North America news – Page 105

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    WWPC rocks on in Panama

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) gathered at the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City for the network's 16th annual membership conference.

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    Reactor rolls with Lift & Shift

    2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Lift & Shift (LSPL) has transported and loaded out a 1,535-tonne Larsen & Toubro (L&T) reactor in Hazira, India, destined for a Sasol plant in the USA.

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    BNSF handles cable reels

    2016-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - The Houston Global Project Center (GPC) of BNSF Logistics (BNSFL) has managed the shipment of six cable reels with a total weight of 184,000 lbs (83.46 tonnes) from Europe to a private jetty at the Jensen Beach, FL Power Plant in the USA.

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    Another two years of misery, says Drewry

    2016-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Drewry predicts that the multipurpose shipping market is not expected to recover until the end of 2017, when it is anticipated that there will be more bulk demand for Handysize tonnage and therefore more breakbulk cargoes for multipurpose vesse

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    MACS makes diamond buy

    2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping has purchased the general cargo ship Diamond Land (previously called Calabria) through a group company.

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    Hat trick for Berard

    2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Berard recently transported a 13.6-tonne electrical building from Houston, Texas to Killdeer, North Dakota, using a nine-axle extendable drop deck trailer.

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    Spliethoff in Canadian reshuffle

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Spliethoff Group is integrating BigLift Shipping's Toronto office into its Great Lakes department.

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    Borusan makes Scheuerle buy

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - Turkish transport and logistics services provider Borusan Logistik has ordered a Scheuerle rotor blade adapter, which is designed to transport wind turbine blades under difficult conditions.

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    Eller joins Talbert

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Indiana, USA headquartered Talbert Manufacturing has appointed Jim Eller as its new west region sales manager.

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    Emirates extends Cambodian coverage

    2016-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Emirates SkyCargo has launched a weekly freighter service to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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    WWPC to gather in Panama

    2016-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) will gather at the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama from April 13-15 for the network's 16th annual membership conference.

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    CMA CGM carries Calypso

    2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - CMA CGM's freight forwarding arm, CMA CGM LOG, has coordinated the transport of Jacques Cousteau's legendary oceanographic ship Calypso from France to Turkey.

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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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    R&B finds a quicker way

    2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - R&B Global Projects has arranged the chartering of a Thorco Shipping vessel to deliver an urgent consignment of factory equipment from Houston, USA to the Netherlands.

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    Isaykin joins TIACA hall of fame

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has inaugurated Alexey Isaykin, president of Volga-Dnepr Group, to its hall of fame.

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    'Satisfaction' for Atlas Air as Stones rock Havana

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - Atlas Air carried equipment to help The Rolling Stones perform a historic concert in Havana, Cuba, after a 15-year long ban on Western rock music was lifted in the country.

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    AAL adds Stewart call

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - AAL has added a call at Stewart World Port in British Columbia, Canada to its Pacific service.

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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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    ABC flies high in February

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 15 percent year-on-year growth in airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network.

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    2016: 'pivotal year' for offshore wind

    2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Following a record year for the offshore wind industry, Douglas Westwood (DW) forecasts that there will be fewer capacity additions in 2016, but suggests that the level of projects entering construction and the diversity of locations expected t