All North America articles – Page 204

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    Battle over Idaho permits rumbles on

    2010-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - The Associated Press has reported that residents along US Highway 12 have asked the Idaho Transportation Department to conduct formal hearings before issuing any special permits allowing oil companies to transport huge loads of refinery equip

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    Alabama lifting solutions workshop soon

    2010-11-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Braemar Marine merger into Braemar Falconer

    2010-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Braemar Shipping Services plc announced yesterday the merger of subsidiary Braemar Marine into the existing survey and risk control operations of Braemar Falconer.

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    All eyes on Amsterdam for air cargo show

    2010-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Billed as the world's biggest international air cargo exhibition, Amsterdam will be hosting the 25th International Air Cargo Forum & Exposition (ACF) starting today and organised every other year by The International Air Cargo Association (TI

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    Taking project forwarding acumen to a higher level

    2010-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Project cargo training designed to fast track skills that otherwise could take many years to acquire and aimed at "rising stars" in companies who want to strengthen team working in the heavy lift project forwarding sector, was held as part of

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    Bigge delivers the power at the new Antelope generating station

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - Bigge Crane and Rigging is helping construct a new gas-fired power plant just outside of Lubbock in the USA.

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    Safmarine takes delivery of first new, owned MPV

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Safmarine has taken delivery of its first new multi purpose vessel (MPV) - Safmarine Sumba - since becoming a member of the AP Moller-Maersk Group more than eleven years ago.

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    Port of Indiana marks 40th year with largest project shipment in port

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - The Port of Indiana is celebrating its 40th year in a big way - by handling the largest shipment of project cargo in the port's history.

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    Exceptional trio for RHB Stevedoring & Warehousing

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - A trio of destinations from Rotterdam has been served by sailings of the heavy lift line Beluga working with its Waalhaven terminal stevedoring partner.

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    Breakbulk Americas hears evidence of a recovery

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - This year's Breakbulk Americas Transportation Conference and Exhibition in Houston saw record levels of attendees and exhibitors.

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    Bigge Crane establishes east coast HQ

    2010-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Bigge Crane and Rigging is expanding again, this time relocating its Richmond, Virginia location to a complex more than twice the size of the current yard.

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    Hiring round marks industry's health

    2010-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - A round of worldwide hiring in the heavy lift and project shipping sectors suggest that pressure on bottom lines around the world is easing.

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    Millionth ship for Panama Canal

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - A Chinese vessel has become the millionth vessel to transit the Panama Canal since it was built almost a century ago.

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    Gulf drilling moratorium ends, but drilling must wait

    2010-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Following this week's end of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling, companies that are helping the industry meet new regulations are scrambling to keep up with increased business while oil-rig workers must remain idle until the new req

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    Tandem lift for Beluga Stavanger

    2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Kurt, a working civil engineering platform belonging to Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser (TAGU) 50 m long and 22 m wide, and weighing almost 1,000 tonnes proved a challenging cargo for the two cranes of the multipurpose heavy lift project vessel Belug

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    Actuaries say true cost of maritime piracy is still uncertain

    2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Despite attacks by Somali pirates on international shipping in the Gulf of Aden making headlines across the world, the true cost of these attacks to the maritime insurance industry are still uncertain, according to a new report published by t

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    Sarens Group has hectic summer

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Heavy lift crane contractor Sarens Group has enjoyed a hectic six months to October, says CEO Wim Sarens.

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    Independent forwarders go global

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - The 7th Annual Sino-International conference held at the Asia World Expo in Hong Kong offered the perfect venue for over 1400 participants to assess how, in an international market where borders have thinned and economics rule, local independe

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    GAC-USA inter-branch cooperation delivers heavy lift success

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Collaboration was the key when three GAC USA offices on the Gulf of Mexico worked together recently to deliver the goods onto a heavy lift ship.

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    Canadian truckers buy heavy lift haulage specialist

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    October 6 - Challenger Motor Freight, of Cambridge, Ontario and has acquired most of the assets of Sandrock Specialized Carriers, a special commodities carrier focusing on transporting heavy equipment and over-dimensional freight, established ten years ag