All North America articles – Page 182

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    ICS seeks crucial changes to IMO ballast water regime

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    July 30 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents all sectors and trades and over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address some critical issues concerning the immi

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    Nippon Cargo Airlines' first Boeing 747-8 Freighter delayed

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    July 30 - Contrary to earlier announcements by both the airlines and the manufacturer, Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has not taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 Freighter and has advised over the weekend that the revised delivery schedule will be revea

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Welcome to the Friday Flyer, bringing you a round-up of news from the heavy lift and project forwarding sector which has caught the eyes of the editorial team over the last week.

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    Infrastructure opportunities in California port redevelopment

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - A 30-acre quayside redevelopment of a key Californian port will present project cargo forwarders and heavy lift contractors a USD 1.2 billion infrastructure opportunity, promise promoters.

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    MIQ Logistics among Kansas' top 100 companies

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - Just a decade after being founded US business magazine Ingram's identified Kansas-based MIQ Logistics as one of the Kansas City area's top 100 privately held companies for the second consecutive year. Based on annual revenue, the company is rank

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    CaroTrans increases Trans Pacific capacity

    2012-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - Project cargo forwarders handling containerised cargo serving Japan from the US will benefit from a new, direct LCL export service from Seattle to Tokyo.

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    Port of Vancouver, USA welcomes M/V Pac Suhail on maiden voyage

    2012-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - The Port of Vancouver, USA welcomed the M/V Pac Suhail on her maiden voyage to the United States.

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    CEE adds new member in Canada

    2012-07-24T00:00:00Z

    July 24 - ITN Logitics Group has joined the Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd (CEE) as the network's member in Canada.

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    AAI+PEERS Inc joins PCN

    2012-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) welcomes their first representative in the Philippines, AAI+PEERS INC.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Welcome to the Friday Flyer, bringing you a round-up of news from the heavy lift and project forwarding sector which has caught the eyes of the editorial team over the last week.

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    The earth moves for Texas International Freight

    2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Houston-based, Texas International Freight has recently moved a massive earthmover through the port to Asia (pictured below).

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    Coke ovens put the heat on BigLift Shipping

    2012-07-17T00:00:00Z

    July 16 - Last week, BigLift Shipping finished the last of two challenging shipments on its vessels Happy Diamond and Happy Dover for the US Steel Corporation in Clairton, USA, from Lubeck, Germany to Mobile, USA, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhan

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    LaRue will represent the Texas Ports

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) selected executive director, John P. LaRue, Port Corpus Christi (POCCA), to represent the Texas ports in the newly formed Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.

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    Project Partners adds Precision Specialized Division

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Precision Specialized Division Inc has joined the Project Partners network as a member in Canada.

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    Panama Canal delays toll hike

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has published a revised tolls proposal that defers the implementation date of new Canal tolls to October 2012 and October 2013.

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    Green energy powers Tuscor Lloyds move

    2012-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Global shipping agent and freight forwarder, Tuscor Lloyds has overseen a complex shipment of a biomass boiler from Lincoln, Nebraska through loading at the port in Houston, Texas, bound for Plymouth, UK.

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    Musaffah Port sets own record for heavy lift shipment

    2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A record for the heaviest consignment to arrive at Musaffah Port, one of the key ports operated and managed by Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), has been set with the recent arrival of two HP absorbers from Italy that weighed more than 2,600 tonnes.

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    ITI webinar diary released

    2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - Crane and rigging training consultancy Industrial Training International (ITI) has announced the upcoming summer episodes of the ITI Showcase Webinar Series.

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    F1 nearly run off the road by French bureaucrats

    2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A UK-based agent for bespoke abnormal load permit routes throughout Europe has revealed road freight law changes in France hit Formula 1 at the Monaco Grand Prix, last weekend.

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    Isolde Liebherr awarded honorary doctorate

    2012-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - Isolde Liebherr, vice-president of the Supervisory Board of Liebherr-International AG of Bulle, Switzerland, the parent company of the Liebherr Group, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws (LLD honoris causa) by the National University