Latin America news – Page 22

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    Bravo orders ten from Lockheed

    2016-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - Bravo Industries, the Brazilian logistics and defence group, has ordered ten new-generation 'Super Hercules' commercial freighters, which it plans to use to reach the country's 'underserved regions' that lack ground support and critical infrastr

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    Jumbo loads crane giants

    2016-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - Jumbo's heavy lift vessel Fairlane has loaded two Liebherr LHM 800 mobile harbour cranes in Rostock, Germany.

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    CLA receives second freighter

    2016-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - CargoLogicAir (CLA) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 freighter at the Farnborough International Airshow 2016.

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    WWPC names Overseas Logistica

    2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - The Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has appointed Overseas Logistica as its exclusive member in Brazil.

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    Seaboard extends Central American service

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - Seaboard Marine has launched a weekly service connecting the Port of New Orleans with Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.

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    Boskalis to axe ships and staff

    2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) is making good on its prediction in March and has announced that it will go ahead with plans to retire ships and make wholesale redundancies across the company.

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    ALE toasts crane work

    2016-07-06T00:00:00Z

    July 6 - ALE's Middle East branch is currently managing the delivery and installation of a variety of port cranes in Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Togo and Guatemala.

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    FLS stuffs into boxes

    2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has coordinated the delivery of a 2,500 cu m consignment of gas turbine generators from the UAE to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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    Bridging the gap to Brazil

    2016-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - A loading system developed for the transportation of long aerospace cargoes provided the perfect solution to help load a 35 m long telescopic bridge onto a Volga-Dnepr Airlines' An-124-100 freighter for its delivery to Rio de Janeiro.

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    Geodis targets oil and gas resupply

    2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - International logistics provider Geodis is presently opening a new office in Aberdeen, UK, focusing on the oil and gas resupply business.

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    Siemens and Gamesa to merge

    2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Siemens has signed a binding agreement to merge its wind power business with Gamesa to create what it claims will become “a leading global wind power player”.

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    Qatar Airways plans expansion

    2016-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, has announced that the Middle Eastern airline plans to become a major player in three new markets - transpacific, Australia and South America - over the next nine months.

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    Mammoet prepares for FPSO integration

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - Mammoet has begun preparations for lifting modules onto the P-76 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) hull in Brazil.

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    Great Lakes ports kick-start shipping season

    2016-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - During the first nine weeks of the 2016 navigation season, a number of ships have delivered high-value project cargoes to ports in the Great Lakes St Lawrence Seaway system.

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    Ecuador port deal agreed

    2016-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - DP World has been awarded a 50-year concession for the development of a greenfield multipurpose port project in Posorja, Ecuador, 65 km from Guayaquil.

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    Rickmers-Linie appoints Oceanway

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Rickmers-Linie has named Oceanway in Buenos Aires as its sales agent for Argentina.

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    WCA celebrates tenth meeting

    2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - The WCA Projects network's tenth annual conference in Lisbon, Portugal from May 17-20 was attended by 150 members representing 60 countries.

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    MACS adds South American options

    2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Through a connecting carrier arrangement with Seaboard Marine, MACS can now offer a new service option between Europe, the west coast of South America and Jamaica.

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    Hellmann in Spanish transformation

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Hellmann Worldwide Logistics' project cargo team in Spain has coordinated the delivery of a 116-tonne transformer from the Port of Vigo to Chile.

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    Rickmers takes on Nordana's project line

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Consolidation in the multipurpose shipping sector took a further step forward today with the news that Rickmers-Linie is set to take over Nordana Project & Chartering.