All North America articles – Page 222

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    Turbines energise Vancouver business

    2008-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - The Port of Vancouver is bustling with activity, on and off the Columbia River, according to press reports in the local media, with imports and exports lively; and a storage yard packed with sections of wind turbines.

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    UN General Assembly adopts new cargo rules

    2008-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - The United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea on 11 December 2008.

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    Intermarine reduces bunker surcharges

    2008-12-09T00:00:00Z

    December 09 - Intermarine, the agent for Industrial Maritime Carriers and West Coast Industrial Express has announced that the carriers will reduce the bunker surcharges on all their services to/from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean effective Decem

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    Heavy lift mini seminars planned

    2008-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 08 - Young engineers are set to benefit from a series of Heavylift mini-seminars delivered by industry veteran Richard Krabbendam.

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    Keynote speaker at Breakbulk Asia conference revealed

    2008-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 08 - Ron Porter, VP Global Transportation, Logistics Compliance and Commodity Management, Aker Solutions, will deliver the keynote address at next year's JOC Breakbulk Asia Transportation Conference & Exhibition in Singapore.

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    TransGroup Worldwide hands it to the Palm

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 05 - TransGroup Worldwide logistics, the US member of the Project Professionals Group, has been heavily involved in the grand opening ceremony of the USD1.5 billion Atlantis The Palm resort in Dubai.

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    Fair wind blows for new shipping propulsion system

    2008-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 04 - Two leading German manufacturers will join forces to market an innovative hybrid propulsion system for shipping.