North America news – Page 222
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Composite Technology's Dewind completes turbines for Chile
December 31 - The last five D8-2000 wind turbines for a wind power generation project in Chile have been moved to the Port of Houston by Composite Technology Corporation's subsidiary DeWind Inc.
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Intermarine on the move in Shanghai
December 30 - Intermarine has moved its Shanghai office to a new larger location to accommodate the growth of its Asia Service and expanded customer service to clients in the region.
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'Record' rail shipment leaves Thunder Bay
December 23 - The Port of Thunder Bay is celebrating the departure of what it says is a 'record' trainload of equipment on a 1,500 mile journey to Fort McMurray, Canada.
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Wave and tidal projects offer optimism to forwarders
December 18 - Eighty-six MW of wave and tidal current stream capacity will be installed world-wide in the next five years, according to a new survey.
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UN General Assembly adopts new cargo rules
December 17 - The United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea on 11 December 2008.
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Turbines energise Vancouver business
December 17 - The Port of Vancouver is bustling with activity, on and off the Columbia River, according to press reports in the local media, with imports and exports lively; and a storage yard packed with sections of wind turbines.
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Intermarine reduces bunker surcharges
December 09 - Intermarine, the agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers and West Coast Industrial Express has announced that the carriers will reduce the bunker surcharges on all their services to/from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean effective Decem
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Heavy lift mini seminars planned
December 08 - Young engineers are set to benefit from a series of Heavylift mini-seminars delivered by industry veteran Richard Krabbendam.
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Keynote speaker at Breakbulk Asia conference revealed
December 08 - Ron Porter, VP Global Transportation, Logistics Compliance and Commodity Management, Aker Solutions, will deliver the keynote address at next year's JOC Breakbulk Asia Transportation Conference & Exhibition in Singapore.
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TransGroup Worldwide hands it to the Palm
December 05 - TransGroup Worldwide logistics, the US member of the Project Professionals Group, has been heavily involved in the grand opening ceremony of the USD1.5 billion Atlantis The Palm resort in Dubai.
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Fair wind blows for new shipping propulsion system
December 04 - Two leading German manufacturers will join forces to market an innovative hybrid propulsion system for shipping.