All North America articles – Page 221

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    GAC Russia restructures to serve new markets

    2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February -13-Global forwarding company GAC Group has made strategic organisational changes to its Russian operations to improve the services it offers to the country's fast growing offshore sector.

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    Crowley delivers incinerator

    2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corporation's logistics and liner services groups completed the transport of an incinerator to Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI) to replace the island's existing trash disposal unit.

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    Crowley transports childcare buildings to Puerto Rico

    2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February -10- Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corporation is set to transport more than a dozen new, modular childcare buildings from the US mainland to Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.

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    Heavy lift shippers join US Economic Recovery Advisory Board

    2009-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February -8- In the USA, the heads of two companies with significant project shipping requirements have joined President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

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    Jumbo Offshore wins Cascade and Chinook contract

    2009-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Jumbo Offshore has been awarded a combined transportation and installation contract by Technip USA in connection with the Cascade and Chinook fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Volga-Dnepr moves 95 tonnes of telecommunications structures to Chad

    2009-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Volga-Dnepr's latest logistics solution for the telecommunications sector was the delivery of special metal structures for communications towers to N'Djamena in the Republic of Chad.

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    SRT positive about prospects in 2009

    2009-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Bob Felix, president, has moved to reassure the market that its business sector remains bullish and the company staff are confident in the immediate future prospects of the company.

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    Swire Shipping upgrades services

    2009-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Swire Shipping has enhanced its Eastabout round-the-world service linking North American ports with the Middle East and India.

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    Bunker Surcharges fall on Intermarine's South American services

    2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Intermarine, acting as agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers and West Coast Industrial Express, has announced that the carriers are set to reduce bunker surcharges.

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    Hudson heavy lift recovers US Airways A320

    2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - The recovery of the crashed US Airways A320 from New York's Hudson River involved one of the largest floating cranes in operation on the US East Coast.

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    Hysea Shipping selects Port Manatee

    2009-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Ft. Lauderdale-based HySea Shipping has selected Port Manatee for its new container, breakbulk and project cargo service between Port Manatee and Puerto Cortes, Honduras which is expected to commence sailings on January 22nd, calling on Port

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    Ti offers comprehensive report on North America Logistics 2009

    2009-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - A comprehensive report on the state of the transport and logistics market in North America has been published by Transport Intelligence.

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    Corpus Christi to increase storage area

    2009-01-15T00:00:00Z

    January 15 - Plans to develop a 12.5 hectare storage area at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas have been unveiled.

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    Nordana enhances Libyan service

    2009-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Nordana has expanded its oceanfreight service to Libya with the addition of calls to the port of Misurata.

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    Heerema Marine completes Angolan installation

    2009-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Leiden-based Heerema Marine Contractors has completed a year-long installation of deep-sea oil drilling equipment at the Tombua Landana site off the coast of Angola for oil giant DSME/Chevron in a water depth of 370 m.

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    Deadline nears for new trade Data requirements for US importers

    2009-01-02T00:00:00Z

    January 02 - U.S. importers already contending with one of the most severe economic downturns of the past century will face yet another challenge beginning later this month, with the start of new regulations requiring additional information about shipment

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    Composite Technology's Dewind completes turbines for Chile

    2008-12-31T00:00:00Z

    December 31 - The last five D8-2000 wind turbines for a wind power generation project in Chile have been moved to the Port of Houston by Composite Technology Corporation's subsidiary DeWind Inc.

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    Intermarine on the move in Shanghai

    2008-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - Intermarine has moved its Shanghai office to a new larger location to accommodate the growth of its Asia Service and expanded customer service to clients in the region.

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    'Record' rail shipment leaves Thunder Bay

    2008-12-23T00:00:00Z

    December 23 - The Port of Thunder Bay is celebrating the departure of what it says is a 'record' trainload of equipment on a 1,500 mile journey to Fort McMurray, Canada.

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    Wave and tidal projects offer optimism to forwarders

    2008-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Eighty-six MW of wave and tidal current stream capacity will be installed world-wide in the next five years, according to a new survey.