Logistics
The US House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, an omnibus appropriations bill on Dec. 18 that includes provisions to lift the oil export ban, approve reforms to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and repeal country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork.
“The spending bill approved today contains several provisions that are important to growing the economy and keeping America competitive in the global marketplace,” said National ...
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Participants in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) have finalized a deal that will phase out tariffs on 90% of global technology exports.
Expanding the ITA will particularly benefit exporters from states such as Washington, which is home to a large number of ...
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International Terminal LLC (FIT) has renewed its long-term marine terminal lease at Port Everglades, FL. The lease is estimated to generate 75,000 container lifts (about 128,000 TEUs) and $57 million over the next 10 years of the agreement. The agreement also includes two five-year renewal ...
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Highly trained master riggers moved nine oversized specialty tanks through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, home of one of the nation’s highest weight-bearing capacity docks.
The new pressurized steel evaporator tanks, which arrived at JAXPORT from Zhangjiagang, China, are 45-feet in length, 20-feet in diameter, and ...
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HANSA HEAVY LIFT is continuing its global expansion program with new offices in Brazil and the UAE and with the appointment of a new commercial agent in Colombia.
The new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is headed by Marcello Marano, Business Development Manager, while the ...
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CSX joined with Allegheny County officials, local and state partners and members of the Stowe Township and McKees Rocks communities on December 4 to celebrate the construction of the Pittsburgh Intermodal Rail Terminal. The $60+ million facility, which is expected to commence operations in 2017, ...
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CEVA Logistics was named Logistics Company of the Year in Italy for the sixth time by Assologistica, the leading Italian association of logistics companies.
This year’s award was given in recognition of CEVA’s TireCity - a logistics hub dedicated to the warehousing, handling and cross-docking of ...
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Descartes Systems Group recently announced that Performance Food Group Company (PFG),one of the largest foodservice distributors in the United States, is streamlining its national distribution operations using Descartes Food Perform™ and Descartes Electronic Vehicle Inspection Reporting™ (Descartes eDVIR™).
"With one of the largest private truck fleets ...
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Commonwealth, Inc., a full-service third party logistics (3PL) company specializing in providing public warehousing and contract warehousing solutions, is opening a new operation in the KC region. The facility represents an investments of $3.5 million in a 101,567-sq.-ft. facility.
“When the opportunity arose to come to ...
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, along with state and local elected officials, announced on December 3 a new 30-year contract between the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Maryland Port Administration and the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s top roll on/roll off customer, global shipping and logistics ...
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