Gary G Burrows
Containerized cargo volume moving through this city is expected to increase 2% annually for the next five years. The catalyst for growth: a nearly $700 million injection of capital from outside investors. That’s the message Port of Oakland officials delivered to trade and transportation leaders here this week.
“This is good, measured growth that’s not debilitating for our community or our operations,” Executive Director Chris Lytle told a meeting of the ...
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The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has released its Section 301 tariff proposal for public comment, covering approximately 1,300 tariff lines. Written comments are due to USTR by Friday, May 11, 2018.
USCBC President John Frisbie released a statement after USTR's announcement, noting that, "China needs to substantially improve market access and competitive ...
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Werner Enterprises has announced the grand opening of its new Joliet, Illinois,terminal, replacing its Channahon, Illinois, drop yard.
The 64,100-square foot building will provide professional drivers with the latest amenities, including: driver simulators, computer based training (CBT), laundry facilities, fitness rooms, showers, a quiet lounge, phone charging stations, complimentary ice, an ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association welcomed the decision by the Trump administration to avoid taxing American consumers by excluding new tariffs on apparel, footwear, travel goods, and related products imported from China.
The association’s President and CEO Rick Helfenbein released the following statement:
“We are pleased with the administration’s decision to ...
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The American Trucking Associations announced the organization has hired Dan Horvath as its new director of safety policy.
“ATA is a safety-first organization, and having Dan on board will allow us to maintain our position as the leading voice advocating for the safety of the trucking industry,” said ATA President and ...
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More truckers now visit the Port of Oakland at night than at any time in its 91-year history. Oakland’s largest marine terminal said that it’s conducting between 1,500 and 2,000 daily truck transactions after sundown. That’s up from 800 a year ago.
Port officials said that the difference is night and ...
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The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that the acts, policies, and practices of the Government of China related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation covered in the investigation are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict U.S. commerce. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is seeking public ...
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Performing air cargo transportation to 121 different countries around the world as a sub-brand of Turkish Airlines, Turkish Cargo added another successful operation to its proven track of records. Turkish Cargo carried 1,5 million live Gilt-head breams weighing 100 tons to Oman from Izmir by providing the environment, needed by ...
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American Airlines Cargo has further expanded its international reach with the appointment of General Sales Agents (GSAs) in three additional destinations outside of its network – Croatia, Slovenia and Kuwait. This brings American’s European network to 18 cities in 12 countries.
In Croatia and Slovenia R-BAG the Central Eastern Europe and Balkans ...
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PrimeLINE ONE™, a new refrigerated shipping container developed through a joint initiative of Carrier Transicold and Singamas Container Holdings Ltd., a leading manufacturer of shipping containers, was announced at Intermodal Asia 2018.
The PrimeLINE ONE container provides the benefits of the industry’s best selling container refrigeration system but assembled on-site in ...
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