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Gary G Burrows

Bolloré Logistics inaugurates new FTZ facility in Miami

Bolloré Logistics USA inaugurated its new Foreign Trade Zone facility in Miami on March 29, in presence of Cyrille Bolloré – Chairman of Bolloré Transport & Logistics, Thierry Ehrenbogen – CEO of Bolloré Logistics and Clément Leclerc – Consul general of France in Miami. The new site of more than 200,000 sq. ft. consolidates freight forwarding and contract logistics activities previously housed at two different locations and will support operational synergies ... [+]

New director of government affairs at JAXPORT

JAXPORT welcomes Justin Damiano as he assumes the role of Director, Government Affairs. In his new position, Damiano will be responsible for all government affairs, grant application and environmental advocacy efforts at JAXPORT and will continue strengthening relationships with Florida’s public sector leaders, growing support for port initiatives benefiting the citizens ... [+]

Port of Le Havre Sees Healthy Growth in 2017

Relying upon good traffic figures for 2017 (10% rise for all sea trades including 14% for container traffic with about 3 million TEU) and a healthier financial situation, HAROPA - Port of Le Havre presented an ambitious investment scheme during the meeting of its Supervisory Board on March 30th, equal ... [+]

Robert Van De Weg rejoins Volga-Dnepr Group to Strengthen Global Commercial Activities

Robert van de Weg, one of the air cargo industry’s leading commercial executives, has rejoined Volga-Dnepr Group as Vice President for Sales and Marketing. In his new role, he will embrace the commercial activities of all the Group’s airlines, namely AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Atran Airlines, with responsibility to strengthen ... [+]

AirBridgeCargo Airlines delivers pharma

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), one of the leading transporters of pharmaceuticals by air, has carried a record 19 va-Q-tainers XLx onboard a single flight, delivering products for its European customer, BIOTECH & PHARMA LOGISTICS GmbH (B.P.L. GmbH). The 19 high-performance passive containers, weighing around 15 tonnes in total, were delivered to Frankfurt ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo starts eDGD

Lufthansa Cargo has entered into the IATA Proof of Concept phase for eDGD, the digital approach to manage the IATA Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD), with implementations in Frankfurt, Paris and Zürich.. The cargo carrier is doing this together with the Dakosy community collaboration platform. Digitizing the DGD requires cooperation of ... [+]

Port Houston Cargo Tonnage Up 7% in 2018

The amount of cargo handled at Port Houston was up 7% through the first two months of 2018, signaling another strong year, reported Executive Director Roger Guenther. Through February, Port Houston terminals handled 6.1 million tons of cargo, which Guenther called an encouraging start for this year. He made the ... [+]

New Marine Terminal for Port of Corpus Christi

Port of Corpus Christi Approves Lease Agreement with Castleton Commodities International for a New Marine Terminal Port Corpus Christi commissioners have approved a lease agreement with CCI Corpus Christi Infrastructure LLC (CCI) for approximately 55 acres of land on the north side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the Inner ... [+]

NOAA StormReady Hero

NOAA presented the StormReady Community Hero Award to Danielle Hale, Port of Corpus Christi Emergency Manager, on Thursday April 5, 2018.  The award was be presented by Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. The StormReady Community Hero award formally recognizes people within a StormReady community for ... [+]

Port of Rotterdam Authority starts construction of Container Exchange Route

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has started constructing the infrastructure for the Container Exchange Route (CER). The CER will link the deep sea container terminals, empty depots, rail terminals and distribution companies at Maasvlakte. The goal of this project is to reduce exchange costs between the various companies and further ... [+]

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