All Port of Antwerp articles – Page 15

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    Antwerp Port organises St Petersburg breakbulk forum

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Antwerp Port Authority has organised a breakbulk forum at St Petersburg in recognition of the St Petersburg region's importance as a growth market for breakbulk and project cargo.

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    Antwerp bucks downturn in first nine months

    2010-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - During the first nine months of this year, the port of Antwerp handled more than 132.19 million tonnes of freight, up 13.2 percent compared with the same period last year, when the volume was almost 117 million tonnes.

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    Ahlers reveals global scope of project cargo activity

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Antwerp-based project cargo forwarder Ahlers Forwarding has revealed a range of heavy lift and project cargo activity that the company has undertaken in global markets; so far this year.

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    Panama Canal and Port of Antwerp ink partnership agreement

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - An agreement that could generate more heavy lift traffic to the West coast of South America from one of Europe's most important heavy lift and project ports via the Panama canal has been signed.

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    Antwerp expresses concern at static heavy lift tonnages

    2010-07-16T00:00:00Z

    July 16 - The Port of Antwerp has released cargo data for throughput between January and June 2010 that shows break bulk and heavy lift cargo tonnage is static at the Belgian port.

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    PPG success in Antwerp

    2010-07-06T00:00:00Z

    July 6 - Heavy lift project forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group concluded a successful annual conference in Antwerp recently.

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    Antwerp assembly looks to port's future as tide turns

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    June 25 - The first General Assembly of the port of Antwerp has produced a number of key initiatives to support the port's position as one of Europe's mainports as the global economy recovers.

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    Steel and project cargo forum finalised

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    June 11 - Questions to be addressed at the forthcoming Steel and Project Cargo forum in London include whether overseas steel production will be the future going forward?

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    Chain up with the future at the steel and project cargo forum

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Anyone who wants to find out more about the Port of Antwerp's strengths in the field of steel and project cargo should consider attending the Steel and Project Cargo Forum which takes place in London on Friday, 25th June from 9.30 am at the Insti

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    Record attendance at Breakbulk Europe

    2010-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Having finally filed all the contacts made at last week's Breakbulk Europe 2010 conference and exhibition, it comes as no surprise to hear from the organisers that the event posted a record turnout of 3,300 attendees and 125 exhibitors, an increa

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    Antwerp to host breakbulk summit

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - The port of Antwerp will hold a breakbulk summit next month aimed at reinvigorating its presence in the general cargo sector following a significant decline in traffic in the past three years.

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    Antwerp scores tank hat-trick

    2010-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-05-04T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-04-13T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-03-15T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-03-03T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - The Antwerp port community has announced its intention to make additional efforts to attract new, conventional trade to the port.