North America news – Page 78
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Blue Water assists Tahkoluoto
September 5 - Blue Water Shipping has recently completed the onshore logistics for the 42 MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm project, on behalf of wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy.
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C.H. Robinson grows with Milgram
September 4 - Third party logistics (3PL) company C.H. Robinson has acquired Canadian freight forwarder Milgram & Company for approximately CAD62 million (USD50 million).
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PSC slides underground
September 4 - Ohio, USA-headquartered PSC Crane & Rigging has supplied a Hydra-Slide HT500 heavy track hydraulic skidding system and four newly acquired JS250 jacking load shoes to setup and assemble a boring machine at the Dugway Storage Tunnel in Clevel
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BNSF Logistics keeps its cool
September 1 - BNSF Logistics has handled the transport of a cold box from Ohio to Arizona, USA.
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Blanchard in at APP
August 31 - Elizabeth Blanchard, port commissioner at the Port of Stockton, USA has been named president of the Association of Pacific Ports (APP).
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Trail King names Kolb
August 31 - North American trailer manufacturer, Trail King Industries has appointed Joe Kolb as president.
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LGH lifts in LA
August 31 - Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has provided 16 wireless compression load cells from Straightpoint for the benchmark weighing of ten ship-to-shore cranes at the Port of Los Angeles, USA.
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TCS opens in Mexico
August 29 - Air chartering specialist The Charter Store (TCS) has opened an office in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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MTL and UAL double up
August 25 - Shipping lines, Maritime Transport Logistics (MTL) and Universal Africa Lines (UAL) have reached an agreement to cooperate with their services to Mauritania and Senegal.
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Swire serves Micronesia
August 25 - From September 2017, Swire Shipping will introduce a fixed weekly service to Guam and Saipan, in cooperation with American President Line (APL).
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BNSF keeps on track
August 24 - BNSF Logistics has transported four transformers by rail from the Port of Houston, Texas to Fairbanks, Indiana, USA.
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Atlas Air on the double
August 22 - Atlas Air has agreed to operate a second Boeing 747-400 freighter for Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), with an opportunity for additional aircraft in the future.
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B&G skids in Louisiana
August 21 - B&G Crane Service has removed and replaced five heat exchangers at a project in Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA.
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Semi-sub will move USS Fitzgerald
August 18 - The US Navy has confirmed that it will use a heavy lift semi-submersible ship to transport the damaged destroyer USS Fitzgerald from Japan back to the USA.
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Chapman completes pipe move
August 16 - Chapman Freeborn's Dubai office has coordinated the transport of 60 tons (54.4 tonnes) of pipe spooling from Sharjah, UAE to Houston, USA, on board a Boeing 747.
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MACS adds Charleston to MTA
August 15 - MACS has added the Port of Charleston in South Carolina, USA to its North West Continent to North America service (MTA).
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Crowley and King Ocean expand services
August 14 - Port Everglades, USA, has announced that King Ocean Services and Crowley Caribbean Services, both long-standing customers have entered into a vessel sharing agreement (VSA) that will expand their reach into Central America.
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Mammoet moves multimodal
August 14 - Mammoet has transported an 800,000-lbs (362.9-tonne) process vessel from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Robinson, Illinois, USA.
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HLPFI - July/August 2017 - now available!
HLPFI's July/August 2017 digital edition is now available to view and is packed full of useful information. Click here to see more.
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UTC grows in Guyana
August 14 - UTC Overseas has expanded its presence in Guyana with the appointment of Bob Stevens, the firm's Caribbean field director, to support its recently opened Guyanese office.