North America news – Page 187

  • News

    Chinese Customs improving

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    February 28 - By Colum Murphy at Breakbulk China in Shanghai

  • News

    Georgia on Caterpillar's mind

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The ease of accessing the major ports of Savannah and Charleston on the US East Coast has been cited by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar as a major factor in its decision to site a new manufacturing facility in Georgia.

  • News

    BBC Chartering starts Euro-Asia service

    2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - BBC Chartering has started a new liner service connecting Europe and Asia.

  • News

    Sensitive projects hat trick for Rhenus Logistics

    2012-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - The French Industrial Project department of Rhenus Logistics (former Wincanton Mondia) has completed three sensitive projects in Russia, France and Qatar.

  • News

    Widdows to take over from Steffens at Rickmers

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - After ten very successful years with the Rickmers Group and especially, with Rickmers-Linie, Jan B Steffens will, by 31 March 2012, step down from the twin positions of CEO of Rickmers Holding and of Rickmers-Linie although he will continue

  • News

    SRT on track

    2012-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - Houston, Texas-based over-dimensional railroad car operator Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) undertook significant rail movements at the end of last year, including one movement that required a total logistics package, involving lifting, loa

  • News

    Harbour project receives additional funding

    2012-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) has received an additional USD 2.5 million in construction funding.

  • News

    Mui-Fong Goh to deliver keynote Breakbulk China address

    2012-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Global management consultant Mui-Fong Goh, a partner at global management consultancy A.T. Kearney, will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural Breakbulk China conference and exhibition later this month.

  • News

    Infrastructure UK boss to address Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum

    2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - Leaders from many of the biggest infrastructure projects in the world, including the GBP50 billion Plan Nord project in Canada, the GBP16 billion UK Crossrail scheme, the GBP12 billion Rio/S

  • News

    ACL's starts weekly ro-ro service to Russia and Finland

    2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - Atlantic Container Line is set to start a new, weekly ro-ro service from the USA and Canada to Russia and Finland and says it will be the fastest and most frequent service available in the market.

  • News

    ICS board meeting focuses on piracy and emissions

    2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners' associations represent all sectors and trades and more than 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, met in London earlier his week.

  • News

    First for Demag Cranes in Bermuda

    2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - A Gottwald HMK 170 Ewill be taking up commercial operations in the spring of 2012 at the port of Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, where it will be handling containers and general cargo.

  • News

    Seven Seas ships heat exchangers

    2012-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Seven Seas Shipping Co, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Jordan and Iraq, has successfully completed the transport of two heavy heat exchangers for a Jordanian phosphate mining company's sulphuric acid plant; as well as

  • News

    Seventh Breakbulk business run set for Shanghai

    2012-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Flensborg and Associates, a Munich-based sales and consulting firm, has announced the seventh Break-Bulk Business Run, which will take place in Shanghai in February 2012, and the expansion of the Business Run circuit to include additional eve

  • News

    Liebherr looks back at 2011

    2012-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Significant orders for Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) in 2011 from emerging economies, as well as the market introduction of the new LHM 420 model, helped Liebherr-Werk Nenzing stabilise its bottom-line in what it describes as a "challenging" wo

  • News

    Discovery Air Innovations launches student competition

    2012-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Discovery Air Innovations (DAI), in collaboration with the Canadian Transportation Research Forum, has announced the first annual Hybrid Air Vehicle (HAV) student paper competition.

  • News

    Braemar names regional director

    2012-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Braemar (incorporating The Salvage Association) has appointed Richard Gayton to the key role of regional director, Americas.

  • News

    SC&RA 2012 annual conference announced

    2012-01-30T00:00:00Z

    January 30 - The 2012 Annual Conference of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), April 17-21, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines, Austin, Texas, USA, features a program that includes educational sessions, networking events and committee mee

  • News

    Ports America HQ on the move

    2012-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Ports America has relocated its group office from Iselin to Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.