All North America articles – Page 187

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    Alabama lifting solutions workshop soon

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Shaun Sipe, VP of human capital at Barnhart Crane & Rigging, is one of the panel of speakers at the Maritime Lifting Solutions Workshop, which takes place early next month from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    Skelton Sherborne on the move in western Australia

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Australian heavy equipment mover Skelton Sherborne has relocated its office in Western Australian from Fremantle to a new location in South Perth, effective immediately.

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    Cargotec to deliver MacGregor ro-ro equipment

    2011-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Cargotec has secured two contracts worth around EUR15 million (USD20.6 million) for complete MacGregor ro-ro access and transfer systems for deepsea container/ro-ro (ConRo) vessels.

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    Joint-move powers Senegal power generation

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - A multimodal joint American and Costa Rican move by two project freight forwarders is set to power Senegal's lights for the immediate future.

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    New rail product creates opportunities for industrial products

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Canadian Pacific will be the exclusive Canadian rail transportation provider for Contrans, using innovative Raildecks multimodal flat rack containers. The agreement extends the long-haul efficiencies of rail to a markets currently served by t

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    Port Corpus Christi to help Lone Star state turn green

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - One of North America's most important project cargo and heavy lift ports is to co-sponsor an upcoming Texas renewable energy conference.

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    Freight's big-hearted response to Turkish earthquake

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - The freight industry has worn its heart on its sleeve in its response to the humanitarian tragedy created by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the Van province in eastern Turkey and killed around 500 people.

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    Fairstar wins Oando Energy Services contract

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a contract by Oando Energy Services, a leading indigenous, energy and energy services company in Nigeria to transport the drilling rig Respect from Lagos, Nigeria to Galveston, USA.

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    Air Charter Service reports strong growth in half year results

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - Air Charter Service has reported strong growth in its latest results covering the first half of its 2011-2012 annual results (February 1 - July 31 2011).

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    Bay Crane adds to fleet

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - In the USA, Bay Crane has made some significant additions to its fleet, improving and expanding the existing equipment.

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    5K Logistics handles passenger rail car contract

    2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - 5K Logistics of Philadelphia, USA has handled the transport of 62 specialised passenger rail cars from Spain to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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    Drewry forecasts container overcapacity to last few years

    2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Drewry's latest quarterly Container Forecaster emphasises that this year should have been much better for the industry. First half global demand growth was still running at an annual rate of percent and yet ocean carriers are losing money due

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    Latin American demand lifts Liebherr mobile harbour crane sales

    2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Bullish demand from the Americas has seen sales for Liebherr mobile harbour cranes (MHC) double this year compared with 2010 asdemand for investment in cargo handling equipment remains unbroken, says the global manufacturer.

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    Kavanagh joins the SRT family

    2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - In the USA, New Jersey-based Kavanagh Logistics has joined the Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) family.

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    Lifetime achievement award for industry legend

    2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Popular shipping legend Jerry Nagel, chairman of the board at Rickmers-Linie (America) Inc, received a standing ovation as he was handed a lifetime achievement award in New Orleans, USA, earlier this week, writes Emma Murray in New Orleans.

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    Yacht Express crosses Atlantic with over USD250 million in luxury yachts

    2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Due to its sheer size, the 686 ft (209 m) Yacht Express demands an audience, but when the flagship of Dockwise Yacht Transport's (DYT) fleet of semi-submersible ships pulled into Ft. Lauderdale with a record breaking cargo of yachts valued co

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    Fairstar wins Nabors Drilling contract

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been contracted by Nabors Drilling to transport its DB 301 from Port Gentil, Gabon to Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel Fjell.

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    Breakbulk keynote speaker calls for creative solutions

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    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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    Cargoitalia Ondemand targets ACMI and charter market

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Cargoitalia has established a new division to cater for its growing ACMI and charter business.

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    Cargoitalia Ondemand targets ACMI and charter market

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Cargoitalia has established a new division to cater for its growing ACMI and charter business.