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March 2017

Crowley Launches Industry-Leading, LNG-Powered ConRo Ship at VT Halter Marine

Crowley Maritime Corp. and VT Halter Marine launched Crowley's new Commitment Class ship El Coquí, one of the world's first combination container/Roll on-Roll off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas in Pascagoula, MS, on March 21. El Coquí, named after a beloved frog native to the island, will now proceed through the final topside construction and testing phase before beginning service in the U.S. Jones Act trade during the ... [+]

Gorilla Safety Engages KPMG-Houston

Gorilla Safety, provider of an innovative, proprietary and patented software solution that fully automates all aspects of fleet and safety management, announced today it is reviewing the current compliance model the Company uses to test its Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) products. The company will be taking a look at its ... [+]

Lunar New Year Affect Eases February Cargo at Port of Los Angeles

Coming on the heels of record volumes in January, Port of Los Angeles cargo traffic decreased in February compared to 2016. The timing of the Lunar New Year resulted in a significant amount of cargo being shipped in January rather than February. February container volumes of 625,381 TEUs decreased 12.4% compared ... [+]

Not Trivial

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reports that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 928.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2016, 3.5% more than the previous record high of 897.9 million reached in 2015. ... [+]

Panama Canal to launch state-of-the-art vessel scheduling and maritime resources management system

Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand and global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), recently announced that its software has been selected by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to plan, schedule and optimize all vessels transit operations through the Canal to reduce costs, improve safety and increase overall efficiency ... [+]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo Reports $217m in Revenues, Higher Volumes in 2016

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has reported revenues of over $217 million for 2016 as its freight volumes rose 1.8% in a challenging market environment. Overall, the airline carried 218,000 tonnes of cargo across its international network offering customers direct services to major cities in the United States, Dubai, Hong Kong and China, ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd Shows Positive Operating Results Despite Challenging Environment

Hapag-Lloyd shows substantial earnings contribution from synergies from its CSAV acquisition and OCTAVE cost-cutting program. Executives are predicting further synergies due to the merger with UASC. Hapag-Lloyd closed the 2016 financial year with EBITDA of EUR 607.4 million (previous year: EUR 831.0 million) and an operating result (EBIT) of EUR ... [+]

IATA Recognizes Pharma Gateway Amsterdam for Contribution to CEIV Phrama Program

IATA has recognized the Cargo Community at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for their contribution, support, and endorsement of its CEIV Pharma Program. Nick Careen, Senior Vice President, Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security, IATA, handed the Certificate to Jonas van Stekelenburg, Cargo Director at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, during the World Cargo Symposium. “The ... [+]

Trailer Bridge enhances service from JAXPORT to Dominican Republic

Trailer Bridge, Inc., is now offering additional service to the Dominican Republic from JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The company has two sailings per week to Santo Domingo, in addition to its long-time weekly call from JAXPORT to Puerto Plata. The Santo Domingo service utilizes one Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro/Ro) barge, plus one ... [+]

Henry Gorski to Lead Procurement and Global Ocean Coverage at enVista

enVista, a leading global supply chain consulting and IT services firm, announces today that Henry Gorski has joined the enVista Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) team as ocean category manager. In this role, Gorski will be responsible for navigating enVista’s procurement goals on a global level with an ... [+]

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