All North America articles – Page 209

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    Tuscor Lloyds secures key contract in Baluarte Bridge project

    2010-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Project cargo forwarder Tuscor Lloyds has been given a key role in the construction of the 1.1km Baluarte Bridge in Mexico.

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    Magnificent seven for Chapman Freeborn

    2010-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc has delivered seven skimmer boats to help tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, writes Alice Davidson.

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    Tuscor Lloyds optimistic about Central and South America

    2010-07-06T00:00:00Z

    July 6 - Tuscor Lloyds has opened a new receiving office in Montevideo, Uruguay, writes Alice Davidson.

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    Jumbo Offshore opens in Perth

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - With several deepwater projects successfully completed over the last few years and in recognition of the growth potential in South East Asia, Jumbo Offshore has opened a new Regional Office in Perth, Australia, headed by Sjoerd Meijer, business d

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    Project cargo sailings to Haiti launched

    2010-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - A new weekly shipping service from the US to Haiti has been launched.

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    Trans-United picks up grand award

    2010-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - OOG and heavylift road haulier Trans-United, Inc of Burns Harbor, Indiana has been named the Overall Grand Safety Winner in the Indiana Motor Truck Association (IMTA) 2009 Fleet Safety Contest.

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    Laninco lights up Costa Rican power project

    2010-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - The Anglo-Costa Rican company, Laninco SA has handled approximately 1,200 tonnes of project cargo from port side to the construction site at Las Pailas, where the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is building a geothermal power station in

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    Beluga delivers crane to Port Manatee

    2010-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Port Manatee's second Gottwald mobile harbour crane has been successfully delivered from Germany onboard the Beluga Endeavour and is being assembled onsite by its sister crane, which was delivered in November 2007.

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    Port of Long View signs lease for steel pipe centre

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Further to the report here on June 25, the Port of Longview Commissioners has unanimously approved leases with IDM Longview, LLC and Skyline Steel to construct and operate a steel pipe manufacturing centre in the Port's West Industrial Park.

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    GPLN adds to Chinese network

    2010-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Qingdao Ocean Logistics Company has joined the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Kuehne + Nagel puts its foot on the gas in the Sahara

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - SNC-Lavalin, one of the world's leading engineering and construction groups, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract for global logistics services related to its EUR785 million (USD972) project with Sonatrach, Algeria's national oil and gas compan

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    McCain chips in with proposals to abolish Jones Act

    2010-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - In the USA last week, Senator John McCain introduced draft legislation to repeal the 90-year-old Jones Act law that requires ships transporting goods between states to have been built in the United States, be crewed and owned by US citizens and

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    Breakbulk Americas conference comes of age in 2010

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    June 25 - Attention of the project cargo and heavy lift sector will soon turn to the 21st Breakbulk Americas Conference and Exhibition to be held in Houston, Texas between Tuesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 14.

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    US authorities failing to implement Jones Act?

    2010-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency and US Coast Guard have been accused of allowing foreign registered shipping to enter and leave US waters without being stopped, contrary to the provisions of the Jones Act.

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    Etamad ships crane barge

    2010-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Bucharest-based Ess & Etamad Group Sea & Land Transport has successfully managed the cross trade transport of a 3240 tonne sheer leg crane barge from Busan in Korea to Bandar Abass in Iran on behalf of Tidewater Middle East.

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    Cool shipment for Albacor Shipping

    2010-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Albacor Shipping USA has handled the transport of two huge cold boxes from the Port of Robinson, Canada to the construction site in Wloclawek / Poland via the Port of Gdansk.

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    Acergy and Subsea 7 to merge

    2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - In the first major consolidation in the oil services sector since the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico raised concerns of a regulatory clampdown on deepwater drilling activity, Acergy and Subsea 7 have agreed a USD5.4 billion merger.

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    SC&RA to hold financial & risk management forum

    2010-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) will hold its 2010 Financial & Risk Management Forum, October 27-28, at The Westin Park Central, Dallas, Texas.

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    Dockwise comes to aid of Gulf clean-up efforts

    2010-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - Leading marine contractor Dockwise has despatched its semi-submersible heavy lift ship Mighty Servant 3 to the clean-up operation in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Chapman Freeborn wins top cargo charter award

    2010-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - For the fourth consecutive year Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has won the Air Cargo Charter Broker of the Year prize at the ACW World Air Cargo Awards.