North America news – Page 154

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    No river too shallow for France Cargo

    2013-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - France Cargo International has handled the transportation of various heavy cargoes from Macon, France to Antwerp, Belgium for oncarriage to Busan, South Korea.

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    CNCo set to acquire Pacifica

    2013-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 -

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    BNSF wins wind farm contract

    2013-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - Through its Houston project group and in cooperation with its Brazilian JV partner in Belo Horizonte, BNSF Logistics has transported 28,000 cu m of wind farm equipment from India to Brazil.

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    Future alliances in container game

    2013-12-16T00:00:00Z

    December 16 - In Drewry Maritime Research's recent report, it claims that alliances between the world's largest container lines will have "far reaching consequences" for the industry as lines search for greater economies of scale.

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    The Friday Flyer - December 13th 2013

    2013-12-13T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Advice on US cargo restrictions over festive period unveiled

    2013-12-12T00:00:00Z

    December 12 - HLPFI's readers in the USA are advised to read the holiday restrictions on over-dimensional cargo transportation published on Logisticus Projects Group's website.

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    City of Adelaide sails back down under

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - The world's oldest clipper ship, which was built in Sunderland in 1864, and carried migrants and cargo to South Australia via 23 passenger voyages between 1864 and 1886, has begun its return journey to Adelaide from Rotterdam, on Combi Lift's

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    Geodis appoints Devasia

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Effective December 1, Geodis Wilson appointed Dean Devasia its new global chief information officer, and member of the freight management board.

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    ABS ups 'energy corridor' offering

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - Classification society, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), will establish a new office in Houston, USA to serve its offshore industry customers.

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    Port of Everett plans infrastructure upgrades

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The Port of Everett has adopted a USD64 million operating and capital budget for 2014, with critical infrastructure upgrades planned at the Washington, USA gateway.

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    Terex serves Mexican copper mine

    2013-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Grupo Mexico Mining Company has taken delivery of its first Terex AC 350/6 all terrain crane from Megamax, the regional Terex Cranes distributor.

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    KOG enters Pakistan

    2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - From today, KOG Transport's new Pakistan office is to become fully operational.

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    Jaxport eyes project growth

    2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - The heavy lift cargo berth reconstruction project at Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal in Jacksonville, USA has been completed.

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    Port of Duluth in rail record

    2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - The Port of Duluth, USA has handled a total of 16 electrical transformers, each weighing over 300 tonnes, for a major power transmission line in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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    Resolution of antitrust proceedings will be slow, says Drewry

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - According to maritime research agency, Drewry, the outcome of the European Commision's (EC) latest accusation of price fixing against ocean carriers is unclear and the case is unlikely to be resolved quickly.

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    Rupert joins APS Stevedoring

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Long beach, USA headquartered APS Stevedoring LLC has appointed Donald E. Rupert its vice president East Coast.

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    FMC P3 summit set for December 27

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) will host competition authorities from the United States, the European Union and China on December 17, 2013 in Washington DC, USA to discuss the P3 network.

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    The Friday Flyer - November 29th 2013

    2013-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Are liner shipping lines hiding their cartels in plain sight? When the European Commission's (EC) lawmakers turned their sights on anti-competitive activity in 2011, the most obvious characteristic of a cartel was clandestine cloak-and-dagger meetings bet

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    JasProjects wins BG Group

    2013-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - JasProjects has signed a strategic alliance confirming Jas Forwarding Worldwide as BG Group's primary freight forwarding partner for the next five years.

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    Crowley and TITAN move to Houston

    2013-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Crowley Maritime Corporation's solutions group, project logistics and global freight management team, and its subsidiary TITAN Salvage have relocated to a shared office and warehouse facility in Houston, Texas.