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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has acquired a 100% shareholding in its former WFS Ireland joint venture after buying the minority shareholding of its partners, Gerry Jackson and Brendan Byrne. The transaction was completed at the end of March.
Gerry Jackson retired from the company at the end of 2017 but Brendan Byrne will continue in his role as President of WFS Ireland. The successful venture in Ireland – covering cargo handling ...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) celebrated the completion of their newly constructed offices at Port Freeport with an official ribbon-cutting on May 3. Attending the event were CBP leadership and officers, Port Commissioners, members of Port management, and several Port tenants
"We are pleased to ...
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government announced the Holy Month of Ramadan will start on Wednesday, May 16 or Thursday, May 17 and continue for 30 days until Thursday, June 14 or Friday, June 15.
During this period, the FedEx Trade Networks office in Dubai will ...
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AFF Global Logistics (AFF), the largest U.S. domestic ocean freight forwarder specializing in less-than-container-load freight shipments, has acquired Alaskan Express (AE). AFF is currently owned by The Resolute Fund II, L.P., a private equity fund managed by The Jordan Company, L.P., and AFF's management team.
Headquartered ...
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On April 30th, President Trump signed proclamations extending temporary exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs for certain countries.
Presidential Proclamation Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States
Presidential Proclamation Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States
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At the invitation of Vice Premier Liu He and at the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the United States trade delegation, led by Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and including Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Assistant to the ...
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On May 1, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from China and India.
“The dumping of goods below market value in the United States is something the Trump Administration ...
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FreightSnapAsia Ltd. signed an exclusive manufacturing and distribution agreement during WCA’s 10th Annual Worldwide Conference in Singapore, March 5, 2018. The agreement confirms WCA’s official endorsement of FreightSnapAsia – the official distributor of FreightSnap products in the Asia region.
“We are very excited about WCA ...
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Port of Oakland import volume dipped last month while export growth flattened during a seasonal lull in containerized trade.
The port reported that March imports declined 1.9% compared to March 2017. Exports were essentially flat – down just 0.5%.
The port attributed declining import volume to post-Lunar ...
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Werner Enterprises President and CEO Derek Leathers and Operation Freedom driver Quinton Ward joined President Trump to speak about the positive impact of recent tax cuts during a White House event on Thursday, April 12.
“With tax cuts, we’ve been able to increase our capital investment ...
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