All North America articles – Page 201

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    GAC extends global agency network to the Bahamas.

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Effective today, GAC's global shipping network has been further strengthened with the signing of an alliance agreement with Bahamian agency Elnet Maritime Co Ltd to form GAC-Elnet.

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    Holley is CEO of Peters & May

    2011-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Marine logistics specialist Peters & May has appointed Dave Holley to the position of CEO for the Peters & May group of companies.

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    Corpus Christi sells former Navy property

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Six months after it ended discussions with a previous potential buyer, the US Port Corpus Christi has agreed to sell its Ingleside facility, the former U.S. Naval Station Ingleside, to Canyon Supply & Logistics.

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    Corpus Christi sells former Navy property

    2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Six months after it ended discussions with a previous potential buyer, the US Port Corpus Christi has agreed to sell its Ingleside facility, the former U.S. Naval Station Ingleside, to Canyon Supply & Logistics.

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    Alternate energy blows some wind into Bati's sales

    2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Having underpinned the company's activities in 2010, Bati Project & Heavy Lift Logistics expects that wind power plants and renewable energy projects, particulary wind turbines, will keep it busy with Turkey's energy ministry planning 15,000

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    Joint venture for BBC Chartering and Teras Cargo

    2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - Teras Cargo Transport (America) and Germany's BBC Chartering & Logistic have created a new joint venture, Teras BBC Chartering Houston, based in Houston.

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    Joint venture for BBC Chartering and Teras Cargo

    2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - Teras Cargo Transport (America) and Germany's BBC Chartering & Logistic have created a new joint venture, Teras BBC Chartering Houston, based in Houston.

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    Tradelossa opens in Manzanillo

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    February 18 - Tradelossa has opened a temporary facility at Manzanillo to fulfill the storage needs of the CFE Combined Cycle expansion project, as well as cargo from other clients that are moving across the Pacific coast of Mexico.

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    ALS drills deep

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Two members of the ALS Group, ALS (Freight Management Nederland) and ALS Belgie have worked together to ship three hydraulic foundation machines from Belgium to India.

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    Air Partner increases global presence

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - International air charter provider Air Partner has expanded its North American presence with the opening of a west coast operation in Los Angeles, California.

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    Dangly bits fail to put off female rower in record attempt

    2011-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - A life on the ocean wave was enough for a team of five men and one woman to set out from Tenerife just after New Year's Day to row across the Atlantic to Barbados. And one of the rowers was carrying a romantic secret with him.

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    Railroad first for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - For the first time since the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor opened in 1970, the Lake Michigan port will have an onsite, dedicated rail-switching service. Norfolk Southern has been selected to begin providing switching services for customers of

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    National Cargo Bureau offers self-study course in securing of non-standardised cargoes

    2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - The National Cargo Bureau has introduced a self-study course in securing of non-standardised cargoes

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    Mexican wave for Maritima Tuscor Lloyds Spain

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Maritima Tuscor Lloyds Spain, part of the UK-based heavy lift specialist, freight forwarder and agent Tuscor Lloyds, has completed a heavy lift project shipment consisting of a 65 m, 210 tonne reactor platform from Aviles in northern Spain to

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    Legs eleven for WWPC

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - At the 11th annual membership conference of the Worldwide Project Consortium Ltd (WWPC), held recently in Mumbai, the current Board of Advisors were re-elected for another year of service.

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    Megaloads move on Highway 12

    2011-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - Further to our previous reports, in the USA, an 11th-hour news conference against megaloads failed to convince the Idaho Transportation Department to revoke a permit for the first oversized load from starting its journey from Lewiston to Bill

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    GAC Group rides the waves with yacht shipping specialist

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The GAC Group is set to make waves in 2011 with the creation of Team GAC Pindar, a world-class sailing team that will both compete in international events and also provide specialist logistics solutions to the yachting community.

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    Outokumpu and Havator sign contract

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Outokumpu and Havator have signed a service contract for mobile crane services at Outokumpu's new ferrochrome works, the concentration plant at the company's Kemi mine, and site infrastructure.

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    Siem Kapital now full owner of Partner Shipping AS

    2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Earlier this month, Cayman Islands-based Siem Kapital has acquired full ownership of Norway-based Partner Shipping.

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    Molson says 'tanks' for the delivery

    2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Canadian brewer Molson Coors has taken delivery of six massive German-made brewing tanks at its site near Toronto airport, delivered after a 108 km overland movement from the port of Hamilton undertaking by Cambridge, Ontario-based Challenger