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To improve efficiency and competition, Upper and Lower Mississippi River ports have signed their first Cooperation Endeavor Agreement at the National Waterways Conference’s annual meeting in September.This historic partnership could lead to significant advancements in cooperation efforts toward business development, infrastructure investment, and federal support for port operations along America’s Marine Highways 35 and 55.The signatories, convened by Corn Belt Ports, include Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District, Port of ...
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Belgium-based Aertssen Logistics has established a U.S. footprint with an international logistics site near the Port of Savannah.The equipment processing center in Rincon, Georgia, 14 miles from the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal, will serve the machinery, agriculture, equipment and construction sectors moving cargo ...
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A Deutsche Bahn AG labor union will try to block the agreed €14.3 billion (US$16 billion) sale of subsidiary DB Schenker to Danish freight firm DSV A/S, BNN Bloomberg reported.Staff representatives of the EVG union plan to vote against the deal at a crucial supervisory ...
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Breadbox Shipping is pursuing fleet renewal and has entered a new building program, Joris Jan Bakker, CEO and owner, said in a LinkedIn post.Some of the vessels owned or on long-term time charter by the group were approaching the end of their lifespan, prompting this ...
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The International Longshoremen’s Association has suspended its strike that has shut ports on the US East and Gulf coasts since 1 October.The union has agreed to resume working until 15 January during which time it will negotiate a new six-year contract with the US Maritime ...
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Global port terminal operator DP World is talking to the Mexican government about beginning operations in the country, enabling the Dubai-based giant to handle cargo heading into the U.S. from the South, the Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 25.In June, DP World initiated an intermodal ...
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South Carolina ports marked its start of the peak shipping season with an 8 percent increase in July container volumes, including a 6 percent increase in imports.
SC Ports moved 224,407 TEUs and 124,448 pier containers at the Port of Charleston last month, the highest ...
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Under the shadow of a threatened East Coast dockworkers strike, the Port of Los Angeles handled a near-record 960,597 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, in August, a 16 percent increase over the year-earlier period and the busiest non-pandemic month ever at the port.
Through eight ...
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The Alabama Port Authority is advancing on three major projects related to long-term dredge material management at the Port of Mobile are moving forward in Congress.In partnership with the Alabama Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Alabama Sen. Katie Boyd Britt ...
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Jacksonville Port Authority has received US$23 million from the Florida Legislature to purchase a new container crane for the port’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal and refurbish existing cranes at the port’s terminals.The crane addition, as well as upgrades will increase JAXPORT’s cargo handling efficiencies, allowing more ...
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