A keel-laying ceremony was recently held in Vahali Shipyards in Serbia to mark the start of construction of a new river cruise ship ordered by Saga Cruises. Slated for ..
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New Variant of Covid 19 Keeps UK Aloof from Other Nations
- More countries have banned arrivals from the UK because of concerns at the spread of a new variant of coronavirus.
- Hong Kong has joined countries such as Switzerland, Germany, and Italy and has suspended UK flights.
- On Sunday evening , France shut its border with the UK for 48 hours, meaning no lorries or ferries will be able to sail from the port of Dover.
- As queues grow in Kent, the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee later.
- Belgium, the Irish Republic...
https://mfame.guru/new-variant-of-covid-19-keeps-uk-aloof-from-other-nations/
Swedes enjoy Day 1 of the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship
Swedes enjoy Day 1 of the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship
Young Swedes show Nacra fleet the way round Attersee
Emil Järudd and Cecilia Jonsson (SWE) showed the world-class Nacra 17 fleet the way round a very tricky Lake Attersee race course on day one of the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship in Austria.
The young Swedes have made the most of their training period during the Coronavirus summer to look like serious threats to the more established crews in the hydrofoiling catamaran...
COLUMN | Wind, gas and coal: Gazprom, DNV and the European renewables boom [Offshore Accounts]
Well, that didn’t take long. In May (here) we were predicting that the purchase of some large anchor handlers by Sevnor could prove an amazing coincidence if such ..
Shipyard De Hoop completes third vessel in series for Lüftner Cruises
Dutch builder Shipyard De Hoop has completed construction of Amadeus Imperial, a river passenger vessel ordered by Austria’s Lüftner Cruises. The newbuild has a ..
Austrian cargo handled by the Port of Koper
On June 27, 2019, the 26th Austrian Logistic Day was organised in Linz by VNL – the Association for Network Logistics in Austria known as promotor of professional logistics development, knowledge sharing and logistics integration with the economy. This year’s event focused on the challenges faced in logistics and supply chain due to bottlenecks of supply, individual requests by the buyers of logistics services and accelerated transformation of traditional business models due to digitalisation....
https://container-news.com/austrian-cargo-handled-by-port-koper/
The fall of German banking, Long-run economic growth and development in CESEE
The fall of German banking, Long-run economic growth and development in CESEE
Commentary: The fall of German banking
By David Marsh in Berlin
The collapse of merger talks between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, the No.1 and No2. German lenders, marks the latest episode in a 30-year downward spiral of German banks that were once by far Europe’s best capitalised financial institutions. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will now face pressure from France and other European...
New block train service connects Austria with Koper
A new railway service connecting Enns with Koper container terminal is operative from 12th April 2019.
The export-focused block-train service is provided by Metrans on behalf of Maersk as intermodal operator and has a 1x frequency with arrivals in Koper on Saturdays, closely linked to Maersk AE12 ocean service, which is connecting Koper to the Mediterranean and the Far East ports.
The service is a new addition to the vast network of daily connections Koper has with Austria’s logistic and...
https://container-news.com/block-train-service-austria-koper/
Port of Koper keeps gaining Austrian boxes
The Austrian economy is interested in even closer cooperation with the northern Adriatic
At the business meeting (March 19) held in Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve near Koper, 26 Austrian companies active in the logistics, transport, IT and civil engineering sectors took part. Some of them were interested in expanding their business whereas others already make up the northern Adriatic logistics network. According to the data published each year by the logistics magazine Verkehr, the Austrian...
https://container-news.com/port-koper-keeps-gaining-austrian-boxes/
Hamburg Commercial Bank financing expansion of broadband network in Austria
Marcus Kleiner
Hamburg Commercial Bank financing expansion of broadband network in Austria
Hamburg – Hamburg Commercial Bank will provide the Austrian broadband company Infotech with a loan in the amount of € 30 million for a rollout of an FTTH-Network (fiber to the home).
This is the first project finance scheme for a broadband and fiber optic project in Austria. The objective of the project ‘Cybercity’ is to supply permanent broadband to a total of more than 30 communities in the Innviertel...