All Latin America articles – Page 59
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Breakbulk keynote speaker calls for creative solutions
October 26 - Giga projects are the new landscape of the heavy lift marketplace, and logistics is "even more critical than ever before to EPC success", according to John Mika, senior vice president of procurement, CH2M HILL, reports HLPFI editor, Emma Murr
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Grieg Star goes monthly from US East Coast to South American West Coast
October 24 - Grieg Star Shipping's monthly service from the US East and Gulf coasts to the West Coast of South America (WCSA) is now fully operational.
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Project forwarder network appoints Icecorp Projects in Canada
October 21 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its second representative in Canada, Icecorp Projects, a division of Icecorp Logistics Inc.
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Kuehne + Nagel sees earnings grow
October 19 - Kuehne + Nagel reports that its earnings grew in first nine months of 2011 by 1.1 percent despite the softening freight market.
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Port Corpus Christi has new link for commercial traffic
October 19 - The Port Corpus Christi, Texas, has a new direct connector bridge linking Interstate 37 to the Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor.
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Coordinadora helps Peru to step on the gas
October 14 - Spain's Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas has managed the transport of five gas columns, each weighing 120 tonnes, plus associated accessories amounting to around 5.000 cu m from Tarragona and Leixoes to a gas fractionation plant on the ou
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Profits up at Air Partner but revenues tumble in freight division
October 14 - In its results for the year ended July 31 2011, Air Partner said its focus on core broking has delivered strong results, despite a difficult trading environment, with profits before tax up by 93 percent to GBP5.3 million (USD8.3); and overall
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Bellville Rodair opens in Brazil
October 11 - Bellville Rodair International (BRI) has opened for business in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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ALS handles huge pile driver
October 11 - Global project specialists - ALS (Freight Management Group)'s - European project teams have worked together with their South American partners to successfully deliver a crawler crane, described as being "the biggest pile driving machine ever
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Fairmount Alpine delivers rig Ocean Yorktown in Gulf
October 7 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the semi submergible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown safely in Brownsville, USA, after a 5,400 miles (8690.5 km) tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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National Airlines wins B747-400F operating authority
October 6 - America's National Airlines, a unit of upstate New York's National Air Cargo Holdings, which provides military air freight to the Pentagon, has announced its initiation of Boeing 747-400F flight operations, having received regulatory certifica
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Alphaliner report says half newbuilds have more than 10,000 teu capacity
October 6 - According to analysis by Alphaliner, almost half of the containership capacity on order, or 48 percent, has capacities of more than 10,000 teu, with the average new containership size around 6,100 teu.
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Significant membership increase for WPA Network
October 5 - The Worldwide Partners Alliance (WPA), a global network of independently owned and operated freight forwarders, including those with a project cargo and heavy lift expertise, has seen a significant expansion of membership across the world.
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GAC establishes dedicated humanitarian aid team
October 4 - The GAC Group has formed a dedicated team to focus on providing vital logistics support for humanitarian aid efforts around the world.
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Air Charter Service now open in Los Angeles
September 29 - Air Charter Service, a leading aircraft charter specialist, continues its global expansion as it opens the cargo department of its second US office in Los Angeles - to complement its established operation in New York.
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Grimaldi newbuild reinforces Hamburg-West Africa connections
September 28 - Earlier this week, the port of Hamburg saw the first sailing of Grimaldi's newbuilding, Grande Sierra Leone, from the Unikai terminal on the line's West Africa service.
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GAC's new team to boost presence in Brazil
September 27 - GAC is strengthening its logistics and oil & gas services in Latin America, with the announcement of two new appointments at GAC Brazil.
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Blank checks into ACS Frankfurt
September 21 - UK-based air freight broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed a new cargo sales director at its Frankfurt office while the company has organised a vital relief goods flight into North Korea in response to the devastating floods in tha
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ALE breaks its own lifting record in Peru
September 16 - UK-based global heavy transport and lifting company ALE developed an innovative self-erecting 60 m gantry system for the installation of a 51 m, 463 tonne deethanizer column in Peru, ALE's biggest piece ever lifted to date in that country.