The Maryland Port Administration has promoted Nick Porter to director and Jeff Gutowski to deputy director of business development, strengthening its commercial team at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
The business development unit is responsible for marketing and customer engagement across the port’s core commodities, including autos, breakbulk, containers, cruise, forest products and roll on/roll off high and heavy equipment.
Porter joined the MPA in 2017 following logistics management roles ...
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Though the Port of Long Beach saw a 5 percent decline in in containerized cargo in March, the San Pedro port still led North American ports for the month and through the first quarter of 2026, CEO Noel Hacegaba said during the port’s monthly Supply Chain Insight briefing.
Dockworkers and terminal ...
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized two container ships operated by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the U.S. and Iran announced an extension of their ceasefire, according to an April 22 market update issued by Xeneta.
The vessels, the MSC Francesca and MSC Epaminondas, ...
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GEODIS said it has opened its first dedicated healthcare cold chain cross-dock facility in the Americas, expanding temperature-controlled handling for pharmaceutical shipments moving through the U.S. Midwest.
The 78,000-square-foot container freight station and bonded facility in Chicago includes a 5,200-square-foot temperature-controlled addition designed for short-term storage and handling of sensitive healthcare ...
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The Galveston Wharves has reached a key milestone in its US$106 million West Port Cargo Complex program, filling in an outdated berth to create new cargo-handling capacity, said Port Director and CEO Rodger Rees.
The Pier 38-39 slip fill, part of a multiphase infrastructure upgrade funded by port revenues and a ...
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Consolidated Chassis Management said it is expanding fleet modernization and interoperable chassis pool initiatives to help motor carriers reduce costs and mitigate the impact of rising fuel prices across the intermodal sector.
The company’s latest push centers on enhancements to the South Atlantic Chassis Pool, or SACP, where an 18-month modernization ...
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The Port of Long Beach is expected to break ground in May on expanding capacity for project and breakbulk cargo with a US$5.5 million upgrade to its primary heavy-haul corridor, aimed at easing the movement of oversized and overweight freight through the San Pedro Bay complex.
Expected to be completed in ...
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Magaya Corp. has launched an artificial intelligence-based trade compliance tool designed to embed regulatory guidance directly into freight forwarding and customs brokerage workflows.
The new ACEbridge AI compliance agent is built to provide citation-backed answers drawn from official U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources, allowing users to access filing guidance, resolve ...
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UN Trade and Development and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore have launched a partnership aimed at accelerating the shift to lower-emissions, more resilient port operations, as governments and operators face mounting pressure to decarbonize global shipping.
The agreement, announced April 22 in Geneva alongside meetings tied to the IMF-World ...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection will roll out a new system this month to streamline refunds of duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as importers seek clarity following recent court rulings and heightened enforcement activity.
The agency said it will launch the first phase of its Consolidated Administration ...
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