric power plant in Brazil.
-
News
Coyne Airways appoints Air Logistics to sell maindeck capacity
January 26 - Coyne Airways has appointed Air Logistics as its general sales agent in the United States to increase the airline's share of air cargo shipments to the Caspian region and the Middle East.
-
News
One in 20 box ships to be mothballed by February
January 26 - More than one in twenty containerships are likely to be laid up in February as a result of significant declines in box traffic, taking significant capacity from the market.
-
News
Seafast Logistics wins project forwarding award
January 23 - At the BIFA Freight Service Awards 2008, Seafast Logistics plc walked way with one of the freight industry's most prestigious and important awards
-
News
London Array future questioned by consortium member
January 23 - One of the three parties in the consortium behind a GBP3 billion scheme to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary is reported to have questioned the viability of the project.
-
News
Flinterrachel is launched
January 21 - The Flinterrachel, the second of a pair of 5,500 dwt multi-purpose heavy lift ships has been launched.
-
News
BigLift Shipping fleet just gets bigger
January 20 - Amsterdam-based BigLift is set to bring five more heavy lift ships into service in 2010. The D-4 types will be 17,500 dwt and offer two 400 tonne cranes, offering 800 tonnes of lifting capacity in tandem, and one 12 tonne crane.
-
News
Fairstar lifts Energy Exerter on Fjord
January 16 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has successfully loaded the drilling rig, Energy Exerter onto its heavy transport vessel Fjord in Kirkenes, Norway.
-
News
DSV buys stake in DFDS
January 16 - Through an agreement with investment company JL-Fondet (which owns tanker and reefer shipping line J. Lauritzen), fast-expanding Danish global forwarder and logistics service provider DSV has purchased a quarter of Scandinavian ro-ro shipping
-
News
A single certificate for safer navigation on European inland waterways
January 08 - As of 2009, vessels carrying the new European safety certificate are allowed to navigate on all rivers in the Union, including the Rhine.
-
News
Project cargoes defy breakbulk trend in Antwerp
January 06 - By the end of 2008, the port of Antwerp handled around 190 million tonnes of freight, which represents growth of four percent compared with 2007 - the seventh record year in a row.
-
News
Breadbox to West Africa
January 06 - Breadbox Shipping Lines, headquartered at Schiedam in the Netherlands now offers a new service from North Continental Europe to ports in West Africa which has the capacity to handle project cargoes on deck.
-
News
Four companies vie for BIFA's project forwarding trophy
January 05 - Entries for the Freight Service Awards organised by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) - www.bifa.org - have reached a record level, demonstrating the high level of interest in the 2008 competition, which is celebrating its
-
News
World's smallest shipment?
December 31 - Having spent the last 12 months reporting on the biggest items of cargoes, we end 2008 with the heart-warming story of what could well be the world's smallest shipment!
-
News
Composite Technology's Dewind completes turbines for Chile
December 31 - The last five D8-2000 wind turbines for a wind power generation project in Chile have been moved to the Port of Houston by Composite Technology Corporation's subsidiary DeWind Inc.