All North America articles – Page 116

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    Canals are on target

    2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Egypt's 'new' Suez Canal is expected to open in early August, flanking the existing, historic 145-year-old waterway, reducing navigation time for ships to 11 hours from about 22 hours, and allowing two-way traffic of larger vessels.

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    Biomass-ive job for Fox Brasil

    2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Fox Brasil has coordinated the transport of an entire biomass plant from Santa Catarina, Brazil to Sitio del Nino in El Salvador.

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    Expansion pays off for ABC

    2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

    June 11 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) transported 180,605 tonnes of cargo across its global route network in the first five months of 2015, which is a year-on-year increase of 16 percent.

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    WCA reaches record in Prague

    2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - The WCA Projects network held its largest-ever conference in Prague in May.

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    Teesport makes quay investment

    2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - Teesport has completed a GBP22 million (USD34.1 million) investment project, which included the reconstruction of 305 m of quay to enhance and expand the port's handling facilities.

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    New folding trailer from Scheuerle

    2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - Scheuerle has delivered a Highway Giant dual lane trailer to USA based Sterett Crane & Rigging with an integrated folding mechanism that allows the trailer to be transported in a folded state on flatbed trailers.

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    WWL ALS and WSS hammer away

    2015-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - WWL ALS, in collaboration with its sister company Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) UAE, has handled the transport of a 123-tonne hydraulic hammer from Abu Dhabi to Hamburg.

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    Silk Way looks West with B747-8Fs

    2015-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Silk Way West Airlines, based in Azerbaijan, has inaugurated its first flight to the USA from its hub in Baku, utilising a Boeing 747-8 freighter.

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    Liebherr sees slight drop in turnover

    2015-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Liebherr Group posted a total turnover of EUR8.823 billion (USD9.826 billion) in 2014, which is 1.6 percent below the amount achieved in 2013.

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    ACE promotes Williamson

    2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

    June 5 - International insurance company ACE Group has appointed Andrew Williamson as its new executive vice president, global marine for ACE Overseas General (AOG), effective July 1.

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    Trucking from Russia to Kazakhstan

    2015-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Van der Vlist has transported a Kenworth T800 vacuum truck from the port of St Petersburg to Atyrau in Kazakhstan.

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    First New Horizon vessel named Höegh Target

    2015-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - The first vessel in Höegh's newbuild programme will be called Höegh Target.

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    Sirens sound at Jaxport

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - NYK Line North America has loaded the first of several shipments of new ambulances at Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal for delivery to Saudia Arabia.

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    New officers for SC&R Foundation

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - The SC&R Foundation has appointed Stephanie Bragg of Bragg Companies as president of the board for a two-year term.

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    Long Beach budget approved

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - The Long Beach Board of Harbor (sic.) Commissioners has approved a USD829 million budget for the harbour department's next fiscal year, including USD555 million for capital improvements at the Port of Long Beach.

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    UTC urges renewal of US Ex-Im Bank

    2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - UTC Overseas is pushing for the Congressional renewal of the 81-year-old U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) before it expires on July 1, 2015.

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    Blue Water set to power Panama

    2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Blue Water Shipping has signed a contract with Semco Maritime for the provision of warehouse and transport solutions in connection with the construction of a new power plant in Panama.

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    BBC plays part in petrochemical project

    2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - BBC Chartering has shipped a number of ethylene refinery units from Ulsan in South Korea to Freeport, Texas for an ongoing US Gulf Coast petrochemicals project.

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    Milestone Airbus components set sail

    2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Components for Airbus' first US-produced aircraft have left the Port of Hamburg destined for Mobile, Alabama.

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    GAC adds four in USA

    2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - GAC has opened four new North American logistics offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles.