All Latin America articles – Page 14
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NewsYilport invests in Puerto Quetzal
Yilport has signed a contract with Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala that will see the Turkish operator take a 55 percent share in the port and handle the multipurpose quay operations.
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NewsGRT topples STS crane
USA-based engineered heavy lifting and transport company, Global Rigging & Transportation (GRT), has completed the demolition of a heavily corroded ship-to-shore (STS) crane at the port of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
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NewsRotterdam invests in Pecém
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed an investment agreement with the port of Pecém in Brazil that will see the European port invest approximately EUR75 million (USD85 million) in Pecém’s port complex.
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NewsChipolbrok delivers a dozen
Chipolbrok has transported a dozen brand new motor yachts from Florida, USA and Golfito, Costa Rica to the Mexican ports of La Paz and Ensenada, as well as Yokohama in Japan on its heavy lift vessel, Władysław Orkan.
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NewsAAPA names new officers
William D. Friedman, president and ceo of the port of Cleveland, has succeeded Steve Cernak as chairman of the board for the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).
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NewsHouston, we have a problem: Wood wasps
C Logistics Solutions (CLS) has supported the delivery of equipment to a chemical plant in Houston after the US authorities found the packing to be contaminated with wood wasps and ordered the cargoes to be reloaded and the vessel ejected from the port.
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NewsVolga-Dnepr delivers for DHL
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a 38-ton (34.5-tonne) crankshaft from Mexico to India on its Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD aircraft.
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NewsGAC opens in Panama
GAC has opened an office in Panama to provide a wide range of shipping services to vessels calling at Panamanian ports or transiting the Panama Canal.
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NewsPort crane set to come crashing down
Later this month, the USA-based heavy lift and engineered transport company, Global Rigging and Transport (GRT) is set to use unconventional methods to remove a heavily corroded ship-to-shore (STS) crane at the port of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
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NewsALE bridges the gap
ALE is installing 538 concrete girders, weighing 230 tonnes each, over the San Martin railway in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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NewsTGP acquires Natco Germany
UK-based Trans Global Projects (TGP) has acquired Germany’s Natco GmbH, effective October 1, 2018.
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NewsBDP expands in South America
BDP International is expanding its presence in South America with the opening of an office in Montevideo, the company’s first location in Uruguay.
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NewsJumbo wins Sapura contract
Sapura Energy has awarded Jumbo a contract to transport and install a mooring system for a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), as well as project management and engineering services, for the Porto de Sergipe project in Brazil.
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NewsGetting the beers in for Haiti
Germany-based forwarder and Latin American specialist Schryver has handled a door-to-door delivery of bottling equipment for a brewery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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NewsALE's space race success
ALE has transported the 12-tonne satellite, SAOCOM 1A, for Argentina’s Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales.
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NewsWW Ocean rolls into Cartagena
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (WW Ocean) has utilised its global network of liner services to transport an 80-tonne transformer from Thailand to Cartagena, Colombia.
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NewsIntermarine plucks up the Courage
Intermarine has taken delivery of its latest heavy lift tweendeck vessel, Industrial Courage.
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NewsALS dumps in Panama
Abnormal Load Services (ALS) has transported an excavator and six T284 Liebherr dump trucks to a remote copper mine in Panama.
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NewsNoroccidental adds rough-terrain capacity
Ecuador-based Transportes Noroccidental has added four Terex RT 100US rough-terrain cranes to its fleet.
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NewsMontcalm expands with Liebherr
Brazil’s Montcalm Montagens Industriais has taken delivery of a 250-tonne capacity Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane.









