All Port of Antwerp articles – Page 15
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Antwerp scores tank hat-trick
May 18 - Brabo, the Port of Antwerp's heavy lift floating crane, was put to use handling three gas bullet tanks weighing 382 tonnes each on behalf of freight forwarder, MaxTrans.
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Nickel quarrying in Pacific drives Antwerp heavy lift project traffic
May 4 - The first of nine shipments of some "spectacular" project cargo, out-of-gauge cranes and rolling stock, have moved over the port of Antwerp destined for a major quarrying operation in the South Pacific.
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PPG conference attracts members from 54 countries
April 13 - Project cargo specialists from 54 countries will gather in Antwerp from June 30 to July 3 for the third annual conference of the Project Professionals Group.
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Two up for Antwerp in India
March 26 - Earlier this week, Prince Filip of Belgium and Port of Antwerp alderman Marc Van Peel opened the Belgian port's second Indian branch office in Pune.
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Port of Antwerp to invest on a world scale
March 19 - Antwerp is aiming to strengthen the port's competitive position on a world scale by developing activities globally, especially in growth regions with the potential to generate cargo for the port.
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Alternative power could bring further heavy lift activity to Antwerp
March 15 - The construction of a large wind farm within the perimeter of the port of Antwerp itself could prove a boost in heavy lift activity at the port, with materials arriving by ocean shipping, barge or road services.
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Port of Antwerp final destination for distillation column
March 3 - Stevedores at the Port of Antwerp took just half a day to unload a 69 m distillation column destined for a new production location at Evonik Degussa's Antwerp port distillation plant.
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Dredging starts on Dutch Scheldt
February 15 - There were plenty of smiling faces in Antwerp on Friday (February 12) as dredging finally got underway on the Dutch parts of the River Scheldt.
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Antwerp port community targets conventional trade
February 2 - The Antwerp port community has announced its intention to make additional efforts to attract new, conventional trade to the port.
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Antwerp upgrades port information system
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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Antwerp welcomes dredging go-ahead
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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Antwerp to host heavy lift freight forwarding network
September 15 - The over-dimensional specialists network, the Project Professionals Group, will host its annual conference from June 30 to July 3, 2010 in the Port of Antwerp.
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Onego Shipping appoints Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies
August 18 - Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies has been appointed by Onego Shipping as its booking agent in Belgium and France.
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Traffic falls at Antwerp
July 20 - The port of Antwerp has said that one of the reasons for the significant fall in freight volumes in the first six months of 2009 was the fact that tonnages in 2008 were inflated partially by the industrial dispute in Le Havre which saw cargo tra
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Antwerp tries solar solution
June 11 - Antwerp Port Authority has decided to permit the installation of photovoltaic systems within the port area, under certain conditions.
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Ivens Transport & Kraanbedrijf on the move
June 8 - Ivens Transport & Kraanbedrijf (ITK), a subsidiary of Ivens Constructiebedrijf, is on the move in the port of Antwerp to a new 24,000 cu m facility which will house the company's fleet of specialist heavy lift vehicles.
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Jumbo Shipping bangs the drums in Antwerp
May 18 - Jumbo Shipping's Fairplayer successfully loaded several heavy items, among them two 625 tonne coke drums, each 42m long and with a diameter of 10m, at the port of Antwerp.
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Breakbulk Asia Transportation Conference & Exhibition
February -16- Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International magazine readers who are attending the BreakBulk Asia Exhibition at the Suntec, Singapore on February 17 and 18 are invited to visit the stands of the exhibitors at the show as listed below.
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Antwerp cultivates project cargo interest
March 13 - As part of its programme of regular meetings with ports in the European hinterland, Antwerp Port Authority held a Port Day in Valenciennes, northern France, organised in collaboration with the chambers of commerce in Valenciennes, Avesnes and C
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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.