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June 2017

Mayors Announce Zero Emissions Goals for San Pedro Bay Ports

Mayor Eric Garcetti and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia are strengthening their pledge to make the twin ports of the San Pedro Bay global models for cleaner air, sustainability and innovation. They also reaffirmed their commitment to adopting the Paris Climate Agreement goals in their cities, and highlighted the two ports' critical role in achieving them. The two mayors signed a joint declaration that sets ambitious goals for the Ports of ... [+]

POLB Sees Busiest May Ever

SM Long Beach passes under the Gerald Desmond Bridge during a maiden call on April 30, 2017. New vessel-sharing alliances and increased use of terminals pushed the number of containers flowing through the Port of Long Beach in May to a record high for the month. A total of 648,287 TEUs ... [+]

Port of Oakland welcomes 20 summer interns

The Port of Oakland  marked the beginning of summer internship season with the arrival of 20 college students. The Port’s paid internships give students the opportunity to work with the Port’s maritime, aviation, and commercial real estate businesses. Over the next two months, interns will be involved in the Port’s daily ... [+]

project44 Extends Platform with Industry’s First Real-time Volume LTL Solution

project44, the logistics and transportation industry’s leading automation, optimization and visibility provider, has introduced new capabilities designed to enable a real-time and fully automated Volume LTL quoting and tendering experience. Securing a Volume LTL freight quote, which is required when freight is greater than 12 linear feet but less than 28 ... [+]

SeaCube Container Leasing Appoints Robert Sappio as CEO

SeaCube Container Leasing Limited ("SeaCube") is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert F. Sappio to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Sappio will be based in SeaCube's headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.   Mr. Sappio brings extensive international experience in the shipping and intermodal transportation industry to ... [+]

Transportation Regulation Check

Railroads, trucking, and certain types of aviation are ripe for automation that will improve the safety and efficiency of U.S. freight transportation, but ill-balanced regulations prevent companies and consumers from capitalizing on these opportunities, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). ITIF, a leading tech-policy think ... [+]

Work Zone Cam Construction Time-Lapse of New Landstar Logistics Center in TX

WHAT: Landstar System recently celebrated the opening of its new U.S./Mexico Logistics Service Center in Laredo, TX. Design-Build firm, Haskell, relied on Work Zone Cam's high-quality time-lapse construction webcam to document the entire process from start to finish. Progress from May 2016 to February 2017 can be seen with Work Zone ... [+]

Antonov airlines safely transports mining cargo across the Andes in record time

Antonov Airlines safely transported two mining filtration units for Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina in one of its seven AN-124-100 aircraft, in 39 minutes. The cargo, which weighed a total of 24 tonnes, was urgently needed after adverse weather in the region closed the roads. The ... [+]

Deutsche Post DHL Group partners with Plug and Play

Deutsche Post DHL Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Plug and Play, a global startup ecosystem and venture fund specializing in the development of early-to-growth stage technology startups. The partnership will see Deutsche Post DHL Group join Startup Autobahn, a mobility-centric program led by founding partners Plug and ... [+]

FDA to Implement the Food Supplier Verification Program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin implementing their Food Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) on May 30, 2017. The program requires importers to verify that the food items meet U.S. safety standards. The main requirements of the program include: Identifying the responsible FSVP Importer (either the U.S. owner or ... [+]

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