All Latin America articles – Page 17

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    Blue Water moves on land and sea

    2017-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - Blue Water Shipping has completed the transport of 13 bridge sections for the Landgangen project in Esbjerg, Denmark.

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    Nicolas debuts cask transporter

    2017-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Nicolas, part of the Transporter Industry International (TII) Group, has developed a self-propelled cask transporter, to transport spent nuclear fuel casks vertically in extreme climate conditions, while keeping mechanical stress on the casks

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    Worldwide slide for clean energy investment

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - According to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report, new investment in clean energy worldwide fell by 18 percent last year to USD287.5 billion despite a record year for offshore wind finance.

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    XLP trio on the move

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Three members of the XLProjects (XLP) network have completed project cargo deliveries to destinations across the world, including Slovakia, Colombia, Vietnam and the USA.

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    Rigmarine anticipates Kazakh growth

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Rigmarine has said that it sees potential in the mining and power industries in Kazakhstan, and is looking to meet the increasing demand from this sector via its Aktau, Kazakhstan facility.

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    An ACE deal for OIA

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - OIA Global has acquired American Cargo Express (ACE), which it believes will help expand its North American logistics and supply chain services.

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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.