North America news – Page 134
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BBC to introduce sulphur surcharge
October 23 - BBC Chartering plans to introduce a low sulphur surcharge to offset additional costs incurred by switching to cleaner fuels in sulphur emission control areas (ECAs), effective January 1, 2015.
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Flying high at ABC
October 23 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is on course for another year of record growth, having carried a total of 290,735 tonnes in the first nine months of 2014 - a 14 percent year-on-year increase.
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Crowley con-ro construction begins
October 23 - VT Systems subsidiary VT Halter Marine has begun construction on the first of two LNG-powered con-ro ships for Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group, which the two companies originally contracted for in November 2013.
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Houston, we have a vessel
October 22 - BBC Chartering can now enjoy priority berthing and 24/7 serviceability in the Port of Houston, with the gateway's Manchester Terminal being named the carrier's dedicated North American hub.
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Johnson in bumper birthday project
October 22 - Teeside, UK-based freight forwarder, Johnson Partners, has celebrated its tenth anniversary by completing its largest project shipment to date.
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CP ends merger talks with CSX
October 22 - Further to our report in last week's Friday Flyer, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has confirmed that exploratory talks held with CSX Corp about a possible merger have been terminated.
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Indiana's wind recovery
October 21 - The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor has handled its first shipment of windmill blades and towers for more than three years, as cargo traffic picked up on the Great Lakes.
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A foxy dozen down Rio way
October 20 - Fox Cargo do Brasil has project managed the transportation of 12 new electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Zhangzhou, China to the Libra Terminal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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CEVA responds to Ebola crisis
October 20 - CEVA Logistics has handled the airlift of more than 70 tonnes of urgent supplies to Monrovia, Liberia to assist in ongoing efforts to combat the West Africa Ebola outbreak.
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The Friday Flyer - October 17th 2014
This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.
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ABC adds AirLink
October 17 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has appointed AirLink Cargo as its general sales agent in the Pacific northwest region of the United States.
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Chapman Freeborn names US president
October 16 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has promoted Darren Banham to president of its US business.
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Transworld and NAWAH join forces
October 16 - Dubai-headquartered Transworld Group and NAWAH have entered into a formal agreement to service Iraq's growing demand for imports, linking their respective shipping, logistics, marine services and port capabilities.
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Crowley christens Ocean Sun
October 16 - Crowley Maritime has christened the second of its four dynamic positioning 2 (DP2) tugs in the ocean class series and welcomed the vessel to the company's expanded ocean towing fleet.
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Mammoet takes highway record
October 15 - During a record-breaking operation, Mammoet successfully replaced a 2,100-tonne bridge over one of Ottawa's major highways.
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Van der Vlist delivers DRC dumpers
October 14 - Van der Vlist recently completed the shipment of five Hitachi dump trucks from its facility in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, to Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The Friday Flyer - October 10, 2014
At the Breakbulk Americas event in Houston, Ed Osterwald, a partner at CEG-Europe, gave a fascinating insight into why the oil and gas business is one of the largest - and most poorly understood - industries in the world.
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VSA changes for Crowley and Seaboard Marine
October 10 - Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group and Seaboard Marine have entered a new vessel sharing agreement (VSA) to service customers in the Dominican Republic trade lane, while also changing their current VSA to Panama and Costa Ric
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ALE's Pembroke success
October 10 - ALE has successfully completed a turnkey project on behalf of Valero, transporting eight waste heat boiler components almost 8,047 km from Texas to a refinery project in Pembroke, UK.