North America news – Page 18
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NewsKonecranes MHC heads to Veracruz
Mexican terminal operator Grupo Corporación Integral de Comercio Exterior (CICE) has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane (MHC) for its operations at the port of Veracruz.
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NewsBuoyant breakbulk at NWSA
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), comprising the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, reported record-breaking breakbulk traffic in 2021.
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NewsAAL ships tower components
AAL Shipping has delivered oversize tower components from South Korea to the port of Everett in Washington, USA, onboard its heavy lift vessel AAL Pusan.
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NewsRecord breaking year for SJPC
The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) closed out 2021 with an all-time record-breaking cargo volume of 4.6 million tons, a 54 percent increase over 2020.
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NewsBreakbulk gains for Port NOLA
The USA’s port of New Orleans ended 2021 in strong fashion, reporting positive results across all of its lines of business, including a 46 percent year-on-year improvement in breakbulk and bulk volumes.
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NewsOffshore platform delivered to Texas
Jumbo Shipping, part of the Jumbo-SAL-Alliance, has transported fully assembled offshore platform modules on a single voyage on behalf of Kiewit Offshore Services.
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NewsDHL IP keeps on schedule
DHL Industrial Projects transported four azimuth thrusters from Mexico to Texas, the USA, for repair.
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NewsAmbercor handles cold box
Ambercor Shipping has handled the transport of a 95-ton (86.2-tonne) cold box from a factory in Port Robinson, Ontario, to a jobsite in Minnesota for a large LNG project.
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NewsLiebherr names Gerhardt in the USA
Liebherr has appointed Tim Gerhardt as a managing director of its US operations.
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NewsProLift acquires Prime Rigging
ProLift Rigging Company has acquired Prime Rigging based in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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NewsBerard skids to success
USA-based Berard Transport has received three skid packages from a floating crane barge at the Manchester Terminal for transport to a local chemical plant in Houston, Texas.
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NewsTBM trio arrives at HOPA
A trio of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have arrived at Canada’s Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority’s (HOPA) facilities destined for Metrolinx’s Eglinton Crosstown West extension and Scarborough Subway extension projects.
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NewsSpinLaunch lift for Sarens
Earlier this year, Sarens lifted and manoeuvred the world’s largest diameter vacuum chamber in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
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NewsHellmann secures Vestas partnership
Vestas has selected Hellmann Worldwide Logistics to manage its spare part distribution centre in North America.
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NewsMammoet moves for Capital Power
Mammoet has assisted its customer Capital Power with the replacement of a stator at the Genesee generating station, located southwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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NewsEXIM forms GFD division
The USA’s Export-Import Bank (EXIM) has established its Office of Global Finance Development (GFD), a division that will restart efforts to engage USA-based companies on EXIM products for the first time since the agency’s reauthorisation and return of a board quorum
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NewsUS port spending plans emerge
US President Joe Biden will inject USD17 billion into port and waterway improvements as part of the bipartisan infrastructure deal.
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NewsNuqsana-Pinnacle to develop Canadian opportunities
Pinnacle Logistics Solutions has established a joint venture with Nuqsana – a 100 percent Nunavut-owned company based in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. The companies are working to establish greater cooperation between the peoples of the region.
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NewsSTS cranes arrive in South Carolina
Two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes have arrived at South Carolina Ports’ facilities in the USA onboard Zhen Hua 35.
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NewsCMA CGM makes terminal purchase
CMA CGM has signed an agreement to acquire a 90 percent stake in the Fenix Marine Services (FMS) container terminal in Los Angeles, USA.