All Latin America articles – Page 16

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    Index reveals positive signs, underpinned by concern

    2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

    January 24 - According to the 2017 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, 43 percent of logistics professionals consider the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) markets growth forecast of 4.6 percent to be too optimistic.

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    Seaboard Marine upgrades services

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Seaboard Marine is upgrading a number of its services.

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    Schedule change for Streamlines

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - From January 18, the European schedule of Streamlines' Blue Stream service will change; calling at Tilbury before Rotterdam.

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    World Bank forecasts higher growth

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - The world economy is expected to expand 2.7 percent this year, recovering from a post-crisis low in 2016, thanks to rising commodity prices and Donald Trump's stimulus, the World Bank said in its latest Global Economics Prospects report.

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    Gearbulk-Grieg venture named

    2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Gearbulk and Grieg Star have confirmed that their new joint venture company will be named G2 Ocean.

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    Volcanic move for ILS

    2016-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - ILS Chile has delivered a consignment of project cargo to the Cerro Pabellón geothermal plant, which is located at an altitude of 5,000 m in one of the South American country's volcanic areas.

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    Qatar strengthens American links

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - With effect from February 2017, Qatar Airways Cargo will commence freighter services to and from the South American destinations of Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Quito, as well as Miami in the USA.

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    Shipping confidence hits 15-month high

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Shipping confidence improved for the third successive quarter in the three months ending November 16, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.

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    Transdata makes Amazon delivery

    2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

    December 19 - Heavy transport provider Transdata has completed the delivery of 14 transformers to the Xingu substation in the Brazilian Amazon region, which will help transform part of the high voltage energy produced by the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant

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    Maersk to buy Hamburg Süd

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    December 1 - Maersk Line has reached an agreement to purchase German container shpping line Hamburg Süd from the Oetker Group.

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    ACS flies record American load

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Air Charter Services (ACS) chartered Antonov Airlines' AN-225 freighter to transport a 182-tonne transformer from Brazil to Chile - which it claims is the heaviest single unit of cargo to be transported by air in the Americas.

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    Blue Water delivers to White Rock

    2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Blue Water Shipping has coordinated the first shipment of wind turbines for the White Rock wind farm in New South Wales from China to the Port of Newcastle in Australia.

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    ITIC warns over misread tariffs

    2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - According to the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), the misreading of tariffs in shipping documentation is a common cause of costly claims.

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    High five for Hansa

    2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Hansa Heavy Lift has transported five Terex Gottwald mobile harbour cranes, weighing a total of 1,400 tonnes, from Denmark and Belgium to Bulgaria and Egypt.

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    AN 225 loads in Leipzig

    2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - The huge Antonov 225 aircraft has landed at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport to load 160 tonnes of freight for delivery to Chile'

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    Baggio delivers topside modules

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Brazil based Baggio Shipping & Chartering has coordinated the transport of four super heavy lift modules from Thailand to China on board TPI Megaline's heavy transport vessel Mega Caravan.

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    ICS hails IMO agreement on CO2

    2016-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - At the UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP 22) in Marrakesh, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) said that the recent International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreement on a CO2 Road Map for shipping is a significant decision giving furth

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    Cosco, DEME sign umbrella deal

    2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Cosco Shipping and DEME have signed an umbrella agreement to work closely on the development of offshore wind energy in China.

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    Coordinadora in global expansion

    2016-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Spain headquartered Coordinadora has established new offices in Abu Dhabi, Chile and Peru as part of its strategic growth plan.

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    Shipping costs continue to decline

    2016-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by an average of 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2015.