All North America articles – Page 203
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Six scrubber shipment for FPS in Australia
December 29 - Famous Pacific Shipping recently shipped six scrubber units via a ro-ro vessel from the USA to Australia, working with its US agent, Oakland-based Sea Shipping Lines (SSL) Lines
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Allport merges with CS Logistics
December 24 - Allport, one of the UK's largest freight forwarding and logistics companies, is merging with CS Logistics Holdings Limited, the parent company of Cargo Services Far East Limited, and based in Hong Kong and China.
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Air Partner organises more humanitarian relief flights to Haiti
December 24 - Air Partner is flying 100 tonnes of urgent medical supplies from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Port au Prince, Haiti, today on a Boeing 747 freight charter on behalf of a leading humanitarian aid agency.
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Liebherr celebrates milestone delivery
December 23 - Crane manufacturer Liebherr is celebrating the delivery of its 300th LTM 1500-8.1, described by the company as the most successful telescopic crane of its class, anywhere in the world.
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Reel deal for Tuscor Lloyds
December 13 - Tuscor Lloyds, the UK-based heavy lift specialist freight forwarder and shipping agent, recently undertook the movement of a large cable reel on behalf of a large shipping agent in Scotland.
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Drive Our Economy task force cautions against costly obstruction in permitting process
December 9 - Further to our previous reports, in the USA, as the Idaho Transportation Department meets this week to discuss applications to ship equipment loads along a U.S. 12 route through the state, members of Drive Our Economy task force warn that con
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WindPower Innovations finalises agreement to open heavy lift facility in Oregon
December 8 - WindPower Innovations, Inc., a wind energy company, has finalised an agreement to open its first full service heavy lift WindPower Innovations facility, for providing a range of services for the wind turbines in the State of Oregon.
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Trade associations team up to fight against overweight containers
December 6 - The World Shipping Council (WSC) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has asked the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to establish an international legal requirement that all loaded containers be weighed at the marine port
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Brace of Cargolux movements to South Africa
December 3 - South African mining and oil industry interests created two recent movements for maindeck capacity provider Cargolux to the country.
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Help shape the contents of our next issue
November 30 - The 17th edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International, which should be landing on your desks over the next few days, delivers a comprehensive update of the latest developments in the over dimensional cargo business.
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CP Rail breaks its own record in heavy weight shipments
November 30 - CP Rail has undertaken the heaviest direct single-line rail cargo in the history of the railway with the movement of two 300 tonne transformers moved from Europe to Lethbridge, Alberta.
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Air Charter Service assists Haiti's cholera response
November 26 - Air Charter Service's offices worldwide have flown a number of charters to Haiti following the recent outbreak of cholera.
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PIL adds ships to West Africa multi-purpose service
November 26 - Pacific International Lines (PIL) has confirmed reports that it has introduced four 17,500-dwt vessels, acquired secondhand from Schoeller Holdings of Germany, to the multi purpose service that it reintroduced earlier this year in the trade
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Teras and BBC JV established ... BBC Houston to fly US flag
November 19 - Teras Cargo Transport (America), LLC, a full-service marine transport and logistics service provider and BBC Chartering & Logistic GmbH & Co. KG, which delivers tailor-made shipping solutions for both heavy lift and project cargoes, have ent
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Handle with care: Allseas handles glass factory relocation
November 19 - Glass is a commodity that certainly needs to be handled with care and Allseas Global Logistics showed its willingness to adhere to that rule during the recent relocation of a glass factory from Birmingham to Brazil.
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SBS Worldwide and Blue Water Shipping sign agency agreement
November 12 - SBS Worldwide and Blue Water Shipping have signed an agency agreement which covers all sea and air freight activities between the Nordic countries and the USA for general cargo, strengthening the global network for both forwarders and also h
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A monumental job for Yarbrough
November 11 - North Carolina's Yarbrough Transfer Company is performing a significant project for the North Carolina Granite Corp., moving approximately 70 granite blocks from Mount Airy, NC to Jersey City, NJ.
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Project cargo terminal software launched
November 10 - Seattle-based software house Tideworks Technology has released Mainsail Vanguard, its next-generation terminal operating system (TOS), which has applications for project cargo, breakbulk and heavy lift terminal operations.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen Q3 results boosted by cargo mix and efficiencies
November 10 - Shipping group Wilh. Wilhelmsen (WW) has recorded a significant increase in operating profit and total income for Q3 2010 and credits "an improved cargo mix and operational efficiencies" as key drivers behind the solid results, says the grou