North America news – Page 120
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SC&RA workshop set for September
June 23 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) is holding its 2015 Crane & Rigging Workshop from September 23-25 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Colorado, USA.
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Jaxport elects new officers
June 22 - The Jaxport board of directors has elected John Allen Newman to serve as chairman of the board for a one-year term beginning July 1, 2015.
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Airbus components arrive in Mobile
June 22 - The first components for Airbus' new manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama have arrived in the USA, having been shipped from Hamburg onboard a BBC Chartering vessel.
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Crowley adds Puerto Rico sailings
June 19 - Crowley Maritime is set to add liner sailings between Pennsauken, New Jersey and San Juan, Puerto Rico, this summer.
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BBC goes fortnightly on Transatlantic
June 19 - BBC Chartering is using its position as carrier of choice for Airbus shipments from Germany to the aircraft manufacturer's new production facility in Mobile, to promote a regular fortnightly service on the transatlantic.
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Pasha Hawaii launches LA-Hawaii service
June 18 - Pasha Hawaii has launched its LA-Hawaii Express (LHX) service, providing the islands with increased frequency and more capacity to support the growing Hawaii economy.
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Longitude wins wind farm contract
June 18 - Longitude Engineering, a specialist marine engineering company, has won a major contract with A2SEA to deliver the transportation engineering package for the 67 Siemens 6MW turbines at Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm off UK's east coast.
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SC&RA wins exemptions
June 19 - In the USA, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has granted a request from the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) for a limited exemption from compliance with the 30-minute rest break requirement of the agency
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Bennett shows who's BOSS
June 17 - Bennett International Group has established crane and rigging solutions provider BOSS (Bennett On-Site Services) Crane & Rigging in Longview, Texas.
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Biomass-ive job for Fox Brasil
June 15 - Fox Brasil has coordinated the transport of an entire biomass plant from Santa Catarina, Brazil to Sitio del Nino in El Salvador.
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Canals are on target
June 15 - Egypt's 'new' Suez Canal is expected to open in early August, flanking the existing, historic 145-year-old waterway, reducing navigation time for ships to 11 hours from about 22 hours, and allowing two-way traffic of larger vessels.
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Volga-Dnepr in Suez shipment
June 15 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a 28-tonne shipment of power station equipment from New York to Cairo, for use in the Suez Canal widening project.
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Expansion pays off for ABC
June 11 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) transported 180,605 tonnes of cargo across its global route network in the first five months of 2015, which is a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.
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New folding trailer from Scheuerle
June 10 - Scheuerle has delivered a Highway Giant dual lane trailer to USA based Sterett Crane & Rigging with an integrated folding mechanism that allows the trailer to be transported in a folded state on flatbed trailers.
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Teesport makes quay investment
June 10 - Teesport has completed a GBP22 million (USD34.1 million) investment project, which included the reconstruction of 305 m of quay to enhance and expand the port's handling facilities.
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WCA reaches record in Prague
June 10 - The WCA Projects network held its largest-ever conference in Prague in May.
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Silk Way looks West with B747-8Fs
June 9 - Silk Way West Airlines, based in Azerbaijan, has inaugurated its first flight to the USA from its hub in Baku, utilising a Boeing 747-8 freighter.
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WWL ALS and WSS hammer away
June 9 - WWL ALS, in collaboration with its sister company Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) UAE, has handled the transport of a 123-tonne hydraulic hammer from Abu Dhabi to Hamburg.
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Liebherr sees slight drop in turnover
June 8 - Liebherr Group posted a total turnover of EUR8.823 billion (USD9.826 billion) in 2014, which is 1.6 percent below the amount achieved in 2013.
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ACE promotes Williamson
June 5 - International insurance company ACE Group has appointed Andrew Williamson as its new executive vice president, global marine for ACE Overseas General (AOG), effective July 1.