North America news – Page 170

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    Port of LA completes deepening project

    2013-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - The Port of Los Angeles has completed its 10-year main channel-deepening project.

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    First calls at St. Lawrence ports

    2013-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - At the end of March the St. Lawrence Seaway opened its locks for vessels to enter the Great Lakes and deliver cargo to US and Canadian ports for the 55th annual international shipping season.

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    Erickson extends Canadian contracts

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Erickson Air-Crane - a provider of heavy lift helicopter services - has extended agreements with two Canadian clients for the provision of its S-64E helicopter services.

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    Pegg to start charity run at Breakbulk Europe

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Flensborg and Associates, a Munich-based sales and consulting firm, has announced that Albert Pegg, senior advisor at Antwerp Port Authority, will be wielding the starter's gun at this year's Business Run, which will take place in Antwerp in May

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    Final Canadian member joins PCN

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Safesea AMI Shipping has become the latest company to join the Project Cargo Network (PCN). It has become the fifth and final member of the network based in Canada.

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    Damco makes Latin appointments

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - International forwarder and logistics services provider Damco has made a number of senior appointments to its Latin American management team.

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    Intermarine sells and leases back Houston terminal

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Intermarine LLC has entered into a sale and leaseback of Industrial Terminals, its breakbulk terminal on the Houston Ship Channel, which it claims is the largest project cargo terminal in the United States.

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    The Friday Flyer - March 29th 2013

    2013-03-29T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, we are digesting the latest report from shipping industry consultant Drewry. It starkly shows that for the next few years the multipurpose sector will be in choppy waters. In the long-term, prospects are good, accord

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    Braemar strengthens worldwide

    2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

    March 28 - Loss adjustor Braemar has made a number of additions to its worldwide team of marine surveyors and consultants, as well as opening two new locations.

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    C.H. Robinson recognised as 'Top National Workplace'

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Multimodal logistics services provider C.H. Robinson has been named one of the USA's 2013 Top National Workplaces by WorkPlaceDynamics.

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    Maersk links Sweden and South Korea

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Maersk Line has added the South Korean city Busan to one of its routes from the Port of Gothenburg. It is the first direct Maersk Line service connecting Sweden and Busan.

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    Bahri uses new fleet to boost US services

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), as a part of its fleet renewal programme, has scrapped its general cargo vessel Saudi Diriyah for a sum of SAR30.3 million (USD8.04 million).

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    Canadian bison fly Russian

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Russian freighter operator Volga-Dnepr Airlines has shipped 30 bison calves from Edmonton, Canada to Yakutia, Russia onboard an IL-76TD-90VD.

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    Times are still tough, says Drewry

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - The multipurpose sector faces a difficult couple of years, but its long-term prospects are good, according to Drewry Maritime Research's latest Annual Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecast report.

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    Yacht Path files for Chapter 11

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - As reported in our last Friday Flyer, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US headquartered Yacht Path, and three associated companies, has voluntarily initiated proceedings under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, agency wires are humming with news from Cyprus. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told MPs that she wanted Cyprus to remain within the euro, but that it must realise its business model is dea

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    The Friday Flyer

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - As this Friday Flyer is being written, agency wires are humming with news from Cyprus. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told MPs that she wanted Cyprus to remain within the euro, but that it must realise its business m

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    Terex additions at Crane Service

    2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Albuquerque, US based Crane Service Inc. has added a new 250-tonne capacity Terex AC 250-1 all-terrain crane to its fleet.

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    Peters & May updates

    2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - Southampton, UK headquartered boat transportation specialist Peters & May has been named preferred shipping agent for The Christmas Caribbean Rally (CCR) - a new transatlantic rally.

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    WWL earns John Deere recognition

    2013-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has been inducted into the Supplier Hall of Fame as part of the John Deere Achieving Excellence programme.