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Gary G Burrows

Diversified Port Holdings Receives Safety Award from The American Equity Underwriters, Inc.

The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) presented their Safety Awards at their annual conference late last year in Lake Oconee, Georgia and Diversified Port Holdings was the recipient of the Large Stevedore Safety Award. AEU is the program administrator for American Longshore Mutual Association (ALMA), a group mutual association providing insurance coverage under the United States Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (USL&H). AEU presents the awards each year to ... [+]

Etihad Cargo Boosts Freighter Fleet with 10th Aircraft

Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of its 10th freighter further boosting Etihad Airways’ fastest growing division. The addition of an A330F takes its Airbus freighter fleet to five, joining five Boeing 777 freighters that collectively serve 42 destinations worldwide. The delivery follows 12 months of sustained growth for the carrier, which launched ... [+]

EU Revives Decision to Fine Cargo Airlines Over Price-Fixing

The European Commission’s antitrust regulator reports that it is re-imposing $835.6 million in fines against 10 air cargo carriers after redrawing a complaint that a court threw out in 2015. Those carriers are Air Canada, Air France-KLM, British Airways, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, LAN Chile, Martinair, SAS and ... [+]

Kerry logistics garners HKIM market leadership award 2016

Kerry Logistics Network Limited, Asia’s leading logistics service provider, has won the Market Leadership in Business Logistics accolade at the HKIM Market Leadership Award (the ‘Award’) 2016 organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing. Entering its second year, the Award honors individuals and enterprises that excel in marketing strategy, integrated ... [+]

Port of Virginia Volume Growth at 6.9% for FY to Date; Expansion Work is Underway at VIG

The Port of Virginia® moved 220,376 TEUs in February; 351 TEUs lower than February 2016, but placing its fiscal-year-to-date growth at 6.9%. The continued growth comes as the port has started the engineering and survey work on its capacity expansion plan at Virginia International Gateway (VIG); work at Norfolk International ... [+]

Samsung builds the world`s first 20,150 TEU containership

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has broken the record for building the largest containership surpassing 20,000 TEU. SHI held a naming ceremony on March 15 for the first of four 20,150 TEU containerships, ordered from Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' (MOL) in February 2015. The event, held in Geoje shipyard, gathered 90 ... [+]

SC Ports Container Volume Up 9%, Nearly 26% Rail Volume Growth at Inland Port Greer

South Carolina Ports Authority reported on March 15 nearly 9% fiscal year-over-year container volume growth through February. SCPA’s total fiscal year-to-date container volume reached nearly 1.4 million TEUs last month, compared to 1.3 million TEUs handled during the same period last year. SCPA handled 175,820 TEUs in February, an increase of ... [+]

Schiphol Invests 1m Euros in Pharma Gateway Early Warning System for Shippers

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is developing an early warning system for pharma shippers, using a one million euro subsidy awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and TKI Dinalog, the Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics. The money will fund data collection and monitoring of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) shipments ... [+]

ABC sees 747F charter demand grow 47% YOY

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), already one of the world’s fastest-growing scheduled cargo airlines, is also developing a successful charter business based on demand for the unique capabilities of its Boeing 747 freighters. In 2016, the airline saw a 47% YOY increase of charter flights using its 747 freighters. Its latest flights were ... [+]

CargoLogicAir Supports Delivery of Adsorbents to Saudi Arabia

CargoLogicAir positioned extra aircrew in Rome to support a fast delivery of 96 tonnes of adsorbents used to improve process economics at industrial gas plants. The British cargo airline was contracted by DHL Global Forwarding charter desk to operate the Boeing 747 freighter flight from Leonardo Da Vinci Fiumicino International Airport ... [+]

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