All North America articles – Page 197

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    ALS drills deep

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Two members of the ALS Group, ALS (Freight Management Nederland) and ALS Belgie have worked together to ship three hydraulic foundation machines from Belgium to India.

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    Air Partner increases global presence

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - International air charter provider Air Partner has expanded its North American presence with the opening of a west coast operation in Los Angeles, California.

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    Dangly bits fail to put off female rower in record attempt

    2011-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - A life on the ocean wave was enough for a team of five men and one woman to set out from Tenerife just after New Year's Day to row across the Atlantic to Barbados. And one of the rowers was carrying a romantic secret with him.

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    Railroad first for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - For the first time since the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor opened in 1970, the Lake Michigan port will have an onsite, dedicated rail-switching service. Norfolk Southern has been selected to begin providing switching services for customers of

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    National Cargo Bureau offers self-study course in securing of non-standardised cargoes

    2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - The National Cargo Bureau has introduced a self-study course in securing of non-standardised cargoes

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    Mexican wave for Maritima Tuscor Lloyds Spain

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Maritima Tuscor Lloyds Spain, part of the UK-based heavy lift specialist, freight forwarder and agent Tuscor Lloyds, has completed a heavy lift project shipment consisting of a 65 m, 210 tonne reactor platform from Aviles in northern Spain to

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    Legs eleven for WWPC

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - At the 11th annual membership conference of the Worldwide Project Consortium Ltd (WWPC), held recently in Mumbai, the current Board of Advisors were re-elected for another year of service.

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    Megaloads move on Highway 12

    2011-02-03T00:00:00Z

    February 3 - Further to our previous reports, in the USA, an 11th-hour news conference against megaloads failed to convince the Idaho Transportation Department to revoke a permit for the first oversized load from starting its journey from Lewiston to Bill

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    GAC Group rides the waves with yacht shipping specialist

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The GAC Group is set to make waves in 2011 with the creation of Team GAC Pindar, a world-class sailing team that will both compete in international events and also provide specialist logistics solutions to the yachting community.

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    Outokumpu and Havator sign contract

    2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Outokumpu and Havator have signed a service contract for mobile crane services at Outokumpu's new ferrochrome works, the concentration plant at the company's Kemi mine, and site infrastructure.

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    Siem Kapital now full owner of Partner Shipping AS

    2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Earlier this month, Cayman Islands-based Siem Kapital has acquired full ownership of Norway-based Partner Shipping.

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    Molson says 'tanks' for the delivery

    2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Canadian brewer Molson Coors has taken delivery of six massive German-made brewing tanks at its site near Toronto airport, delivered after a 108 km overland movement from the port of Hamilton undertaking by Cambridge, Ontario-based Challenger

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    Tuscor Lloyds steels itself with castings shipment

    2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - On behalf of a well-known freight forwarder, Tuscor Lloyds was given the task of moving two 70 tonne steel castings for an engineering company for a large power generation project in Mexico

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    Port Corpus Christi gains air permit for Las Brisas Energy Center project

    2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has approved an air permit for the proposed Las Brisas Energy project.

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    SRT bullish on 2011 traffic prospects

    2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Houston-based Specialized Rail Transport (SRT) has reviewed its operations in 2010 and is confident in going forward into 2011, says Bob Felix, SRT president.

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    First Oz flight for Ruslan following An-124 fleet being declared noise

    2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Ruslan International has successfully operated its first An-124 commercial flight from Australia since the acceptance of its aircraft as Chapter 3 ICAO noise-compliant by the country's Department of Infrastructure & Transportation.

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    Air Charter Services gets a thank you tweet from Hugo Chavez

    2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Air Charter Service recently flew almost 16 tonnes of humanitarian cargo into the Venezuelan capital of Caracas after the heavy rains and landslides in the country.

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    Damco and General Holding join forces in Abu Dhabi

    2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Damco, the logistics arm of A.P. Moller, and General Holding Corporation have formed a joint venture, Damco Abu Dhabi, to provide logistics and forwarding services to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

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    Fesco moves forestry excavators

    2011-01-20T00:00:00Z

    January 20 - Russian multimodal transport holding company and ro-ro operator Fesco has delivered Deere-Hitachi forestry excavators from the Port of Everett, Washington state to John-Deere Construction and Forestry in Russia.

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    St. Clair to head the Port of Tacoma's breakbulk business

    2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Larry St. Clair has been named by the Port of Tacoma to lead its breakbulk business.