All Port of Rotterdam articles – Page 11

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    The Friday Flyer - November 15th 2013

    2013-11-18T00:00:00Z

    There has been plenty of media coverage this week about the opening of DP World's London Gateway, the UK's newest container port, which saw the arrival of its first scheduled call, by MOL Caledon, a container ship laden with fruit and wine from South Afri

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    The Friday Flyer - November 8th 2013

    2013-11-11T00:00:00Z

    There has been plenty of media coverage this week about the opening of DP World's London Gateway, the UK's newest container port, which saw the arrival of its first scheduled call, by MOL Caledon, a container ship laden with fruit and wine from South Afri

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    The Friday Flyer - October 25th 2013

    2013-10-25T00:00:00Z

    When is an auction not an auction? When a sole buyer turns up with a chequebook to make the lowest bid possible, especially when that buyer seems to be a group of potential competitors.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 11th 2013

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - The news that a team of shipping, offshore and finance professionals based in Norway are to establish a bank especially structured to satisfy the funding needs of owners and operators active in the shipping and offshore industries worldwide c

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    Wagenborg completes complex shipment

    2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Netherlands headquartered Wagenborg Nedlift recently coordinated the delivery of a 295-tonne transformer to the northern port city of Pite

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    The Friday Flyer - September 27th 2013

    2013-09-27T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    The Friday Flyer - September 13th 2013

    2013-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Since the early 1980s, the issues surrounding overweight shipping containers has been much-debated.

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    Steder expedites China shipments

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    September 11 - Steder Group has handled the shipment of several items of urgently required marine equipment from Rotterdam to China.

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    The Friday Flyer - August 30th 2013

    2013-08-30T00:00:00Z

    A debate has started as to whether dredging at ports on the United States East Coast (USEC) may turn out to be the key factor driving long-term US container port call strategies on both Suez and Panama all-water services.

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    The Friday Flyer - August 16th 2013

    2013-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Week 33 has seen ongoing developments on a number of issues that are likely to have a major impact on supply chains over the next few months.

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    New chief exec at Port of Rotterdam

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Allard Castelein will become the new chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, effective January 1, 2014.

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    The Friday Flyer - July 19th 2013

    2013-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Economic black clouds are being seen over two of the BRIC countries that could spell stormy weather for operators in the heavy lift and project cargo markets.

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    SAL completes two heavy projects

    2013-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Germany headquartered shipping line SAL Heavy Lift (SAL) has executed two projects recently - the loading of workboats in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and the delivery of a boiler for an FPSO vessel in Hamburg, Germany.

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    The Friday Flyer - July 5th 2013

    2013-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Events in Egypt are filling the news and political pages of the media around the world leaving HLPFI staff wondering whether the reverberations may yet wash out across the Suez Canal and into the world of project freight.

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    Bliek named director breakbulk, Rotterdam

    2013-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Joyce Bliek is appointed director for breakbulk at the Port of Rotterdam Authority, writes Louisa Beckett, adding to her existing responsibilities as head of the ports container department.

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    The Friday Flyer - June 21st 2013

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    If you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing, you don't need an economist to help you understand the implications of PWC's suggestion this week that half of Germany's maritime shipping companies plan to enter alliances with peers o

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    The Friday Flyer - June 7th 2013

    2013-06-07T00:00:00Z

    In normal business cycles, some companies prosper and some companies fail. These are not normal business times so it is difficult to know whether STX Pan Ocean, South Korea's largest commodities shipping line, might have filed for court receivership even

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    The Friday Flyer - May 24th 2013

    2013-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The global dash for gas and an oil price that remains resolutely north of USD100 a barrel has powered Australian megaprojects for oil and gas exploration and exploitation, according to a report from industry consultant GL Noble Denton.

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    The Friday Flyer - May 3rd 2013

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    This week saw CEVA Group announce the successful recapitalisation of its balance sheet, which may put an end to the intense speculation there has been about the company's future. That speculation began after a downgrade by Standard & Poor's to CEVA's cred

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    The Friday Flyer - April 26th 2013

    2013-04-26T00:00:00Z

    German businesspeople seem less confident in prospects for the future and their nervousness may impact project cargo and heavy lift operators in the coming year. Think tank Ifo has noted that for a second consecutive month, German business confidence fell