All North America articles – Page 196

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    Don't miss out on reduced fees, say Breakbulk South America organisers

    2011-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - Organisers of the first Breakbulk South America Congress 2011, to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from December on 6-7 are asking heavy lift and project forwarders interested in attending the event not to lose the opportunity totake advantage o

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    Will near-sourcing trends rewrite some project cargo business?

    2011-11-24T00:00:00Z

    November 24 - The move by global industrial equipment giant Caterpillar to open a new, 85,000 sq m facility in Victoria, Texas is the latest evidence of US manufacturers beginning to 'near source' manufacturing, a business trend that may have implications

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    Volga-Dnepr outlines quick-response concept to natural and man-made disasters

    2011-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Quick-response global air logistics solutions in the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters were top of the agenda when senior executives from Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group met with politicians and business community leaders at the Asia-Pa

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    FESCO Russian Pacific Line's first sailing departs from Tacoma

    2011-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - The first sailing of FESCO Russian Pacific Line's new direct all water service to Vladivostok has departed from the Port of Tacoma offering a direct fortnightly ro-ro service to Vladivostok and all points in the Russian Far East.

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    Intermarine adds new tonnage to US-Flag service

    2011-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Intermarine has added a new ship, Ocean Freedom, to its US-flagged multipurpose and heavy lift fleet, stating that this underlines the shipping line's role in serving the increasing demand for modern and versatile tonnage.

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    Emirates SkyCargo bolsters trade route between UAE and Africa

    2011-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Emirates SkyCargo has launched a new service between the UAE and Africa.

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    Four more for the Charter Store

    2011-11-22T00:00:00Z

    November 22 - Fort Lauderdale, USA-based, The Charter Store, an experienced air charter broker, is expanding its service team in the USA.

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    Skelton Sherborne reports increased machinery shipments into Australia

    2011-11-21T00:00:00Z

    November 21 - In its latest monthly shipping index, Skelton Sherborne reports that machinery import volumes into Australia in October increased by 10 percent to 4,015 units.

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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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    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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    Airship conference more than hot air

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Organisers of the sixth Airships to the Arctic conference, to be held in Seattle, USA, on December 5 and 6, 2011, have published changes and alterations to the programme of the two-day event.

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    Marcon brokers ocean flat deck barge sale

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - The 10,000 dwt, Vanuatu-flagged ocean flat deck barge, DRC/Blake 1 (ex- Eide Barge 35, Pacific Horizon, MB-100, SLB-1 and SLB-2) has been sold to private South American buyers, marking the second time that Marcon International, Inc of Coupev

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    Toggweiler is new CEO for DHL Global Forwarding Industrial Projects

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - DHL, has appointed Hans Toggweiler as chief executive officer Industrial Projects at DHL Global Forwarding, Freight.

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    Dealers gather for Shuttlelift demonstrations

    2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

    November 17 - Global mobile gantry crane manufacturer Shuttlelift has debuted its newest line of double-beam mobile gantry cranes during an international dealer meeting.

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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.