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Gary G Burrows

Port of Oakland eye popper: magenta container ship in town

Here’s a style tip for those who track ships: magenta is the new black.  A 1,036-foot-long, cherry blossom magenta-colored container ship arrived on July 9 at the Port of Oakland.  Called the ONE Competence, it’s the newly branded symbol of Japan’s recently consolidated container shipping lines. The ONE Competence is part of the Ocean Network Express, or ONE.  The shipping line began service in April following the merger of Japan’s three ... [+]

Turkish Cargo grew more than 7 times higher than market

Turkish Cargo performed 30% growth rate compared to the overall market, which performed 4.3% growth, reported World Air Cargo Market Data per its January-May 2018 data. Turkish Cargo reaches 307 destinations in 122 countries via Turkish Airlines, which flies to the most countries worldwide. The airline operates additional direct cargo ... [+]

DSV Canada on its own two feet

Whereas DSV Canada was once merely an add-on to the North American network, the second-largest country in the world has re-intensified its focus on locally controlled freight, which now constitutes half of its total activities. Until the acquisition of UTi, DSV Canada primarily served as a handling office for the overseas ... [+]

Federal Support for JAXPORT

The federal government recently awarded the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project nearly $32.4 million in funding, keeping construction on track. This is in addition to $21.5 million the federal government committed to the project in 2017, plus significant contributions from the state of Florida. “These dollars signal that the federal government believes ... [+]

Maersk introduces Med-Montreal Express

Maersk Line will start its own weekly all-water service from the Middle East, India, Pakistan regions to Montreal and Halifax. Transit times for Jebel Ali improve 10 days to 33 day transit and Jawaharlal Nehru improve by 7 days to 31 day transit. [+]

New Super-sized Cranes Coming to Port Everglades

Broward County’s Port Everglades is progressing with manufacturing the first three new Super Post-Panamax container-handling gantry cranes being built by ZPMC of China. The design phase is nearing completion with Port Everglades Chief Executive Steven Cernak issuing a second notice to proceed to begin manufacturing the cranes valued at $13.8 ... [+]

Reality to the last mile

XPO Logistics has announced the planned addition of augmented reality to its Ship XPO consumer self-service platform. Shoppers will use the visualization technology prior to the delivery of heavy goods, such as sofas, beds and appliances, to determine the ideal placement inside the home. “Augmented reality is another innovation that our ... [+]

Seldat becomes Global Cold Chain Alliance member

Seldat Distribution Inc., a leading provider of global supply chain services and technology solutions has joined the Global Cold Chain Alliance. The alliance has more than 1,300 member companies in over 75 countries. Seldat joined the Temperature Controlled Transportation division of the Global Cold Chain Alliance – part of the ... [+]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo forecasts high demand for new Sydney-Hong Kong services

With expectations of booming e-commerce volumes from China coupled with strong demand for northbound cargo capacity, Virgin Atlantic Cargo anticipates the new Virgin Australia daily Sydney-Hong Kong services to get off to a flying start. The service commenced July 2. Virgin Atlantic Cargo is marketing the cargo space on Virgin Australia’s ... [+]

Cargo Sustainability in North America’s 2nd Great Railway Boom to be Debated at Multimodal Americas

North America’s transforming cargo infrastructure, from the second great railway boom to strong growth in inland waterway transport, will go under the limelight at the inaugural Multimodal Americas show this fall in Toronto, Canada. Experts from leading logistics companies from across the globe will convene at the October event, at the ... [+]

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