All Latin America articles – Page 60

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    Antwerp port authority expands presence in South America

    2011-09-12T00:00:00Z

    September 12 - Antwerp Port Authority has expanded its presence in South America with the appointment of three new representatives: Fernando Bustamante, German Calderon (both in Chile) and Henrique Machado Rabelo (in Brazil), to promote the port across So

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    Up and under for Megatranz

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - If you can't go under, you have to go over: that was the message for transport managers when faced with the movement of three modules destined for a Brazilian oil and gas refinery.

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    Chapman Freeborn expands its On Board Courier (OBC) service

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - An old English expression has it that, for the want of a nail, the battle was lost. This sage wisdom sums up neatly the reality that even the biggest projects can flounder if an essential item stops working or is missing.

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    A hamburger with triple BBC Chartering vessels

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - It was a case of once, twice, three times a vessel as a trio of leading German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering's vessels were in the port of Hamburg simultaneously.

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    BigLift Shipping names new rep for Brazil

    2011-09-05T00:00:00Z

    September 5 - Effective September 1 2011, BigLift Shipping appointed BrazGlobal Project Shipping and Logistics Ltda as the shipping line's representative in Brazil.

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    Soreidom's multipurpose service adds Rotterdam call

    2011-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Further to the news story posted here on March 22, Martinique-based shipping company, Soreidom has advised that it will add a call at Rotterdam to its multipurpose service from North Europe to the Caribbean.

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    WWPC reveals conference venue

    2011-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - The Sheraton WTC hotel in the centre of Sao Paulo, Brazil will be the venue for the 12th annual Membership Conference of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC).

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    Breakbulk boosts Rotterdam

    2011-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - According to Hans Smits, chief executive officer of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, "the Port of Rotterdam's positive development is connected strongly to world trade, especially that related to China and Germany. I expect that throughput in

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    Project network names member in Venezuela

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - Totalviax C.A. has been confirmed as an official Project Cargo Network (PCN) member in Venezuela, becoming the network's second member in the region.

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    Keynote speaker announced for Breakbulk Americas conference

    2011-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Erik R. Peterson, director of A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council and senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, will deliver the closing keynote address at the 22nd annual Breakbulk Americas Transportation

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    First in Argentina for PCN

    2011-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - The fast-growing forwarder group, Project Cargo Network, has revealed its first member in Argentina with the addition of Argenex.

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    WWPC names new member for Venezuela

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - With immediate effect, TotalViax, based in Caracas, Venezuela has been appointed as the exclusive Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) member in that country.

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    Equipment owners network outlines expansion plans

    2011-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Wolfgang Karau, director of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) used a recent visit to Finnish member, Nurminen Logistics to outline some of the network's plans for future development.

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    Jumbo appoints Tecnoil as Brazilian agent

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Dutch heavy lift shipping and offshore installation company Jumbo has appointed Tecnoil Comercio e Representacoes Ltda as its agent in Brazil.

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    Famous Pacific Shipping goes for gold in Olympic train trials

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Famous Pacific Shipping, the fast-expanding Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, has donned its best sporting kit to start deliveries of railroad equipment from China to Brazil to support fans of the world's greatest sporting festiva

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    Project Cargo Network celebrates first birthday

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN), the fast growing association for heavy and OOG forwarders, is celebrating its first birthday today

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    Sugar is sweet for ALE

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Global heavy lifting and transport company, ALE has successfully completed the transportation of two CO2 vessels to the UK's biggest sugar supplier, British Sugar. The 28 metre long vessels were required as part of a site upgrade at the firm's

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    100 percent for Fairstar duo

    2011-07-18T00:00:00Z

    July 18 - Fairstar Heavy Transport reports that it achieved 100 percent utilisation of its two-ship fleet - Fjord and Fjell - in the second quarter of 2012.

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    Port of Hartlepool calls for government transparency on renewable energy

    2011-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - The Port of Hartlepool, UK, has hosted a ministerial visit by Charles Hendry, minister of state for the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change, and used the opportunity to call for more clarity in the UK government's renewable energy polic