All North America articles – Page 160

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    Lone ranges with heaviest cargo to date

    2013-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Sal Heavy Lift's ship, Lone, loaded the heaviest cargo ever seen at the Neust

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    Hansa Heavy Lift adds Great Lakes capacity

    2013-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Hansa Heavy Lift has revealed dates of scheduled sailings between Europe and the Great Lakes. The services sail from Antwerp and offer discharges in Duluth, USA and Thunder Bay, Canada, writes Louisa Beckett.

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    Sarens welcomes thousandth Kamag unit

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Heavy transport equipment manufacturer KAMAG has delivered its 1,000th K24 axle line to its long-term customer, Belgium headquartered Sarens Group.

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    New finance man at Everett

    2013-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - Washington, USA based Port of Everett has appointed John Carter its new chief financial officer, filling the post left open by the retirement of Karen Clements.

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    WWL ALS delivers US-bound power gear

    2013-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - WWL ALS - the combination of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and Abnormal Load Services (ALS) - has delivered a 78 tonne generator and 63 tonne turbine, plus ancillary equipment, to Woodville, Texas.

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    The Friday Flyer - June 28th 2013

    2013-06-28T00:00:00Z

    While politicians and eco-warriors might battle over the question 'to frack or not to frack', the heavy lift and project cargo community are no doubt considering whether the business of fracking for shale gas is good or bad for their bottom lines.

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    Mexico to invest in port projects

    2013-06-27T00:00:00Z

    June 27 - According to a announcement from the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Mexico's transport and communications ministry is planning USD4.34 billion in infrastructure projects for the port sector.

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    Searoute now sells UK ro-ro connection

    2013-06-27T00:00:00Z

    June 27 - Searoute International has announced that as "K" Line's Scottish liner agent it is now able to provide space on the shipping line's ro-ro service between Southampton, UK and Galveston, USA.

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    Wallenius Lines signs two-ship deal

    2013-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - Sweden headquartered shipping line Wallenius Lines and Tianjin Xingang Shipyard in China have signed a contract to build two post-Panamax car carrier vessels, scheduled for delivery in 2015 and 2016.

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    Iceland and bremenports in port development

    2013-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - Iceland has outlined plans to build a new port in the Arctic Ocean, and will cooperate with planning experts at Germany's bremenports to make it a reality.

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    Terex delivers 30th floating crane

    2013-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - Terex Port Solutions has sold a Gottwald Model 8 floating harbour crane to Associated Terminals LLC (AT), for use at the Port of South Louisiana on the Mississippi River, USA. It is the 30th floating harbour crane that Terex has delivered since

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    UAL celebrates 30 years

    2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

    June 25 - Universal Africa Lines (UAL) has celebrated its 30-year anniversary at an event at the Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam, where it also christened the new 8,600 dwt cargo ship UAL Texas.

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    STX Pan Ocean seeks protection in U.S.A

    2013-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Further to our previous reports, less than two weeks after filing for court receivership in South Korea, STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd filed for protection under U.S. bankruptcy law last Thursday in an effort to protect its assets from creditors.

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    Transcor starts hauling dump trucks

    2013-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Johannesburg based forwarder Transcor has started delivering the first of 23 Komatsu-built mine dump trucks from Johannesburg to Namibia - a distance spanning more than 2,000 km.

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    Van der Vlist moves Transatlantic milling drum

    2013-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Van der Vlist has moved a 55 tonne milling machine drum from Pennsylvania, USA to Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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    Erickson secures Afghan contract

    2013-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Oregon, USA headquartered Erickson Air-Crane has received an annual option year subcontract with Fluor Corporation to support deployed forces in Afghanistan, as well as reconstruction activity.

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    Will new US trucking hours-of-service rules cause delays?

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - In the USA, trucking companies are making preparations for the new hours-of-service (HoS) regulations that come into effect on July 1.

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    The Friday Flyer - June 21st 2013

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    If you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing, you don't need an economist to help you understand the implications of PWC's suggestion this week that half of Germany's maritime shipping companies plan to enter alliances with peers o

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    Dockwise transports Lucius spar

    2013-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Heavy lift shipping line Dockwise - a subsidiary of marine contractor Boskalis - has successfully offloaded the 23,000 tonne Lucius spar in the Lucius deepwater oil and gas field, Gulf of Mexico.

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    Cargolux connects Oman

    2013-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Cargolux Airlines International has added another new destination to its freighter network - Muscat, Oman. Effective June 29, 2013 the new route will be served by one of Cargolux's B747-8 freighters.