July 2018
IBM has signed $740 million technology supply deal, including blockchain, with the Australian government, to improve data security, per a report by Bloomberg.
Under a five-year contract, the company will provide services such as blockchain, automation, and artificial intelligence to Australian federal departments, including defense and home affairs.
IBM’s Asia Pacific head, Harriet Green, told Bloomberg that the new partnership will give Australian citizens access to the world’s greatest technologies across many ...
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Lufthansa Group’s decision-making bodies have approved Lufthansa Cargo’s operation of two brand-new Boeing 777F freighters. Lufthansa Cargo ordered two brand-new Boeing 777F freighters in May of this year. The question of who would manage and operate these was left open initially. The jets are expected to be ferried from the ...
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Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle called for strengthening business ties with Japan. Addressing visitors from the Japanese Port of Hakata, Oakland’s boss listed opportunities for growth at sea and in the air.
“It’s extremely critical for us to have good, strong free trade partners such as Japan,”. Lytle told ...
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Here’s a style tip for those who track ships: magenta is the new black. A 1,036-foot-long, cherry blossom magenta-colored container ship arrived on July 9 at the Port of Oakland. Called the ONE Competence, it’s the newly branded symbol of Japan’s recently consolidated container shipping lines.
The ONE Competence is part ...
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Turkish Cargo performed 30% growth rate compared to the overall market, which performed 4.3% growth, reported World Air Cargo Market Data per its January-May 2018 data. Turkish Cargo reaches 307 destinations in 122 countries via Turkish Airlines, which flies to the most countries worldwide. The airline operates additional direct cargo ...
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Whereas DSV Canada was once merely an add-on to the North American network, the second-largest country in the world has re-intensified its focus on locally controlled freight, which now constitutes half of its total activities.
Until the acquisition of UTi, DSV Canada primarily served as a handling office for the overseas ...
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The federal government recently awarded the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project nearly $32.4 million in funding, keeping construction on track. This is in addition to $21.5 million the federal government committed to the project in 2017, plus significant contributions from the state of Florida.
“These dollars signal that the federal government believes ...
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Maersk Line will start its own weekly all-water service from the Middle East, India, Pakistan regions to Montreal and Halifax.
Transit times for Jebel Ali improve 10 days to 33 day transit and Jawaharlal Nehru improve by 7 days to 31 day transit.
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Broward County’s Port Everglades is progressing with manufacturing the first three new Super Post-Panamax container-handling gantry cranes being built by ZPMC of China. The design phase is nearing completion with Port Everglades Chief Executive Steven Cernak issuing a second notice to proceed to begin manufacturing the cranes valued at $13.8 ...
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XPO Logistics has announced the planned addition of augmented reality to its Ship XPO consumer self-service platform. Shoppers will use the visualization technology prior to the delivery of heavy goods, such as sofas, beds and appliances, to determine the ideal placement inside the home.
“Augmented reality is another innovation that our ...
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