ANTWERP – In the run-up to the International Day of Charity (Sunday 5 September), Mercy Ships is announcing good news. The Global Mercy, the newest hospital ship of Mercy Ships, is almost in Antwerp. Local citizens are being invited to line the river to watch the ship sail in. The Global Mercy completed its journey through the Suez Canal and the ship […]
Le Canadien Pacifique a donné une nouvelle chance à Kansas City Southern d’accepter une offre d’acquisition de 27 milliards de dollars, précédemment rejetée, après que les régulateurs américains ont porté un coup mardi à un projet de fusion de KCS avec son rival Canadien National. Mais le CP, dans une nouvelle position intransigeante, a dit
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Canadian Pacific Railway is giving Kansas City Southern another chance to accept a previously rejected USD $27 billion acquisition offer after US regulators Tuesday dealt a blow to a proposed KCS link-up with rival Canadian National. But CP, in a new hardline stance, has told KCS it must accept the offer by Sept. 12 or
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Crowley Maritime Corporation a signé un contrat d’affrètement à long terme avec Shell NA LNG, LLC, prévoyant la construction et l’exploitation d’une nouvelle barge de soutage de GNL construite aux États-Unis. Une fois construite, la barge sera le plus grand navire de ce type conforme au Jones Act, contribuant à accroître la capacité actuelle du
Crowley Maritime Corporation has signed a long-term time charter with Shell NA LNG, LLC, providing for the building and operation of a new, U.S.-built, LNG bunker barge. Upon construction, the barge will be the largest Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind, helping to expand current network capacity and meet demands for cleaner energy. “The new bunker
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Le Surface Transportation Board (STB) des États-Unis a rejeté mardi une demande du Canadien National visant à utiliser une fiducie de vote dans le cadre de son accord visant à acquérir Kansas City Southern, remettant en question l’accord de 30 milliards de dollars entre les deux chemins de fer de classe I et laissantLa direction
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The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) Tuesday rejected an application from Canadian National Railway to use a voting trust in its deal to acquire Kansas City Southern, throwing the $30 billion deal between the two Class I railroads into question and leaving KCS management and shareholders with limited recourse, indicated a report by Ari Ashe,
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Par Michael Grey* Les États-Unis possèdent l’un des plus longs littoraux du monde et leur masse continentale est traversée par un grand nombre de voies navigables. On pourrait donc s’attendre à ce qu’ils soient à l’avant-garde des initiatives visant à déplacer le transport des routes encombrées vers les voies d’eau sous-utilisées. La simple géographie suggère
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Trois-Rivières, QC – A new and significant step has been taken in the Terminal 21 construction project with the confirmation of substantial funding of $22.5 million from the Ministère des Transports du Québec under the Advantage St. Lawrence program. Ms. Chantal Rouleau, Minister for Transport, Mr. Jean Boulet, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity
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Boosted by strong shipments of cement, steel and steel-making materials, overall cargo volumes on the St. Lawrence Seaway through to the end of July reached 16.7 million metric tons, 5 per cent ahead of 2020 totals. Year-to-date iron ore shipments via the Seaway reached 3.5 million metric tons from March 22 through July, a 23 per cent
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