November 17 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered 45-tonnes of humanitarian aid from Zurich to Erbil International airport, Iraq, to support victims of civil unrest in the country.
The airline's IL-76TD-90VD freighter carried 905 tents, 6,000 blankets and mattresses, and 600 kitchen sets for refugee camps in the region. The flight was contracted charter broker, Air Charter Service.
Bremen port and logistics association BHV has appointed Carsten Wendt, head of sales for high and heavy and breakbulk at Wallenius Wilhelmsen, to its executive board.
Ireland’s Rosslare Europort has been selected to receive EUR19.2 million (USD22.5 million) from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
Singapore-headquartered Swire Shipping has opened a second office in Japan, adding Nagoya to its pre-existing premises in Tokyo.
Transport engineering and heavy lift specialist Mammoet will assist fellow Dutch firm Heerema Marine Contractors with the installation of two giant topsides for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore platforms project.
Germany’s heavy transport and industry lobby group Verbändeinitiative Grossraum und Schwertransporte (VI-GST) has sent an updated position paper to the recently elected federal government in Germany, to ensure that it delivers on promised improvements to the country’s heavy and abnormal transport regulations.
Great Lakes East (GLE) has relocated its Florida port operations for the Jones Act-compliant Caribbean breakbulk barge service to Port Canaveral, in a move aimed at better serving its customers.
