All Latin America articles – Page 25

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    Mammoet inks P-76 contract

    2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Mammoet Brazil has signed a contract with the consortium Techint-Technip (CTTP76) for the lifting of 20 modules onto the hull of the Petrobas P-76 floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

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    Arctic transit cargo slides

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - A sharp decline in transit shipping via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the past two years indicates a loss of interest from international shippers, suggests Platts.

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    New low in shipping confidence

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to a record low in the three months to February 2016, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens.

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    Turkish delight for BussErk

    2016-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Buss Port Logistics' joint venture company with Erkport Lojistik, BussErk, has secured a two-year contract with Gübretas Terminal in southern Turkey, which covers the handling of bulk, general and project cargoes.

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    WWPC duo conquer Andes

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in France, B & B International, has worked together with fellow WWPC member, Solot Peru, to ship a ropeway from France and Italy to the South American nation.

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    WCA quartet prove expertise

    2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - WCA Projects network member, Altius, has completed the transportation of the final three 151-tonne transformers from Ilo port to the Nodo Energetico del Sur project site in Peru.

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    XLP members double up

    2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - Members of the XLProjects (XLP) network, International Freight Transport and Sacema Project Shipping, recently joined forces to transport a series of oversize cargoes from New Jersey, USA to Singapore.

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    Hapag-Lloyd targets heavy cargoes

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - As part of an increased focus on obtaining heavy and over-dimensional cargoes for its container ships, Hapag-Lloyd has established special cargo teams for the major markets in Asia and the Americas, in addition to its special cargo division at i

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    WDS readies telescope for the cold

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - World Distribution Services (WDS) has been awarded a contract by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) to help coordinate the transport of a new radio telescope from the USA to Greenland.

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    Aqualis inks topside job

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Cantex Global Logistics to provide marine warranty surveyor services for the transportation of the FPSO P67 and P70 topside modules from various Brazilian ports to Qingdao, China.

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    Manitowoc opens Colombia centre

    2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Manitowoc Cranes has partnered with Colombia's E McAllister to offer after-sales support for its Manitowoc and Grove cranes throughout the South American nation.

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    Cargolux returns to Rio

    2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Effective March 4, 2016, Cargolux Airlines International is returning to Rio de Janeiro with a weekly full freighter service to the Brazilian city.

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    WCA Projects members busy

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Members of the WCA Projects network in Colombia, China, Peru and India have handled the transport of a number of out-of-gauge cargo shipments across the globe.

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    Blast off for Streamlines in Canaveral

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - StreamLines' new Blue Stream liner service has become the first liner service to call at Port Canaveral's Canaveral Cargo Terminal, which is operated by Gulftainer USA.

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    Flensborg appoints French rep

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - With immediate effect Chilean-born Don Whelan has been appointed French representative to Flensborg and Associates.

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    AAL kicks off Puerto La Cruz contract

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - AAL has delivered the first shipment of project cargo for a multi-billion dollar expansion and deep-conversion project at Petroleos de Venezuela SA's (PDVSA) Puerto La Cruz refinery in eastern Venezuela.

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    MIQ strengthens Latin presence

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - MIQ Logistics has purchased assets in Miami, Florida based Alfa Logistics and Colombia's Kronos Logistics.

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    Brazil tightens packing requirements

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - With effect from February 1, Brazil is enforcing mandatory compliance of wood packing material based on the ISPM (International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures) 15 Standard, informs DSV.

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    Lake Charles prepares for boom

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - The Port of Lake Charles has handled 220 components of a large Mammoet crane, which was shipped into the US gateway from Brazil on board BBC Chartering's heavy lift vessel BBC Fuji.

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    Dako moves engine trio

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Dako Worldwide has coordinated the shipment of three diesel engines from Italy to Panama.