North America news – Page 191

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    New CFO for the Rickmers Group

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Dr Ignace Van Meenen has taken up the position of chief financial officer (CFO) of the Rickmers Group in a role that will see him press ahead with the realignment of the group of companies to enable it to respond faster and more flexibly to

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    Montana ready to issue permits

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - In the USA, the long-running saga over the movement of oversized loads for the Kearl Oil Sands project in north east Alberta, Canada, has taken its latest twist.

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    Ulustrans loads boilers

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Ulustrans Turkey loaded four steam boilers in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, onto rail cars and moved them to Halifax Port to be loaded onto BBC Fuji earlier this month.

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    PCN members all set for London

    2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Over 85 senior managers from 46 countries will shortly be flying into London to attend the upcoming 1st PCN Annual Summit.

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    Corpus Christi commissioners approve sale of part of Ingleside

    2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - After 11 months of negotiations, Port of Corpus Christi commissioners have approved the sale of part of its Ingleside Facility to Canyon Supply & Logistics, LLC.

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    Crowley delivers six new turbine blades to Costa Rican wind farm

    2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group recently shipped six oversized wind turbine blades from Port Everglades, USA to Limon, Costa Rica.

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    World's largest hoverbarge sold

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Marcon International from Coupeville, USA has completed the sale of the unfinished, newbuilding hover barge "Monty" by builder Sundial Marine Construction & Repair of Troutdale, USA to private buyers.

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    Dockwise to sell yacht transport arm

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Following last week's announcement of the granting of a grants waiver request by its lending syndicate, Dockwise Ltd has announced it has signed a letter of intent to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) to Coby En

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    Rotor motors with Fracht

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Fracht USA has handled the delivery of a Siemens 4-pole generator rotor and two fan assemblies to the Hydro One Networks facility in Pickering, Canada.

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    PCN names Indonesia member

    2011-11-07T00:00:00Z

    November 7 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) reports that its latest member is MI Logistic Indonesia, a leading freight forwarder and heavy lift specialist based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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    Beer and wind powers Hamilton's traffic

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Canadian thirsts for alternative green energy production and a refreshing cold beer are drivers of growth in project cargo at the Port of Hamilton, Ontario.

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    SC&RA Foundation looks to help fund industry students

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) scholarship and grant scheme for 2012 and 2013 has been launched, offering sums of up to USD3,000 for students to attend college or university and grants of up to USD1,500 to attend tec

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    Alabama lifting solutions workshop soon

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Shaun Sipe, VP of human capital at Barnhart Crane & Rigging, is one of the panel of speakers at the Maritime Lifting Solutions Workshop, which takes place early next month from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    Skelton Sherborne on the move in western Australia

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Australian heavy equipment mover Skelton Sherborne has relocated its office in Western Australian from Fremantle to a new location in South Perth, effective immediately.

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    Cargotec to deliver MacGregor ro-ro equipment

    2011-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Cargotec has secured two contracts worth around EUR15 million (USD20.6 million) for complete MacGregor ro-ro access and transfer systems for deepsea container/ro-ro (ConRo) vessels.

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    Freight's big-hearted response to Turkish earthquake

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - The freight industry has worn its heart on its sleeve in its response to the humanitarian tragedy created by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the Van province in eastern Turkey and killed around 500 people.

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    Port Corpus Christi to help Lone Star state turn green

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - One of North America's most important project cargo and heavy lift ports is to co-sponsor an upcoming Texas renewable energy conference.

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    Joint-move powers Senegal power generation

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - A multimodal joint American and Costa Rican move by two project freight forwarders is set to power Senegal's lights for the immediate future.

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    New rail product creates opportunities for industrial products

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Canadian Pacific will be the exclusive Canadian rail transportation provider for Contrans, using innovative Raildecks multimodal flat rack containers. The agreement extends the long-haul efficiencies of rail to a markets currently served by t

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    5K Logistics handles passenger rail car contract

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - 5K Logistics of Philadelphia, USA has handled the transport of 62 specialised passenger rail cars from Spain to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.