North America news – Page 184

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    New charter alliance combines scale with service

    2012-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Three cargo charter brokers have joined forces to launch the Global Charter Alliance, claiming to be the world's first consortium of independent brokers.

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    Europe and US edge forward on air cargo security

    2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Europe's leading network carriers, represented by the Association of European Airlines (AEA), are urging US regulators to fully recognise European air cargo security standards and accelerate progress towards a mutual recognition agreement.

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    First project cargo for Liverpool's barge service

    2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - The first project cargo has been transported on Peel Ports' barge service on the Manchester Ship Canal, in the UK.

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    Drewy and CargoSmart to deliver new box shipping KPIs

    2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Drewry Maritime Research and CargoSmart Limited have entered into a cooperation agreement that will introduce a wider range of container Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to help importers and exporters benchmark their carriers' service levels.

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    New charter alliance combines scale with service

    2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Three cargo charter brokers have joined forces to launch the Global Charter Alliance, claiming to be the world's first consortium of independent brokers.

  • News

    New charter alliance combines scale with service

    2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

    Three cargo charter brokers have joined forces to launch the Global Charter Alliance, claiming to be the world's first consortium of independent brokers.

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    Lufthansa Cargo Charter extends sales reach in the USA

    2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter Agency GmbH has extended the contract which it signed with general sales agent, Platinum Air Cargo covering Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, almost a year ago, to cover additionally California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and

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    SBM Offshore selects Blue Water Shipping

    2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

    April 16 - SBM Offshore has chosen Blue Water Shipping, a company with which it already holds a longstanding business relationship, to undertake the task of providing logistics for materials and equipment to China and Brazil, where the conversion of the f

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    New Canadian member for PCN

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added Convoy Logistics Provider (CLP) to its network, as its third representative in Canada.

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    WWPC partners combine efforts to move boiler

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Albacor Shipping (USA) Inc, the US member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has worked in conjunction with the project forwarder network's Vienna-based Austrian partner, Procargo Spedition, to handle the transport of parts of a biomass

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    Guam senator seeks Jones Act exemption

    2012-04-11T00:00:00Z

    April 11 - Senator Frank F. Blas, Jr. introduced a resolution that requests Guam's Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation to exempt Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska from the U.S. Build provision of the Maritime Shippin

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    Faststream opens Perth office

    2012-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - International maritime, oil & gas and mining industry recruiter Faststream has opened an office in Perth, Australia, which will focus on filling positions for shipping companies, oil majors and mining companies active in the region.

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    Port Everglades adds new shipping service to Venezuela and Colombia

    2012-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Port Everglades, USA, has a new shipping service to Venezuela and Colombia with Naviera Master Line de Venezuela C.A. moving heavy equipment and machinery/rolling stock on a fortnightly basis from the port, with plans to offer a weekly service

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    Over-dimensional cargoes on flat racks for Garone Logistics

    2012-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Garone Logistics Ltd of Shenzhen, China has handled the movement of five ball mills on flat racks from Foshan, China, to Valparaiso, Chile.

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    Albacor undertakes solo and joint ventures

    2012-04-10T00:00:00Z

    April 10 - Albacor Shipping (USA), the US member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) based in Mahwah, New Jersey, has worked with its WWPC partner LS-Cargo, based in Bremen, Germany, to handle the shipment of a 19 x 4.7 x 4.7m ball mill weighing ap

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    ACE Winches exports Scotland's heaviest air cargo

    2012-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - ACE Winches staff recently celebrated the completion of their largest manufacturing contract, worth GBP4.2 million (USD6.67 million) for Superior Energy Services, based in Houston, USA, which was partly delivered on the world's largest plane, th

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    End of the line for Hartmann Asia RTW Line

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - HLPFI understands that Hartmann Asia RTW Line Pte Ltd has been placed into provisional liquidation with accountancy practice, Lau Chin Huat & Co of Singapore, appointed as the provisional liquidator of the company.

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    BDP adds second service centre in South Asia

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - BDP International has opened another Global Services Centre (GSC) in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The US-based, global logistics and transportation services firm opened its first such centre in Kuala Lumpur in March 2008.

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    Shuttlelift wins C-Tech Oilwell Technologies business

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Edmonton, Canada-based C-Tech Oilwell Technologies has purchased a Shuttlelift single-beam mobile gantry crane to use with its portable factories that produce a sucker rod for oil pumping facilities.

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    IATA reveals 5.1 percent increase in global air cargo traffic in February

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - After revealing that global air cargo traffic increased by 5.1 percent in February, compared to the same month last year, the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) said that the outlook for cargo remains fragile.