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The U.S. Department of Transportation said it will distribute more than US$728 million for 37 projects that aim to bolster the nation’s freight infrastructure.The funds are available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Mega Program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grant Program.The Mega Program, known as the National Infrastructure Project Assistance program, was established in 2021 and Congress has dedicated US$5 billion to the program over a five-year period.INFRA is ...
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The Port of New Orleans said it has been awarded a federal grant for an additional US$226.2 million towards the building of the Louisiana International Terminal, or LIT.The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the funding through the competitive grant program for Infrastructure for Rebuilding America ...
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Despite a strong December, container volumes handled at Port Houston in 2023 fell 4 percent to 3.8 million TEUs, short of the port’s record-setting year in 2022.The decrease was attributed to a large drop in empty repositioning volumes, the port said, while its strong exports ...
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A.P. Moller Maersk held a naming ceremony for the Ane Maersk, the world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel, at the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.The Ane Maersk is the first of 18 large-methanol-enabled Maersk vessels to be delivered through 2025. It ...
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Enstructure, a U.S. marine terminal and logistics company, has agreed with the Jacksonville Port Authority to lease and develop 79 acres of waterfront property at JAXPORT’s Tallyrand Marine TerminalEnstructure is parent company of Jacksonville-based Seonus Stevedoring, a JAXPORT tenant for 27 years, that operates 35 ...
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will hold an informal public hearing on Feb. 7 to examine how conditions in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden regions are impacting commercial shipping and global supply chains.The FMC is seeking input from supply chain stakeholders on how ...
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Third-party logistics provider C.H. Robinson said it has advanced the digitization of the less-than-truckload industry by implementing an electronic bill of lading with 10 of the top LTL carriers and is in progress with four more.Standards for electronic bill of ladings (eBOLs) were developed by ...
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Atlas Air Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., said it has taken delivery of a Boeing 777 Freighter, which it will operate on behalf of customer MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA, as part of a previously announced long-term ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance, ...
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Kicking off 2024, the Montreal Port Authority’s lead looked back at development on projects in 2023, and a look towards the Canadian port’s future.
Geneviève Deschamps, interim president and CEO, appointed in August, detailed a few projects in the port’s recent in-house publication, Logbook. Meanwhile, the ...
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The Port of Long Beach expect to ride the steel wheels towards becoming a zero-emission seaport, CEO Mario Cordero said Jan. 17 during his seventh state-of-the-port address.
Construction is expected to start this year on the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, which aims to move ...
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