All North America articles – Page 217
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Daily Express wins top GE Energy safety award
April 1 - Daily Express, one of the USA's leading oversize load and wind energy trucking companies, has received the 2009 General Electric Energy Environmental Health and Safety Award (EHS) for achieving the highest safety results in the industry in an en
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Washington shift could benefit heavy lift operators
April 1 - Heavy lift operators servicing the oil and gas industries may be able to benefit from a loosening of restrictions on US domestic offshore drilling for oil signalled by President Obama in a recently announced bill to tackle climate change.
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WWL expands North America to Middle East service
March 30 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced significant enhancements to its ocean service from North America to the Middle East due to increased in demand within the region.
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Lufthansa Cargo charter arm comes to aid of parent's bottom line
March 29 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter Agency has come to aid of parent company Lufthansa Cargo with a doubling of profits last year despite the loss of a third of revenue.
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ALS presses the right buttons for project cargo
March 29 - The ALS (Freight Management Group) has undertaken a significant project cargo movement from Montenegro to the United States.
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Sea Star Line to call at Philly for its heavy lift crane
March 26 - Sea Star Line, which describes itself as a "lift-on carrier for out-of-gauge cargoes" and operates container/ro-ro ships between Jacksonville, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean region, will add a weekly call at Philadelphia in April.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' shows support for Earth Hour initiative
March 18 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' (WWL) will join thousands of offices of some of the world's leading corporations to support this year's Earth Hour "lights out" initiative for effective climate change action.
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TBS International says 2009 was 'challenging'
March 17 - Reporting its Q4 and December 31, 2009 year end financial results, TBS International chairman and CEO and president, Joseph E. Royce, stated: "2009 was a particularly challenging year for the global economy and shipping, especially for the dry
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ALE de Mexico loads out 1,000 tonne pontoon at Tampico
March 16 - ALE de Mexico has successfully performed the load-out of a 76m 1,050 tonne pontoon over a distance of 150m up to a dry dock in preparation for floating at Tampico, Mexico.
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Maersk relaunches Farrell Lines
March 10 - Maersk Line has revived the once well-known Farrell Lines brand, an American shipping line with deep history in the African trade, writes Kirsten Shepherd.
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napa service adds direct calls at Osaka and Shanghai
March 7 - The companies which operate the napa service have announced that with the sailing of the Silverstone Express from Los Angeles on April 25th and Grays Harbor on April 28th, regular direct calls will be added at Osaki and Shanghai to the triangula
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HLI Rail & Rigging to manage Contractors Cargo Co speciality railcars
March 5 - HLI Rail & Rigging has reached an agreement with Contractors Cargo Co to manage the latter's six-strong speciality railcar fleet including one 500 tonne capacity Schnabel railcar.
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Volga-Dnepr Group launches Engineering and Logistics Centre
March 5 - Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a new Engineering & Logistics Center (ILC) to focus on the creation of tailored services for complex worldwide transportation logistics projects.
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Bisso Marine reels in success with lift
March 1 - Houston-based marine and energy services specialist Bisso Marine has loaded a 281 tonne umbilical reel onto an offshore installation ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
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European yards must build ships to support offshore wind energy growth
March 1 - Ten to twelve new heavy lift ships will be required to support the predicted growth of offshore wind projects over the coming years and these ships should be built in the European Union.
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KOG delivers a wagon load of fun
March 1 - HLPFI's publishing executive, Luke King went on the road to join KOG Transport for a 'Gruenkohl Party' in Achim, northern Germany.
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Russian heavyweight aircraft come to Haiti's aid
February 24 - Ruslan International, the joint venture company which markets and manages the combined fleet of 17 An-124 aircraft belonging to its parents Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines, has begun a programme of nine flights to Haiti carrying ur
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Rock-It rolls further into GPLN
February 19 - It's one for the money, two for the show as two more offices of the Rock-It Cargo organisaton become the latest members of Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN).
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Grieg Star Shipping mines project traffic from Rotterdam
February 19 - In early February a shipment of hydraulic mining shields was loaded at the Interforest terminal, Rotterdam on Norwegian line Grieg Star Shipping's Star Evviva.
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EC presses ahead with forwarder price fixing investigation
February 17 - A Statement of Objections relating to a price-fixing investigation of their air freight forwarding activities has been sent by the European Union to a number of prominent freight forwarding companies.