North America news – Page 192
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Fairstar wins Oando Energy Services contract
October 31 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a contract by Oando Energy Services, a leading indigenous, energy and energy services company in Nigeria to transport the drilling rig Respect from Lagos, Nigeria to Galveston, USA.
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Bay Crane adds to fleet
October 31 - In the USA, Bay Crane has made some significant additions to its fleet, improving and expanding the existing equipment.
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Air Charter Service reports strong growth in half year results
October 31 - Air Charter Service has reported strong growth in its latest results covering the first half of its 2011-2012 annual results (February 1 - July 31 2011).
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Latin American demand lifts Liebherr mobile harbour crane sales
October 28 - Bullish demand from the Americas has seen sales for Liebherr mobile harbour cranes (MHC) double this year compared with 2010 asdemand for investment in cargo handling equipment remains unbroken, says the global manufacturer.
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Drewry forecasts container overcapacity to last few years
October 28 - Drewry's latest quarterly Container Forecaster emphasises that this year should have been much better for the industry. First half global demand growth was still running at an annual rate of percent and yet ocean carriers are losing money due
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Lifetime achievement award for industry legend
October 27 - Popular shipping legend Jerry Nagel, chairman of the board at Rickmers-Linie (America) Inc, received a standing ovation as he was handed a lifetime achievement award in New Orleans, USA, earlier this week, writes Emma Murray in New Orleans.
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Kavanagh joins the SRT family
October 27 - In the USA, New Jersey-based Kavanagh Logistics has joined the Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) family.
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Yacht Express crosses Atlantic with over USD250 million in luxury yachts
October 27 - Due to its sheer size, the 686 ft (209 m) Yacht Express demands an audience, but when the flagship of Dockwise Yacht Transport's (DYT) fleet of semi-submersible ships pulled into Ft. Lauderdale with a record breaking cargo of yachts valued co
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Breakbulk keynote speaker calls for creative solutions
October 26 - Giga projects are the new landscape of the heavy lift marketplace, and logistics is "even more critical than ever before to EPC success", according to John Mika, senior vice president of procurement, CH2M HILL, reports HLPFI editor, Emma Murr
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Fairstar wins Nabors Drilling contract
October 26 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been contracted by Nabors Drilling to transport its DB 301 from Port Gentil, Gabon to Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel Fjell.
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Cargoitalia Ondemand targets ACMI and charter market
October 26 - Cargoitalia has established a new division to cater for its growing ACMI and charter business.
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Cargoitalia Ondemand targets ACMI and charter market
October 26 - Cargoitalia has established a new division to cater for its growing ACMI and charter business.
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Lufthansa Cargo Charter names second partner in Canada
October 25 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter Agency GmbH has contracted general sales agent (GSA) AerodyneCargo Services Inc in Calgary as its second GSA in Canada, following its appointment of Airline Network Service as a GSA partner for the Montreal area just a
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Project Partners adds Orbit Transport & Trading
October 25 - Orbit Transport & Trading Services Ltd has joined the Project Partners network for Jordan and Iraq.
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Grieg Star goes monthly from US East Coast to South American West Coast
October 24 - Grieg Star Shipping's monthly service from the US East and Gulf coasts to the West Coast of South America (WCSA) is now fully operational.
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Airbus flies with Rickmers-Linie
October 24 - Rickmers-Linie has been selected by Spirit AeroSystems as its partner for the transportation of fuselage sections for Airbus from Morehead City, USA to Montoir (Port of Nantes St. Nazaire), France.
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FESCO adds Tacoma
October 24 - FESCO Russian Pacific is adding a port call at Tacoma, USA, and introducing a fortnightly service to Vladivostok and the Russian Far east.
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Houston is a hoot for OWL
October 21 - Ocean World Lines (OWL), a global, single-source NVOCC and subsidiary of Pacer International, has opened a new office in Houston to service all cargoes moving to and from the region.
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Project forwarder network appoints Icecorp Projects in Canada
October 21 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its second representative in Canada, Icecorp Projects, a division of Icecorp Logistics Inc.
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The Freight Co offers emergency flood recovery logistics services
October 20 - The Freight Co says that it has been appointed by a leading disaster recovery and property restoration company.