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Gary G Burrows

Port of Halifax Offers Enhanced Container Tracking Tool

The Halifax Port Authority is now offering an enhanced web-tracking tool for importers and exporters moving containers through the Port of Halifax’s container terminals operated by Ceres-Halifax Inc. and Halterm Container Terminal Ltd. The existing site, Halifax Gets It There (www.HalifaxGetsItThere.com), has been updated to include several new features designed to make it easier for importers and exporters to do business through the Port of Halifax. The enhancements are the direct ... [+]

TNT Signs Conditional Sale Agreement with ASL Aviation

TNT Express N.V. has signed an agreement to sell its airline operations TNT Airways and Pan Air Lineas Aereas to ASL Aviation Group, conditional on the completion of FedEx' intended acquisition of TNT, which is expected in the first half of 2016. The change of ownership and control of TNT's airlines ... [+]

UPS Global Logistics Helps Cupid with 100 Million Flowers

Cupid will receive a helping hand this Valentine’s Day, as UPS fills its network this week with flowers, steaks, sweets and gifts. UPS will move more than 100 million flowers -- or 9 million pounds, to love birds around the United States. That’s enough to fill approximately 70 Boeing 767 cargo ... [+]

AAR Issues First State of Industry Report

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) released its first “State of the Industry Report” in January that focuses on the key challenges, accomplishments and innovations within the freight railroad industry.  This initial, five-chapter edition details the industry's investments in new technology and innovation that are enhancing safety across the nation's ... [+]

BNSF Picks Up Freight from Largest Container Vessel to Visit US

A BNSF intermodal train departs the Port of Los Angeles after taking on freight from the CMA-CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container vessel ever to visit a US port. The ship, which can carry nearly 18,000 20-foot containers, docked in Los Angeles on Dec. 26. It took 10 trains to ... [+]

Stop Hunger Now, FedEx Employees Team Up to Package 100,000 Meals on MLK Day of Service

An estimated 500 FedEx employees across 10 cities will team up with Stop Hunger Now on Monday, January 18 to package meals for the world’s hungry in recognition of the Rev. Martin Luther King Day Jr. of Service. This is the third year FedEx has worked with Stop Hunger now to ... [+]

Foltz to Step Down from GPA

The Georgia Ports Authority's Board of Directors announced on February 3 that Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz will step down at the end of the Fiscal Year, June 30. "Curtis Foltz has led the GPA to achieve great things over the past six years as Executive Director, and the six years ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd Enhances Reefer Fleet

Hapag-Lloyd recently added 3,000 PrimeLINE® units to its fleet to enhance its capabilities for shipping perishable goods. This includes 1,000 of the refrigerated containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s innovative XtendFRESH™ controlled-atmosphere system. The XtendFRESH system actively manages oxygen and carbon dioxide levels within refrigerated containers and removes ethylene, thus slowing the ... [+]

Historic Maritime Emergency Restoration Plan for Port of San Diego

A signing ceremony was held on Jan. 13, 2016 to officially activate a multi-agency plan outlining protocols and measures for reopening the Port of San Diego in the case of a serious incident. The document, titled, “The Port of San Diego Maritime Emergency Restoration Plan,” was developed in 2015 to ensure ... [+]

NFTC Welcomes U.S.-EU Privacy Shield Agreement

The US and EU reached an agreement on a Privacy Shield Agreement on February 2, a move that is seen as a big win since it offers a new framework to ensure transatlantic data flows. “In today’s global economy, cross-border data flows are critical to doing business,” said National Foreign Trade ... [+]

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