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Schneider to add Mexico to upper Midwest intermodal service

Schneider National Inc. announced on April 21 that it will offer customers intermodal service on the newly merged Canadian Pacific Kansas City, which connects the upper Midwest of the United States and Mexico.Schneider will be a strategic intermodal carrier on CPKC’s north-south flagship intermodal service between Chicago and all major points in Mexico.“It is a natural fit to pair CPKC’s rail operating excellence and Schneider’s superior dray execution to provide ... [+]

Steady container export growth for Port Houston

Activity across Port Houston’s docks remains steady through March with total tonnage through the eight public terminals up 4% year to date, reaching 12,850,330 short tons. Amidst a nationwide softening of imports, in March, Port Houston continued to see significant demand in loaded export containers.Loaded ... [+]

WestJet Cargo, GTA Group inaugurate three 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters

WestJet Cargo, together with the GTA Group, inaugurated the launch of three 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters on April 20 in Toronto. More celebrations are planned today in Halifax and on April 25 in Vancouver. The event marked the start of a dedicated cargo service designed ... [+]

Grimaldi takes delivery of new “G5” vessel Great Antwerp

The Grimaldi Group took delivery of the vessel Great Antwerp on April 18 at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Ulsan, South Korea. This is the first of the six multipurpose ro-ro units commissioned from the Korean company just over two years ago. The ... [+]

Nearly 2,500 pieces of military cargo move through JAXPORT

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) recently facilitated the movement of nearly 2,500 pieces of U.S. military cargo, including almost 100 aircraft. The move took place during two shipments over March at the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.The U.S. Army’s South Carolina-based 841st Transportation Battalion managed ... [+]

New cargo service at Port Canaveral

Blue Water Industries, a leading national bulk materials supplier has entered into an agreement with Port Canaveral terminal operator Ambassador Services International (ASI) to import between 400,000 to 800,000 metric tons annually of various sized aggregate through Port Canaveral. Scheduled deliveries of the products originating ... [+]

Port of Corpus Christi sees record tonnage in 1st Quarter 2023

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority closed its first quarter of 2023 (Q1-2023) with record tonnage of 49.6 million tons, surpassing the year-over-year (YOY) period in 2022 by more than six million tons and nudging past the previous quarterly record of 49.5 million tons set ... [+]

Rehabilitative work to 10 steel bridges on Coos Bay Rail Line concludes

In 2019, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay received a grant of $20 million through the BUILD program from the Federal government and matching funds of $5 million from the State of Oregon to complete a comprehensive rehabilitation program for 15 steel bridges along ... [+]

Sterling Transportation Expands Service to & from the Midwest

Sterling Transportation now offers services to Chicago (ORD) and the surrounding areas of Indianapolis (IND) and Columbus (CMH) out of DFW and IAH. These expanded services will include shipments into Texas from those same endpoints in the Midwest. [+]

Cargo IQ drive on-time performance

Air cargo quality standards group Cargo IQ has updated its offset management platform ENCORE to give ground handling agents (GHAs) access to view service timelines for shipments according to their service level agreements (SLAs) with airline partners.The new access will bring ground handlers visibility over ... [+]

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