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Thomas Bek, a 29-year veteran of Blue Water, is succeeding CEO Søren Nørgaard Thomsen, who is leaving the transport and logistics group after seven years.
There has been significant development at the Danish transport and logistics group since 2018, when Thomsen took over as CEO, Blue Water said in a release. Turnover has nearly doubled, earnings have increased, and the number of employees and offices has increased to 2,700.
Bek will lead ...
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Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. on July 29 announced an agreement to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, connecting more than 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking about 100 ports within it’s the combined ...
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U.S. seaborne grain shipments improved 9 percent in the first half of 2025, despite retaliatory tariffs that caused U.S. grain exports to China to plummet 57 percent in the same period, said BIMCO, the Danish shipping association.
The first half result was driven by stronger maize ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority’s fiscal year 2025 was its second-busiest year on record, with container volume reaching 5.7 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, an 8.6 percent increase, or 400,000 TEUs compared to fiscal year 2024.
The growth shows continuing strength in Georgia’s logistics trajectory. The ports’ busiest year ...
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Hanseatic Global Terminals said it has launched Hanseatic Global Terminals Latin America, the brand’s first-ever regional expansion and a significant step in the company’s mission to strengthen its global terminal network and enhance service offerings worldwide.
With this launch, the Hapag-Lloyd subsidiary, founded in 2024, has ...
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The Port of Palm Beach has signed a new lease agreement with Thalle Construction Co. and SAB Solutions that will increase inbound shipments and diversify the port’s cargo profile.
Effective August 1, the companies will lease two acres along the port’s southwest perimeter to support the ...
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President Trump on July 30 issued an executive order suspending commercial de minimis entries from all countries as of Aug. 29.
Trump said he is taking this action under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to prevent evasion of the “reciprocal” tariffs he imposed ...
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Market average spot rates from the Far East to U.S. West Coast increased 10 percent by mid-month but steadily declined to US$2,264 per 40-foot equivalent units (or FEUs), said Xeneta, the freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform.
Average spot rates from Far East to U.S. ...
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The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association, or ICHCA, has conducted an analysis of nearly 500 incidents involving shore workers over the last 25 years, with its findings on the ICHCA Severe Risks Dashboard.
Key findings include:
• An almost equal split between on-vessel and onshore risk to ...
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ITS Logistics, the asset-based North American third-party logistics provider, said its second quarter U.S. Distribution and Fulfillment Index, powered by Cresa, sees a tightening of warehouse space in the second half of the year.
Calling it “market recalibrating,” ITS Logistics said that tariff-driven front-loading continues to ...
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