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Gary G Burrows

Leaders celebrate projects to improve transportation

The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC), Port of Oakland, and City of Oakland announced important milestones for two major transportation improvement projects at the Port of Oakland.The two projects celebrated include: A Ribbon Cutting for the Freight Intelligent Transportation Systems (FITS) Project: Installation of state of the art technology to more efficiently manage truck arrivals and goods movement, improve safety and incident response, and reduce vehicle wait times and ... [+]

New cargo airline, One Air, takes to the skies

Britain’s new all-cargo airline, One Air, has completed its inaugural Boeing 747-400 freighter flight, operating a full charter for client Shandong Glory from China to the United Kingdom.The 100-tonne payload arrived at London Heathrow from Jinan-Shandong last night, marking the commercial launch of the new airline.“This is a landmark day ... [+]

Phase I of channel deepening project moves forward for Port of Brownsville

The Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Channel Improvement Project continues to move forward, as Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced the receipt of Notice to Proceed to perform essential improvements to the Brownsville ship channel for NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project at the Port of Brownsville.Great Lakes is set ... [+]

Port of South Louisiana Sees Growth in Tonnage

BIZ New Orleans report that the Port of South Louisiana said it saw an annual increase in tonnage of nearly 10 million short tons of cargo in 2022. The port said it moved a total of 239,257,758 short tons last year compared to a total of 229,797,480 in 2021. A ... [+]

‘Clean Canaveral’ Completes First LNG Bunkering

The Clean Canaveral liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge has completed its first barge-to-ship bunkering of a cargo vessel at Port Canaveral’s South Cargo Berth 4. JAX LNG, along with Polaris New Energy, handled the LNG refueling of the M/T Damia Desgagnés on the ship’s inaugural call to Port Canaveral.The ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo, Kuehne+Nagel pioneer paperless freight transportation

In an era driven by digital transformation and environmental consciousness, the need to reduce paper usage and streamline operations has become increasingly paramount. By introducing “paperless lanes” between Europe and Asia, Lufthansa Cargo and one of its most digital partners Kuehne+Nagel seek to eliminate the unnecessary burden of physical documentation ... [+]

MSC upgrades ScanBaltic to USA service

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s ScanBaltic to USA container service, now calling the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) bi-weekly, will increase its sailing frequency into Jacksonville to weekly beginning in early August 2023. The service connects Jacksonville with seven destinations in Northern Europe.The port rotation is Klaipeda, Lithuania; Gdynia, Poland; Gothenburg, Sweden; ... [+]

Rwandair signs cargo handling contract with WFS for first-ever direct flights to Paris

RwandAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda, has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as the cargo handling partner for its new direct flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle. The airline is now connecting Paris and Rwanda’s capital Kigali with three non-stop Airbus A330 flights a week, its first-ever direct service to ... [+]

SEKO Logistics Releases First-Ever ESG Report

SEKO Logistics released its 2022-2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, which showcases the company’s accomplishments and goals in ESG initiatives from 2022 to 2023.“I am excited to share our company’s first-ever ESG report. Last year was significant in SEKO’s journey, as we established the company’s first-ever ESG mission and ... [+]

Trade cools in June at Port of Long Beach

Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach cooled in June as retailers continued to clear warehouses.Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 597,076 TEUs last month, a 28.5% decline from June 2022, which was the Port's busiest June on record. Imports were down 34% to 274,325 TEUs, while exports declined 18% ... [+]

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