All North America articles – Page 175

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    Not all doom and gloom say project owners

    2012-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Speaking in a conference session on the second day of the Breakbulk Americas event in Houston last week, representatives of five large EPC companies were upbeat on prospects for the project cargo industry, outlining that it was "not all gloom

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - With HLPFI staff returning from the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and Houston's Breakbulk America event, it's all hands now back on deck at the office. Tales of joint ventures, takeovers and mergers throughout the industry have dominated this we

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    Damco acquires Pacific Network Global Logistics

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Damco is set to acquire PacNet, a leading freight forwarder in China and Australia, with almost 400 employees and a turnover of USD180 million in its last financial year (2011), as well as offices in Italy, India, the UK and the USA.

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    Specialized Rail Transport's railcars in demand

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Specialized Rail Transport says that its 20-axle railcar is on the move again and in higher demand than ever.SRT reports that it has handled the movement of a generator and turbine, totaling nearly 300 tonnes to a US power plant in the Caroli

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    Cranes on route with Altius

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The Projects Division of Altius, has been responsible for transporting four ship-to-shore cranes from Amsterdam to Vigo and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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    Breakbulk event is all set for Houston

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - For only the second time in the event's 23-year history, the Port of Houston Authority will facilitate host port responsibilities for this year's Breakbulk Americas Conference and Exhibition at the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hil

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - With three members of HLPFI staff at the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and two others heading to Houston for next week's Breakbulk America's event, it's been a little like the Marie Celeste in our head office this week.The news that Turkey, a key

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    Peters & May signs up with Marine Invest to use Flat Rail system

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Peters & May, in conjunction with Marine Invest, have signed an exclusive agreement securing the use of the patented Flat Rail system in the UK, Italy and the USA.

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    Industrial Training International expands training and field services team

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Industrial Training International (ITI) reports a doubling of its employee head-count in the last 28 months adding instructors in the USA and Canada and business professionals at its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington.

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    Geodis Wilson leads logistics support for Panama Canal expansion

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Further to our report on August 31 (Sarens set to ship new Panama lock gates), Geodis Wilson, the freight forwarding and heavy lift specialist of Geodis, has advised that it is the lead contractor in the USD50 million contract awarded by steel

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    Call for standardised air freight security procedures

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Air freight top brass have called for global standardised security procedures across the industry, writes HLPFI's Emma Murray from the Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Atlanta, USA.

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    Container weighing delayed

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Last week saw two flag states raise concerns about container weighing proposals that will almost certainly delay efforts to bring in mandatory regulations, though not stop them altogether.

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    Heavy transformer moved by Albacor Shipping

    2012-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Albacor Shipping, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has handled the delivery of a transformer more than 28 m long and weighing more than 442 tonnes from the Port of Baltimore to Weirton, USA.

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    MIQ Logistics adds district manager in Houston

    2012-09-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Jerry Hnatiuk has joined MIQ Logistics' Truckload Brokerage team as a district manager based in the the company's Houston Global Logistics Centre.

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    Intermarine and Scan-Trans merger

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Denmark's Scan-Trans Holding A/S and the US-based Intermarine, LLC are merging their operations under the Intermarine brand name.

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    Massive caissons for sale

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Marcon International of Coupeville, USA, has been chosen to market four massive concrete caisson sections constructed in 1981 to drill exploration wells under the shallow Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Arctic.

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    Massive caissons for sale

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Marcon International of Coupeville, USA, has been chosen to market four massive concrete caisson sections constructed in 1981 to drill exploration wells under the shallow Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Arctic.

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    PCN celebrates two-year bonanza

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - UK-headquartered Project Cargo Network (PCN) is marking the second anniversary since its foundation, having grown its presence over that time to now represent 148 members in 78 countries.

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    No Panama Canal toll hikes for container and breakbulk sector

    2012-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - The newly restructured Panama Canal tolls that increase in October will not affect the The container and breakbulk shipping sectors, for now.