All Port of Rotterdam articles – Page 12

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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

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    The Friday Flyer - April 12th 2013

    2013-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Anyone who has lived into their ninth decade, many in the public eye, will have made as many friends as enemies in that time.

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    The Friday Flyer - March 29th 2013

    2013-03-29T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, we are digesting the latest report from shipping industry consultant Drewry. It starkly shows that for the next few years the multipurpose sector will be in choppy waters. In the long-term, prospects are good, accord

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    Antwerp recognised for environmental achievements

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - For the second year in succession the Port of Antwerp has been awarded the Environmental World Ports Award - during the World Ports and Trade Summit (WPTS) in Abu Dhabi.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, agency wires are humming with news from Cyprus. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told MPs that she wanted Cyprus to remain within the euro, but that it must realise its business model is dea

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - As this Friday Flyer is being written, agency wires are humming with news from Cyprus. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told MPs that she wanted Cyprus to remain within the euro, but that it must realise its business m

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-03-08T00:00:00Z

    March 8 - The fact that today is International Women's Day casts a spotlight on the growing number of female managers and executives in the global supply chain.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - While the on-off strike that threatened to close the US East and Gulf coast, further south another country is facing a blockade by striking longshoreman.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The old adage - talk is cheap - does not seem to apply in the EU's corridors of power in Brussels where agreement is being sought on a trillion-euro budget for the next seven years for the 27-nation union.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - This week's Friday Flyer is again sponsored by Broekman Project Services, located in the Port of Rotterdam, which offers a total solution for handling and assembly of project cargoes - www.broekman-group.com/bps

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    Stedergroup shifts transformer at Port of Rotterdam

    2013-01-10T00:00:00Z

    January 10 - Netherlands-based Stedergroup has completed the loading of a heavy electrical transformer at the Port of Rotterdam.