All North America articles – Page 216
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US seaports braced for Panama Canal expansion impact
November 20 - Considered to be one of the most important and game changing public works projects of the century, completion of a third set of Panama Canal ship locks in 2014 will provide many of the world's largest vessels a crucial "intercontinental shor
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Weatherford International selects K + N
November 19 - Global oil and gas industry services provider Houston-based Weatherford International has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a two-year contract to manage its North American export activities to 18 countries across Europe, the Middle East and West Afric
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Albacor powers up Prairie States generating station
November 18 - After eight months of careful preparation, the US member of the Worldwide Project Consortium, Albacor Shipping (USA) Inc arranged for safe transport and delivery of a much needed transformer.
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Significant growth leads to senior promotion at Air Partner Freight
November 18 - International charter broker Air Partner has promoted freight manager Richard Smith to director of Group Freight.
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Strong reaction from PWC / Agility over US indictment
November 18 - The Public Warehousing Company, better known these days as Agility, has issued a strongly worded statement following indictments in the USA on multiple charges of alledged conspiracy and fraud relating to three major contracts to supply food
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NMA moves four liftboats from the US to West Africa
November 16 - COSCOL's semi-submersible vessel Kang Skang Kou successfully transported four Hercules Offshore liftboats from Freeport, Texas to Lagos, Nigeria.
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Panalpina blows hot with oil and gas industry wins
November 13 - According to a statement from Panalpina, Weatherford and Halliburton, two major global players in the oil and gas sector and long-time Panalpina customers have awarded significant new pieces of business to the global forwarding and logistics
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AN-225 visits EMA
November 13 - The world's largest commercially available aircraft - the mighty Antonov AN-225 - visited East Midlands Airport recently.
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Toll completes hat-trick of 2009 acquisitions
November 9 - Australian-based Toll Group has acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), one of the leading privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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BACA launches new standard for air charter brokers
November 4 - BACA (Baltic Air Charter Association) is launching a 'BACA Standard' to promote higher trading standards and business ethics of the air charter brokers within its membership.
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A fair wind for heavy lift after Sino-US trade agreement
November 3 - The outcome of the Hangzhou meeting of the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) has sent mixed messages to heavy lift and project cargo forwarders involved in the movement of wind farm components to China.
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UTC Overseas opens for business in Australia
October 27 - Secaucus-based, UTC Overseas Inc has established a new office in Tullamarine (Melbourne), Australia, headed by newly appointed country manager, Hagen W. Pusch.
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Flinter returns boats
October 26 - Flinter has completed the round trip carriage of some Dutch flat-bottomed daggerboard yachts.
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Donjon Marine digs archaeology
October 26 - Well known for its heavy lift services, Donjon Marine has been awarded two separate contracts for salvage work on archaeological sites in Texas and New York.
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Panalpina and Atlas Air remain in the land of Dixie
October 26 - The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air have renewed their cooperation agreement.
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TBS heads for Ireland
October 21 - The decision by TBS International to move its corporate domicile from Bermuda to Ireland appears to be the result of US tax change proposals.
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WWPC members unite for transatlantic shipment
October 17 - Albacor Shipping Inc, USA, through its joint venture with the Midship Group, has handled the shipment of a hydraulic forging machine from Bremen to the US in cooperation with LS-International Cargo.
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Maersk wants over-dimensional cargoes
October 16 - In a sign of its commitment to gaining a greater share of the breakbulk and out-of-gauge cargo market, Maersk has announced that it is purchasing more than 10,000 new flat-rack and open-top containers, increasing the size of its fleet of such
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20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference & Exhibition
October 14 - All eyes are now focused on New Orleans where many of the world's heavy lift and project forwarding community is gathered for the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition.