All North America articles – Page 174

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    Efficiency key for wind projects

    2013-05-08T00:00:00Z

    May 8 - According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), wind energy projects in the USA posted their strongest year ever - a total of 13,124 MW of power was brought online across 26 states and Puerto Rico.

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    Extra adds web platform

    2013-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - North American logistics provider Extra Logistics has launched its web-based ocean/air freight booking service.

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    Market Development Manager - The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

    2013-05-07T00:00:00Z

    LOCATION: St. Catharines, Ontario, CanadaABOUT: The St Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation opened to navigation in 1959. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway System has been a vital link in moving goods between the heartland of North America and international markets. The Seaway System, 3,700 kilometers in length, encompasses the St. ...

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    The Friday Flyer - May 3rd 2013

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    This week saw CEVA Group announce the successful recapitalisation of its balance sheet, which may put an end to the intense speculation there has been about the company's future. That speculation began after a downgrade by Standard & Poor's to CEVA's cred

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    Rickmers-Linie adds tenth to Pearl String

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Heavy lift shipping line Rickmers-Linie has added a tenth vessel to its eastbound round-the-world Pearl String service.

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    Houston calling for Spliethoff

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Amsterdam based Spliethoff Group - whose subsidiaries include BigLift Shipping, Sevenstar, Wijnne Barends and Transfennica - is opening a new branch office in Houston, USA.

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    Evergreen Helicopters fly with Erickson

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Oregon, USA based Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated has closed its acquisition of Evergreen Helicopters (EHI) from Evergreen International Aviation.

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    PCN ramps up with Ramps Logistics

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Ramps Logistics of Trinidad and Tobago has become the 181st member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN).

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    FPS delivers unique warplane

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    May 2 - FPS New Zealand has successfully moved the only operational De Havilland Mosquito bomber aircraft from New Zealand to Virginia, USA.

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    Heavy quartet for Jumbo Shipping

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    May 2 - Jumbo Shipping has transported two over-dimensional boilers and two mine hunter vessels to destinations in the Middle East.

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    Areva barges generators to USA

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Paris headquartered industrial manufacturer Areva has delivered two steam generators to the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Red Wing, Minnesota, USA.

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    Damaged Illinois river lock to hinder barges for weeks

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - According to reports in the international media, a northern stretch of the Illinois river - a key artery for connecting export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico, USA - is expected to remain closed for several weeks.

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    Dacotrans de Centro joins PCN

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May 1 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added Dacotrans de Centro as its latest member, and first company representative in Honduras.

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    Future arrives in full for Saga Forest Carriers

    2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

    April 30 - With last week's delivery of the Saga Fantasy, Saga Shipholding's (SSH) order for seven Future class open hatch box hold ships is complete. An eigth vessel is still to be delivered, but this is not going to be owned by SSH.

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    The Friday Flyer - April 26th 2013

    2013-04-26T00:00:00Z

    German businesspeople seem less confident in prospects for the future and their nervousness may impact project cargo and heavy lift operators in the coming year. Think tank Ifo has noted that for a second consecutive month, German business confidence fell

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    ABS elects new Council staff

    2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

    April 25 - The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has made a number of appointments to its Council and Offshore Technical Committees.

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    Bigge buys four Liebherr crawlers

    2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

    April 25 - Californian crane dealer Bigge Crane and Rigging has purchased four new Liebherr LR1300SX crawler cranes at Bauma 2013 trade fair in Munich.

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    MIQ adds to sales team

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    April 24 - Kansas, USA headquartered MIQ Logistics has added Thad Stanley to its sales team as director of business development.

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    Maersk ships catamaran to US

    2013-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - Maersk Line teamed up with Emirates Team New Zealand to move its AC72 catamaran from Auckland to San Francisco to compete in the 2013 Americas Cup.

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    ACS teams-up with Save the Children

    2013-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Air Charter Service (ACS) recently chartered a B747-400 freighter from Nairobi, Kenya to Maputo, Mozambique, in conjunction with charity Save the Children.