All Latin America articles – Page 56

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    Fairmount Summit tows Acergy Polaris to Gabon

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Summit has towed the heavy lift barge Acergy Polaris from Brazil to Gabon.

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    Dockwise signs for six

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Dockwise Ltd has revealed six contracts totalling USD57 million, for execution in 2012 and 2015.

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    Latest order takes Konecranes to dozen HSHI deals

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Konecranes has received an order for the design and components of a Goliath gantry crane from Korean Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HSHI).

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    Buffers to distribute Cargotec's MacGregor and Allset brands

    2012-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Effective April 1, 2012, Cargotec has appointed Buffers USA Inc as the distributor for its MacGregor and Allset brands of ship lashing equipment for the US East and Gulf coasts, Canada and Mexico.

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    Volga-Dnepr set to boost presence in Germany

    2012-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - Volga-Dnepr's planned acquisition of Air Cargo Germany is now waiting for anti-trust clearance from the authorities says the airline.

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    Fairmount Alpine in escort service

    2012-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - The Fairmount Marine tug, Fairmount Alpine has performed escort services for a bulk carrier at the request of international salvage company, Smit Salvage.

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    TransBorder joins WWPC

    2012-03-12T00:00:00Z

    March 12 - TransBorder S.A.S, which is based in Bogota, Colombia has been appointed as exclusive member for the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in Colombia.

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service extends capabilities in South America

    2012-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is keen to extend its reach in South America amid predictions that industry growth will focus on the offshore sector.

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    Fairstar Heavy Transport returns to profit in Q4

    2012-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has recorded an operating profit in its Q4 2011 results of USD884,000 on revenues of USD9.5 million.

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    Fairmount Summit delivers drilling rig

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Fairmount Summit has delivered the newbuild drilling rig ODN Delba III from the Middle East Gulf to a location offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in a voyage of more than 10,625 miles (17,099 km) performed at an average speed of six knots.

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    Chinese market coming of age

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - US management consulting firm A.T. Kearney is "very optimistic" about the prospects for China's breakbulk market, saying important structural changes in the country's economy and a growing sophistication among Chinese shippers suggest opportunit

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    Multitrade Spain manages massive railcar project

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - Further to our report from February 2011, Multitrade Spain, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, continues to handle a huge 336-railcar consignment from Spain to Caracas, Venezuela, and has opened its own subsidiary, Multit

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    Four companies line up to ship stone

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - A new service has been launched by four companies, Stonetrans, Rickmers-Linie, Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies and DP World Breakbulk, to ship rough blocks of granite and sandstone from India to Antwerp.

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    VGG transports 54 wind turbines

    2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - Vasco Gallega Group (VGG), the Spanish member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has arranged the transport of 54 complete windmills from Vigo, Spain to Ethiopia, through Djibouti.

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    Georgia on Caterpillar's mind

    2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The ease of accessing the major ports of Savannah and Charleston on the US East Coast has been cited by construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar as a major factor in its decision to site a new manufacturing facility in Georgia.

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    CNC busy with hydro project

    2012-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Malaysia-based CNC Freight is handling turbine components and other mechanical equipment for the Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak.

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    ICS board meeting focuses on piracy and emissions

    2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners' associations represent all sectors and trades and more than 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, met in London earlier his week.

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    Infrastructure UK boss to address Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum

    2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - Leaders from many of the biggest infrastructure projects in the world, including the GBP50 billion Plan Nord project in Canada, the GBP16 billion UK Crossrail scheme, the GBP12 billion Rio/S

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    Pedersen joins Asia Project Chartering

    2012-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February -6- Henrik T. Pedersen has joined Asia Project Chartering as managing director, based at head office in Singapore.

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    Discovery Air buys Chilean Servicios A

    2012-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Discovery Air subsidiary, Great Slave Helicopters Limited (GSH) has completed the purchase of Servicios A