Gary G Burrows
Antwerp and Dakar port authorities (www.PortOfAntwerp.com) (http://www.PortDakar.sn) are to collaborate more closely in the next few years. In this way Antwerp, the second-largest port in Europe, seeks to reinforce its historic position as leader on the coast of West Africa. The Senegalese port of Dakar for its part views the collaboration as a way to position itself as the main regional hub for freight.
In order to put an official seal ...
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Port of Brownsville officials reported that the port saw record revenue and tonnage in 2017.
"The state of the Port of Brownsville is strong and getting stronger," said Brownsville Navigation District Vice Chairman John Reed at the State of the Port Address on March 8.
The port's total operating revenue reached nearly ...
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The Port of Oakland released a new 5-year strategic plan on March 12 that pairs business expansion with community benefits. Called “Growth with Care,” the plan envisions more jobs and economic stimulus as the Port grows.
“We can grow, but we want our neighbors to grow with us,” said Port of ...
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Following more than two years of collaborative development with the local motor carrier community, The Port of Virginia® has launched its trucker reservation system (TRS) to begin the effort of managing the flow of truck volume at the port.
“This is a twenty-first century tool that holds benefits for motor carriers, ...
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Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) North American operations have made a successful start to 2018 by winning and renewing cargo handling, ramp and passenger services contracts with airline customers at eight U.S. stations.
At Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, WFS won the freighter handling contract for Turkish Airlines’ new twice-weekly flights to ...
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American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America, an ArcBest company, are pleased to announce a new online fleet maintenance benchmarking program.
The new “TMC/FleetNet Vertical Benchmarking Program” will allow motor carriers and other types of fleets to compare their unscheduled roadside repairs with those of comparable fleets through ...
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CSX recently affirmed that it would stick with former CEO Hunter Harrison's plan to cut jobs and rail cars, and slash capital spending:
U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on March 1 that it would stick with a plan started by former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison, who died in December, to boost ...
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Intermodal transportation goes beyond the mere maritime transportation by developing an optimal door-to-door transportation chain and organizing the appropriate modes of transportation for this worldwide. So-called pre- and on-carriage will continue to be part of the specific services offered by Hamburg Süd in the future.
Hamburg Süd disposes of a particularly ...
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For the ninth consecutive year, the public marine terminals at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore received a top rating of ‘excellent’ on a security assessment from the U.S. Coast Guard for 2017. The Coast Guard conducts annual and thorough examinations of the Port’s six public marine terminals: Dundalk, ...
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1GSA – the recently-launched independent GSA network – has appointed Goodman GLS Co. Limited as its exclusive member for Korea.
The Goodman GLS GSSA business was launched in 2014, as part of a well-established group with diverse freight-related interests. It currently represents Westjet, Cubana, and the Leisure Cargo portfolio of 14 ...
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