Gary G Burrows
Etihad Airways introduced its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft on its second daily service between Abu Dhabi and New York JFK. All 14 weekly flights between the two cities are now operated by the double-decker aircraft.
The superjumbo has replaced a three-class Boeing 777-300ER previously operating one of the airline’s twice daily flights. The new deployment means New York will join London and Sydney as an all-A380 operation.
Etihad Airways launched daily nonstop ...
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Supersized container ships traveling through the newly enhanced Panama Canal have been arriving at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore since last year and the Maryland Department of Transportation's Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) continues to make plans to handle the increased amounts of containerized cargo.
Recently, the MDOT MPA ...
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Newly formed South Korean ocean carrier SM Line is launching China Pacific Express, its weekly service between China, Korea and the U.S., which made its debut at the Port of Long Beach in late April.
Its initial fleet of five 6,500-TEU vessels will connect Long Beach to ports in Busan, South ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) reinforced its position as one of the world’s fastest-growing all-cargo airlines with a 17% increase in volume in Q1 2017 to 158,000 tonnes. ABC’s load factor also rose year-on-year to 70% for the first months of 2017.
The arrival of the airline’s tenth new Boeing 747-8 Freighter in ...
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U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled “FAA Reauthorization: Administration Perspectives” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao will testify on key aviation issues before the Department and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), ...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reopened the World Trade Bridge at Laredo, Texas. The bridge was closed previously due to damage from heavy rains and high winds.
Full operations were restored Monday, May 29, on the World Trade Bridge between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Laredo, Texas, but it may ...
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Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway unloaded the first U.S. rail shipment of Volkswagen’s new 2018 Atlas SUVs the week of May 15. The vehicles were shipped into its Miami auto terminal and were delivered to dealerships.
As one of FEC’s key commodities, the railroad moves hundreds of thousands of new and used ...
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To raise awareness about maritime trade and promote social responsibility, the Port of Long Beach sponsors many community events, such as the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace & Unity Parade and Celebration. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday awarded $372,500 in community sponsorships to 136 organizations for ...
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The Government of Québec is providing C$ 40 million in financial assistance to the Montreal Port Authority to upgrade its infrastructure, which will increase productivity and maintain the competitiveness of the port, the second largest in Canada.
"On behalf of my team and all port users, I thank the Government of ...
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The weekly Ocean Alliance NEU4 service, operated by French-based CMA-CGM, will link the port of Zeebrugge with the Asian ports of Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, and Yantian, China as well as Busan, Korea, began with the first call of the 13,380 TEU capacity APL Changi on May 16th. The NEU4 ...
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