All North America articles – Page 192

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    Drewry's Oatway to deliver keynote address at Breakbulk South America

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Breakbulk Events has announced that Susan Oatway, senior consultant at Drewry Shipping Consultants, will deliver the opening keynote address at the first annual Breakbulk South America Congress, Dec. 6-7, 2011, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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    North Sea decommissioning costs could exceed GBP47.5 billion

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - A GBP47.5 billion (USD74.7) business opportunity is opening up for companies in decommissioning the North Sea's huge infrastructure of offshore oil and gas fields according to new research to be published by Deloitte and Douglas-Westwood.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift says all P2s are now operational

    2011-11-15T00:00:00Z

    November 15 - Following the successful resolution of all claims against the ship, Hansa Heavy Lift has announced that HHL Richards Bay is sailing once again.

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    Montana ready to issue permits

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - In the USA, the long-running saga over the movement of oversized loads for the Kearl Oil Sands project in north east Alberta, Canada, has taken its latest twist.

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    New CFO for the Rickmers Group

    2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

    November 14 - Dr Ignace Van Meenen has taken up the position of chief financial officer (CFO) of the Rickmers Group in a role that will see him press ahead with the realignment of the group of companies to enable it to respond faster and more flexibly to

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    Ulustrans loads boilers

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Ulustrans Turkey loaded four steam boilers in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, onto rail cars and moved them to Halifax Port to be loaded onto BBC Fuji earlier this month.

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    Crowley delivers six new turbine blades to Costa Rican wind farm

    2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group recently shipped six oversized wind turbine blades from Port Everglades, USA to Limon, Costa Rica.

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    Corpus Christi commissioners approve sale of part of Ingleside

    2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - After 11 months of negotiations, Port of Corpus Christi commissioners have approved the sale of part of its Ingleside Facility to Canyon Supply & Logistics, LLC.

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    PCN members all set for London

    2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Over 85 senior managers from 46 countries will shortly be flying into London to attend the upcoming 1st PCN Annual Summit.

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    World's largest hoverbarge sold

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Marcon International from Coupeville, USA has completed the sale of the unfinished, newbuilding hover barge "Monty" by builder Sundial Marine Construction & Repair of Troutdale, USA to private buyers.

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    Rotor motors with Fracht

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Fracht USA has handled the delivery of a Siemens 4-pole generator rotor and two fan assemblies to the Hydro One Networks facility in Pickering, Canada.

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    Dockwise to sell yacht transport arm

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Following last week's announcement of the granting of a grants waiver request by its lending syndicate, Dockwise Ltd has announced it has signed a letter of intent to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) to Coby En

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    PCN names Indonesia member

    2011-11-07T00:00:00Z

    November 7 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) reports that its latest member is MI Logistic Indonesia, a leading freight forwarder and heavy lift specialist based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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    SC&RA Foundation looks to help fund industry students

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - The Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA) scholarship and grant scheme for 2012 and 2013 has been launched, offering sums of up to USD3,000 for students to attend college or university and grants of up to USD1,500 to attend tec

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    Beer and wind powers Hamilton's traffic

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Canadian thirsts for alternative green energy production and a refreshing cold beer are drivers of growth in project cargo at the Port of Hamilton, Ontario.

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    Alabama lifting solutions workshop soon

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Shaun Sipe, VP of human capital at Barnhart Crane & Rigging, is one of the panel of speakers at the Maritime Lifting Solutions Workshop, which takes place early next month from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    Skelton Sherborne on the move in western Australia

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Australian heavy equipment mover Skelton Sherborne has relocated its office in Western Australian from Fremantle to a new location in South Perth, effective immediately.

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    Cargotec to deliver MacGregor ro-ro equipment

    2011-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Cargotec has secured two contracts worth around EUR15 million (USD20.6 million) for complete MacGregor ro-ro access and transfer systems for deepsea container/ro-ro (ConRo) vessels.

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    Joint-move powers Senegal power generation

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - A multimodal joint American and Costa Rican move by two project freight forwarders is set to power Senegal's lights for the immediate future.

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    New rail product creates opportunities for industrial products

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Canadian Pacific will be the exclusive Canadian rail transportation provider for Contrans, using innovative Raildecks multimodal flat rack containers. The agreement extends the long-haul efficiencies of rail to a markets currently served by t