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Haier-owned GE Appliances said Aug. 13 that it plans to invest more than US$3 billion over five years in its U.S. operations and workforce following the Trump administration's tariff policies aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing, Reuters reported.
GE Appliances said the investment is aimed at expanding the company's air conditioning and water heating portfolio, increasing production output and modernizing its 11 U.S. manufacturing plants with new automation and capital equipment, the ...
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The Oregon Port of Coos Bay has executed two major federal grant agreements with the U.S. Department of Transportation, a pivotal milestone for the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port, or PCIP, and reinforcing the growing momentum behind the region's significant infrastructure efforts.
The executed grants – awarded ...
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Thomas Bek, a 29-year veteran of Blue Water, is succeeding CEO Søren Nørgaard Thomsen, who is leaving the transport and logistics group after seven years.
There has been significant development at the Danish transport and logistics group since 2018, when Thomsen took over as CEO, Blue ...
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Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. on July 29 announced an agreement to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, connecting more than 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking about 100 ports within it’s the combined ...
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U.S. seaborne grain shipments improved 9 percent in the first half of 2025, despite retaliatory tariffs that caused U.S. grain exports to China to plummet 57 percent in the same period, said BIMCO, the Danish shipping association.
The first half result was driven by stronger maize ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority’s fiscal year 2025 was its second-busiest year on record, with container volume reaching 5.7 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, an 8.6 percent increase, or 400,000 TEUs compared to fiscal year 2024.
The growth shows continuing strength in Georgia’s logistics trajectory. The ports’ busiest year ...
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Hanseatic Global Terminals said it has launched Hanseatic Global Terminals Latin America, the brand’s first-ever regional expansion and a significant step in the company’s mission to strengthen its global terminal network and enhance service offerings worldwide.
With this launch, the Hapag-Lloyd subsidiary, founded in 2024, has ...
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The Port of Palm Beach has signed a new lease agreement with Thalle Construction Co. and SAB Solutions that will increase inbound shipments and diversify the port’s cargo profile.
Effective August 1, the companies will lease two acres along the port’s southwest perimeter to support the ...
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Georgia Ports broke ground in July on a new PermaCold Logistics 216,000 square-foot cold storage facility near Brunswick, adding 30,000 pallet positions.
The building is being developed by Ti Cold and Karis Cold for PermaCold Logistics at Tidewater Industrial Park in Darien, Ga. Located five minutes ...
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British International Freight Association Director General Steve Parker, while echoing BIFA’s support for Heathrow Airport’s long overdue expansion, has called for the UK government to get on with it.
"Over the past decades, successive UK governments have shown a singular lack of vision in the face ...
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