Gary G Burrows
The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) and MTC Logistics (MTC) announced on September 25 MTC’s purchase of property located immediately adjacent to the ASPA’s container terminal, operated by APM Terminals. MTC will build a state-of-the-art international temperature-controlled distribution center focused on both import and export cargo.
“We’re extremely pleased to see this world class services company invest in both our region and our port. MTC’s investment will create new jobs ...
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Honolulu, HI-based Pasha Hawaii recently announced that the first steel plates have been cut for the M/V George III, the first of two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled containerships being built at Brownsville, TX-based Keppel AmFELS. The two ‘Ohana Class vessels will join the Pasha Hawaii fleet, which provides service to the ...
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The investments being made to Port Houston’s channel continue to pay off. As a result of the completion of the widening and deepening of its Bayport Channel and work on what’s known as the Bayport flare, Port Houston is seeing rapid growth in the size of ships calling its container ...
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Atlantic Container Line (ACL) christened its new G4 vessel, the Atlantic Star on Sept. 21 in the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal. Commissioner Rebecca Dye of the Federal Maritime Commission acted as Godmother of the vessel.
The ACL G4 vessels are the first of their kind and ...
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An ANTONOV-225 flew an emergency mission carrying supplies for the typhoon-hit island of Guam, USA, on Sept. 11th.
The flight was organized within hours, once again illustrating the flexibility of ANTONOV Airlines and the suitability of its aircraft for transporting large quantities of cargo at short notice, in emergency situations.
The AN-225 ...
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CMA CGM recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Marking that date, on Sept. 13, 1978, Jacques R. Saadé launched the first maritime line between Marseilles and Beirut, with only one ship and four employees. Forty years later, CMA CGM has become a recognized world leader, with 34,000 employees and a presence ...
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American Trucking Associations released the latest edition of its Freight Forecast – freight volumes are projected to increase 4.2% in 2018 and increase 35.6% by 2029.
“Freight Forecast is our look at the future of the freight economy – how it is growing, how it is changing and how it is ...
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The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation (NOPB) approved separate resolutions authorizing nonbinding Cooperative Endeavor Agreements between Port NOLA, NOPB, Jefferson Parish and Avondale Marine LLC to facilitate the proposed redevelopment of the former ...
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The Port of Halifax is taking steps to become one of the most digitized ports on the eastern seaboard.
The Port Operations Centre on the Port of Halifax website,
www.portofhalifax.ca, has become a critical digital tool for the sharing of real-time information with customers and the larger community. Shippers and cargo owners ...
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Peak season is off to a record start at the Port of Oakland. Port officials say that it handled the equivalent of 85,166 loaded TEUS in August. It was the busiest August in the port’s 91-year history.
The port’s record performance signaled a strong start to the peak shipping season. The ...
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