All North America articles – Page 190

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    Albacor Shipping (USA) opens in Los Angeles

    2011-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - Albacor Shipping (USA) Inc, a US-member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, has opened a Los Angeles office under the management of Wolfram Zeppenfeld and delivering a full range of freight forwarding services.

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    Blank checks into ACS Frankfurt

    2011-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - UK-based air freight broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed a new cargo sales director at its Frankfurt office while the company has organised a vital relief goods flight into North Korea in response to the devastating floods in tha

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    Maersk Line and Rickmers-Linie form U.S. flag project cargo partnership

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    September 19 - Maersk Line, Limited and Rickmers-Linie (America), Inc. have formed a partnership to provide breakbulk and project cargo shipping using two newly-built multi-purpose ships to be operated under the U.S. flag.

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    'Contractual issues' ground first B747-8F deliveries

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    September 19 - Main deck cargo provider Cargolux has rejected delivery of the first two B747-8Fs, scheduled for delivery today (Sept 19) and September 21, citing "unresolved contractual issues" between Boeing and Cargolux relating to the aircraft.

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    Konecranes to supply cranes for Klaipeda

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Konecranes has received an order for three Ship-To-Shore (STS) cranes and seven Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes from JSSC Klaipedos Smelte in Lithuania. The cranes will be delivered to the port of Klaipeda starting in the fourth quarter of

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    Barnhart Crane & Rigging opens at Port of Monroe

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Barnhart Crane & Rigging has opened its newest branch at the Port of Monroe, USA.

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    Global container industry mourns passing of container innovator

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - A number of US publications, including the New York Times and San Diego Tribune, are reporting the death of Orange, California-born engineer and inventor Keith W. (Tant) Tantlinger, he was aged 92 and died at home in Escondido, California.

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    Nordana goes back to Libya

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Nordana has restarted its regular direct ro-ro service from the US Gulf and East Coast into Libya, which has been suspended since February due to the unrest in the country.

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    Construction Products buys a Shuttlelift SB50

    2011-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Construction Products, Inc (CPI) from Jackson, USA, recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary with the purchase of a single-beam mobile gantry crane from Shuttlelift.

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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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    Lufthansa Cargo Charter doubles North American GSA coverage

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    September 7 - Lufthansa Cargo Charter has teamed up with General Sales Agent (GSA) Airline Network Services (ANS) to increase its coverage on the North American continent.

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    Allseas arranges novel project freight transhipment via Felixstowe

    2011-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Organising the transport from Scotland to South Korea of a heavy lift consignment measuring up to 7 metres in height required some detailed planning when a lengthy road trip from the point of manufacture in Aberdeen was never going to be an

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    Donjon Marine refloats sunken barge

    2011-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - Donjon Marine has refloated a fully loaded hopper barge which sank in approximately nine metres of water while transiting the Kill Van Kull, a waterway that connects Newark Bay to New York Harbour.

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    ABP and TransAtlantic UK sign new agreement at the port of Hull

    2011-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Hull has recently signed a new ten-year agreement with TransAtlantic UK Ltd, which operates up to three sailings a week linking the Humber with Sweden, for a new bespoke ten-acre terminal in Hull.

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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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    Africa West enhances services with additional aircraft

    2011-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Togo-based Africa West Cargo has reinforced its fleet by leasing a second DC9 freighter, adding to the company's list of aircraft currently serving various destinations in West Africa and Central Africa.

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    Royal rescue for Donjon Marine

    2011-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Donjon Marine Co has salvaged and returned to its owner the passenger ferry, Royal Miss Belmar, which grounded on approach to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, in early July.

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    Horizon Lines offers refinancing deal

    2011-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Horizon Lines has entered into a definitive agreement and secured commitments from holders of more than 99 percenr of its 4.25 percent convertible senior notes due in 2012 to move forward with a modified transaction that will refinance the com

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    Donjon Marine unloads wind farm components

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Donjon Marine supplied Chesapeake 1000 derrick barge services to BBC Chartering USA LLC to unload 22 wind power nacelles each weighing 87 tonnes BBC Orinoco at Searsport, Maine, USA.

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    Port of Everett appoints US Midwest representative to boost shipping

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - In the USA, the Port of Everett has contracted with Interocean Steamship Corporation, represented by Jim Bavaro, to serve as the Port's agent in the US Midwest to help facilitate and generate additional cargo opportunities.