March 2020
Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber announced that the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration allocated a $10.5 million grant to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. This Port Infrastructure Development Program grant will help fund construction of a 56,000-square-foot, rail-served warehouse at the Clure Public Marine Terminal, along with rehabilitation of 1,775 lineal feet of deteriorating dock walls at Berth 10 and 11 of the Clure Terminal Expansion. The new ...
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Responding to the need for greater efficiencies through digitalization and fulfilling its mission to provide the most optimized service to its customers, Evergreen Line has launched its GreenX platform. GreenX allows customers to enjoy seamless booking capabilities in addition to direct access to integrated trade services.
GreenX provides a digital ...
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Kontainers, an e-commerce software provider for freight brands, announced the addition of full trucking and air freight to its flagship product, Enterprise, which is designed for large freight brands with heavy transactional volumes and the need to highly customize interfaces.
Kontainers Enterprise provides a complete digital experience for freight forwarders, ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime
Administration today announced the availability of $9.5 million in grant
funding for the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP).
“Marine highways are an efficient and cost-effective option
for moving freight and passengers in America,” said Transportation Secretary
Elaine L. Chao.
The AMHP supports the increased use of the nation’s navigable
waterways ...
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In the newly released fiscal year 2021 President’s Budget, the White House included over $100 million for the Port of Corpus Christi’s Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works Division for Coastal Navigation Construction. This is the third consecutive year that the ...
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Port of Longview Commissioners report that revenues exceeded 2019 budget projections. The budget projected lower revenue resulting from global market conditions that had adversely affected several grain products. However, imports of wind energy components, foreign steel and soda ash exports saw marked increases and combined to help the Port ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $225 million in discretionary grant funding through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).
“America’s ports are a critical part of the Nation’s multimodal transportation network and this Notice of Funding Opportunity provides guidance on how ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced key appointments to its leadership team in North America to support its air cargo and ground handling growth ambitions in 2020 and beyond. • Paul Walton joins the company as Senior Vice President Express, responsible for all aspects of WFS' Express business. He ...
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Air Charter Service opened a new office on March 1 in Chicago, its tenth in the Americas.
“Chicago has been on our radar as a natural location for another US ACS office for a number of years,” said Richard Thompson, ACS Americas’ president. “The city is the third largest in population ...
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Amazon will establish a multi-story robotics fulfillment center in the City of Suffolk, creating 1,000 new jobs, as well as a 650,000-square-foot processing center (cross-dock) in the City of Chesapeake, which will bring 500 new jobs. In addition to the 1,500 direct jobs these two investments will help generate, ...
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