All North America articles – Page 131

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    BNSF reaches lake in the nick of time

    2014-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - BNSF Logistics has transported a 536-tonne cold box from Genoa in Italy to Ashtabula, Ohio.

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    McCain blasts Jones Act ... again

    2014-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - In the USA, senator John McCain has renewed his attack on the Jones Act, the law that requires ships servicing coastal businesses to be built and mostly staffed by US crews.

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    2015 - a year of shelved oil projects?

    2014-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 9 - The dramatic fall in the price of oil is causing major doubts about the viability of many oil and gas projects, says Rystad Energy.

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    Manatee re-elects Whitmore

    2014-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - Carol Whitmore has been elected to a third one-year term as chairwoman of the Manatee County Port Authority, the governing board of Port Manatee, which has also welcomed Charles B. Smith as its newest member.

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    New year, new start for Hansa Meyer

    2014-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - The new year will see some changes for Hansa Meyer, with HEGO Partner Holding being renamed into Hansa Meyer Global Holding within the framework of a single brand strategy.

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    ABC flies plane parts

    2014-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has flown a horizontal stabiliser for a Boeing 737 from Shanghai to Chicago, for final delivery by truck to the aircraft manufacturer's factory in Seattle.

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    High five for SAL in Ichthys

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 5 - SAL Heavy Lift has completed a series of complex shipments, totalling over 100,000 freight tonnes, for the Ichthys LNG project near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.

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    Bengal takes USA's first Explorer

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 5 - Bengal Transportation Services of Geismar in the USA has taken delivery of a Terex Explorer 5800 all terrain crane - the first of the Explorer family to be sold in the USA.

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    The Friday Flyer - December 5th 2014

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    MACS in transatlantic service launch

    2014-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - MACS Maritime Carrier will begin a new multipurpose service connecting the UK and northwest Europe with the US Gulf, Mexico and US East Coast in January 2015.

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    Burst of energy for Crane Rental

    2014-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Crane Rental Corporation has completed the relocation of energy-generating equipment, manufactured by Siemens Energy, to a natural gas clean energy power plant under construction in south Florida.

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    Tradelossa crosses the finish line

    2014-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Tradelossa has completed a project, which began in June 2014, to transport cargo for the La Rumorosa wind farm in the state of Baja California, Mexico.

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    The Wednesday Wire - December 3rd 2014

    2014-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Your midweek round-up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Crowley promotes two

    2014-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - Effective January 1, 2015, Crowley Maritime Corporation's Puerto Rico liner services group is promoting Ken Orben to general manager of terminal operations in Jacksonville, Florida, and Karen Dempsey to director of port operations in Pennsauk

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    SCS hot off the press

    2014-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - SCS Heavy has transported two presses - one from Henriville, France and the second from Rechen, Germany - to the USA, as well as a third press from Germany to China.

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    The Friday Flyer - November 28th 2014

    2014-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Managing a project from A-Z

    2014-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - Jumbo Shipping has completed its role in the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) project. The heavy lift shipping company transported thousands of freight tonnes of equipment from fabrication yards in China and Malaysia to Australia.

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    Managing a project from A-Z

    2014-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - Jumbo Shipping has completed its role in the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) project. The heavy lift shipping company transported thousands of freight tonnes of equipment from fabrication yards in China and Malaysia to Australia.

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    Managing a project from A-Z

    2014-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - Jumbo Shipping has completed its role in the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) project. The heavy lift shipping company transported thousands of freight tonnes of equipment from fabrication yards in China and Malaysia to Australia.

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    Risky alliances need controls

    2014-11-27T00:00:00Z

    November 27 - The European Shippers' Council (ESC) says it believes the formation of container shipping line alliances is a risky development for a free market for transportation of goods by sea, which is not good for clients of the carriers, shippers, an