Gary G Burrows
Cargo volumes handled in April at the Port of Long Beach eclipsed a record set 13 years ago.
Dockworkers at marine terminals moved 628,121 TEUs in April. The previous high was 619,512 TEUs in April 2006. Imports in April 2019 rose 1.8% to 317,883 TEUs compared to last year. Exports decreased 12.7% to 123,804 TEUs, while empties rose 13.5% to 186,435 TEUs. Total container volume was up 1.6% over April 2018.
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The American Traffic Safety Services Association's (ATSSA) President & CEO Roger Wentz joined members of Congress and infrastructure leaders from the Highway Materials Group for a press conference on May 14 to call on Congress to rebuild America's aging infrastructure.
The press conference was in conjunction with Infrastructure Week, a national ...
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John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is a member of the newest class of industry leaders inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame.
Reinhart was among five people honored at the 26th annual event, which was held on May 7 in New York ...
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The Port of Savannah welcomed its first Seaboard Marine vessel on May 8. The new shipping line customer supports Savannah's cold chain logistics system with one new service to Central America, and a second to Latin America and the Caribbean.
"In addition to serving Georgia's poultry growers, Seaboard is tapping into ...
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Kerry Logistics Network Limited has established Kerry Cold Chain Solution Ltd., a joint venture company formed with Shanghai Zhizhen Logistics Co. Ltd. in which Kerry Logistics holds the majority interest.
According to Kerry Logistics, the JV enables it to expand its food-related cold chain capabilities in mainland China and to tap ...
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DB Schenker has renewed its agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems for its Traxon cargoHUB solution. It will continue to use the host-to-host solution for automated electronic data exchange, which enables the forwarder to seamlessly communicate digitally with its supply chain partners worldwide – regardless of message type and protocol used. This ...
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Canadian Rail (CN), through a subsidiary company, has reached an agreement to acquire the intermodal division of the Alberta-based H&R Transport Limited.
“H&R is well known in Alberta and across the industry for investing in its people, systems, and assets, as well as its customer centric services and best in class ...
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Antonov Airlines has flown aid and personnel from Chalons Vatry Airport (XCR) in France, to Beira (BEW) in Mozambique to assist with humanitarian efforts in the region in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.
In addition to a 65-tonne payload of relief supplies, an ANTONOV Airlines AN-124-100 aircraft also carried logistics staff ...
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Tony Salino is The Port of Virginia’s® new director of ocean carrier sales bringing to the position extensive experience in transportation industry, having worked for multiple ocean carriers and most recently, one of Virginia’s U.S. East Coast peer ports.
The announcement was made this week by Thomas D. Capozzi the chief ...
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The Port of Virginia® in April processed 245,933 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in April, making is the busiest April in the port’s history.
The strong cargo performance was driven by an increase of more than 22% in loaded import containers, which lead to increase in truck, rail and barge volumes. The ...
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