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Heathrow gets approval to become world’s biggest airport

London Heathrow has received the green to become the world's biggest airport. This follows a controversial decision by British lawmakers. Construction of a third runway, which would extend over the country's busiest freeway, was approved by Parliament. Lawmakers had debated for decades over how to expand the UK's capacity for air traffic. Under the proposal, passenger capacity at Heathrow could jump from nearly 80 million passengers per year to 110 million ... [+]

CMA CGM to acquire CONTAINERSHIPS

CMA CGM Group announces the signature of an agreement between CMA CGM and Container Finance Ltd Oy pursuant to which the container shipping and logistics business Containerships (and Container Finance’s holdings in Multi-Link Terminals Ltd and CD Holding Oy) will become part of the CMA ... [+]

MNX Global Logistics opens new healthcare, life sciences logistics center in NY

MNX Global Logistics announces the opening of its healthcare and life sciences supply chain and logistics facility in New York City, located right next to JFK International Airport. This facility with validated temperature-controlled supply chain capabilities will serve as the operations and warehousing hub for our ... [+]

GPA sees busiest May for total tons, TEUs

The Port of Savannah handled 3 million tons of cargo in May, an increase of 8.9% or 247,671 tons compared the same month a year ago. Total cargo crossing all terminals reached 3.22 million tons. "Our May numbers reflect strong performances in breakbulk and containerized ... [+]

Port of Oakland import volume flat in May

Port of Oakland import cargo volume in May was unchanged from a year ago. The Port said that it handled 82,465 TEUs of import cargo in May, nearly identical to container statistics from May 2017. Export volume last month declined 8.3%. For all of 2018, ... [+]

Port of Baltimore has best quarter for 312 Years

The 312-year-old Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore had its best quarter ever during the first quarter of 2018 as a record amount of general cargo and containers made their way through the state-owned public marine terminals. A total of 2,765,247 tons of general ... [+]

$677 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 214 Airports

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $677 million in airport infrastructure grants, the first allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. The 241 ... [+]

Port Manatee, Argentina building on leading trade partnership

Port Manatee is actively enhancing its relationship with Argentina, its No. 1 source of imports, as an Argentine diplomat sees fortifying the U.S. Gulf Coast port’s role in linking Latin America’s second-most-populous nation with burgeoning Central and Southwest Florida markets. “We are looking to strengthen our ... [+]

CMA CGM’S Ze BOX, PSA unboxed sign MOU

CMA CGM’s Ze Box and PSA unboXed have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive digitalization and innovation in the shipping and supply chain ecosystem. Ze Box is CMA CGM’s corporate venture capital arm that invests in start-ups with innovations that bring strategic value ... [+]

Harbor Commissioners approve FY 2018/19 budget for Port of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $1.3 billion fiscal year (FY) 2018/19 annual budget for the Port of Los Angeles. The budget focuses on priorities set out earlier this year in the Port's revised 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, which calls for a ... [+]

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