North America news – Page 169

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    Bigge buys four Liebherr crawlers

    2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

    April 25 - Californian crane dealer Bigge Crane and Rigging has purchased four new Liebherr LR1300SX crawler cranes at Bauma 2013 trade fair in Munich.

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    ABS elects new Council staff

    2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

    April 25 - The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has made a number of appointments to its Council and Offshore Technical Committees.

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    MIQ adds to sales team

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - Kansas, USA headquartered MIQ Logistics has added Thad Stanley to its sales team as director of business development.

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    Maersk ships catamaran to US

    2013-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - Maersk Line teamed up with Emirates Team New Zealand to move its AC72 catamaran from Auckland to San Francisco to compete in the 2013 Americas Cup.

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    ACS teams-up with Save the Children

    2013-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Air Charter Service (ACS) recently chartered a B747-400 freighter from Nairobi, Kenya to Maputo, Mozambique, in conjunction with charity Save the Children.

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    DB Schenker acquires Panamanian forwarder

    2013-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Global logistics specialist DB Schenker has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Euro-Line Panamericana - a Panamanian freight forwarder and ocean import specialist.

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    Ruslan moves exceptional load

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - Ruslan International has arranged the shipment of a 101 tonne oil platform component from Bergen, Norway to Busan, South Korea, on an AN-124 freighter flight.

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    SC&RA recognises safe practice

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    April 17 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) named its winners of the Fleet Safety, Zero Accident and Fleet Safety Improvement awards during its annual conference in Arizona, USA.

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    Bigge's record-breaking week

    2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - California, US based crane dealer Bigge Crane and Rigging has delivered 34 Terex rough terrain (RT) cranes in one week - breaking the company's own sales record.

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    Peters & May sees part-charter growth

    2013-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - Southampton, UK based yacht transportation specialist Peters & May has seen a significant boost in demand for its part-charter yacht shipping services.

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    SCRA makes senior appointments

    2013-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SCRA) used its annual conference last week to make a number of senior managerial appointments.

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    The Friday Flyer - April 12th 2013

    2013-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Anyone who has lived into their ninth decade, many in the public eye, will have made as many friends as enemies in that time.

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    Tradelossa nets SCRA award

    2013-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Mexican project forwarder Tradelossa has won first place in the Specialized Crane Rigging & Rigging Association's (SCRA) 'Rigging Job of the Year' category

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    Burkhalter wins SCRA awards

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Columbus, Mississippi headquartered Burkhalter Rigging has won both Rigging Job of the Year and Hauling Job of the Year awards from the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SCRA).

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    EFIS flies rocket to Guyana

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - EFIS Air - the aviation project and charter division of general sales and services agent ECS Group - has delivered the fourth and last stage of the Ariane rocket from Paris Vatry airport to Cayenne, Guyana.

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    ACS adds evp North America

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Richard Thompson has been appointed executive vice president of Air Charter Service's (ACS) North American offices.

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    Volga adds to US management team

    2013-04-09T00:00:00Z

    April 9 - Russian freighter operator Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Sergey Reznikov as vice president, Volga-Dnepr unique air cargo (USA).

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    Senior appointments at Saint John Port Authority

    2013-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - The board of directors of the Saint John Port Authority, one of Eastern Canada's largest ports, has elected a new chairman and vice chairman.

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    The Friday Flyer - April 5th 2013

    2013-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Could this week's news that three Hamburg-based shipowners - F. Laiesz, Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt and Rickmers Reederei have established a programme to financially stabilise loss-making cargo ships - Frachtschiff-Kontor (F-K) - be good for the bele

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    Jumbo shifts world's largest TBM 'Bertha'

    2013-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Jumbo Shipping has transported what is claimed to be the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) from Japan to the USA on board its ship, Fairpartner.