October 2019

CEVA Logistics inaugurates The Chill Hub

CEVA Logistics recently opened its new, integrated, end-to-end cold chain facility at DP World London Gateway, at an event attended by 50+ customers. The Chill Hub is a state-of-the-art operation strategically located to provide maximum customer benefit through its ability to manage all elements of the process at one site. Within the multi-temperature 10,000 sqm facility are up to 10,000 pallet positions featuring seven independent chambers capable of operating at all ... [+]

DFDS Selects NaturaLINE® Refrigeration Units

DFDS Logistics, Ltd. has enhanced its environmental profile by purchasing 50 Carrier Transicold NaturaLINE® units, which are the industry’s only natural refrigerant-based container refrigeration system. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier, a leading global provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. The NaturaLINE units ... [+]

JAXPORT’s Board of Directors elects new officers

The JAXPORT Board of Directors selected new officers, unanimously electing Jacksonville business executive and civic leader John D. Baker II as Chairman. Baker is Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FRP Holdings, Inc., a successor to real estate company Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc., where he served as President and Chief ... [+]

Panama Canal Closes 2019 Fiscal Year with Record Tonnage

The Panama Canal has closed the 2019 fiscal year (FY19) with a record tonnage of 469 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), a 6.2 percent increase compared to FY2018. With this figure, the waterway exceeds the 450.7 million PC/UMS tons projection for FY2019, as well as the record tonnage of 442 ... [+]

Port of Rotterdam sees continued growth in container handling in 3Q

The port of Rotterdam handled 112.4 million tonnes of freight during the third quarter of 2019. This means a total of 353.5 million tonnes has been transhipped up to the end of the third quarter. Compared with the previous year, this represents a 1% increase in cargo handling. Volume growth ... [+]

Randy Guillot Elected 75th Chairman of ATA

The Board of Directors of the American Trucking Associations elected Randy Guillot, president of Triple G Express Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, the federation’s 75th chairman. “It is an honor and a privilege to be elected as chairman of ATA,” Guillot said. “I look forward to spending the next year speaking up ... [+]

Cincinnati Zoo and Two Manatees

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden returns manatees Miles and Matthew to Florida as it prepares to rehabilitate Truffleshuffle, the 20th manatee to be cared for in the 20 years that it has participated in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Rescue and Rehabiltation Partnership (MRP), a program designed ... [+]

OmniTRAX’s Illinois Railway Deploys Positive Train

Illinois Railway, LLC (IR), operated by OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the fastest growing transportation companies in North America, is one of the first short line railroads to implement fully functional positive train control (PTC) and enable state-of-the-art safety on its trains. The IR has installed PTC equipment on three locomotives ... [+]

Saudia Cargo receives EU GDP certificate from SGS

The global certification leader SGS has issued Saudia Cargo the certificate of European Union Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP) in the sector of pharmaceuticals. The certificate marks a new achievement for Saudia Cargo and a well-deserved recognition of its high-quality storing and transporting services of pharmaceuticals and medical cargoes. Saudia ... [+]

SCPA makes a $7.1 billion annual economic impact in Pee Dee

South Carolina Ports Authority extends its reach beyond the Port of Charleston to make a significant economic impact throughout South Carolina and in the Pee Dee. S.C. Ports makes a $7.1 billion annual economic impact in the Pee Dee and creates 25,000 jobs in the region, according to a new Economic ... [+]