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Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project complete through

Federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District on May 23 to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The project deepened 11 miles of the federal shipping channel—from the sea buoy to Blount Island—to a depth of 47 feet from its previous depth of 40 feet.The 47-foot harbor provides the channel depth ... [+]

Port of Corpus Christi sets new tonnage, revenue records

The Port of Corpus Christi experienced double-digit volume growth in the first four months of 2022, establishing new records for tonnage and revenues. Through the end of April its customers moved 59.2 million tons of cargo through the Port of Corpus Christi, representing a 10.4% ... [+]

Port of Los Angeles has 2nd best April

The Port of Los Angeles handled 887,357 TEUs in April 2022, the second-best April in its 115-year history. Four months in to 2022, the Port has processed more than 3.5 million TEUs, 1% ahead of last year’s record pace.“We’ve had a remarkably strong start to ... [+]

SmartCargo joins Cargo iQ

Provider of cloud-based air cargo solutions to the global air cargo industry SmartKargo has joined cross-stakeholder organization Cargo iQ. SmartKargo offers a suite of scalable applications including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a booking portal, and its end-to-end e-commerce shipping solution for global airlines. It joins Cargo iQ ... [+]

Deutsche Post DHL Group, Volvo Trucks order up to 44 electric trucks 

Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero exhaust emission vehicles. DHL intends to intensify its transition to heavy electric trucks by deploying a total of 44 new electric Volvo trucks on routes in Europe. The intended ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Has Record-Setting April

The Port of Long Beach achieved its most active April, continuing a streak of single-month records set in 2022. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 820,718 TEUs of container cargo last month, up 10% from the previous record set in April 2021. Imports rose 9.2% to 400,803 ... [+]

Port of Savannah moves nearly 500K TEUs in record April

The Port of Savannah handled 495,782 TEU equivalent container units in April, a record for the month of April and the Georgia Ports Authority’s third busiest month ever. GPA’s Garden City Terminal now handles nearly one out of every nine loaded containers crossing the nation’s ... [+]

Challenge Group joins The Air Charter Association

Challenge Group is the new member of The Air Charter Association and wishes to actively contribute to its activities. The company thus joins the leading worldwide trade association for companies and individuals engaged in aircraft charter.Inspired by the concept of the shared economy as foundation ... [+]

Lineage Logistics acquires Mandai Link

Lineage Logistics, LLC, the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, announced it has acquired Mandai Link Logistics, marking the company’s market entry into Singapore. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Mandai established Singapore’s first fully automated cold storage ... [+]

ONE launches new eCommerce platform

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the launch of its refreshed eCommerce platform, which has been developed to enhance the customer’s journey with a more personalized and engaging user experience.The platform provides enhanced user interface features to improve ONE’s customer’s interaction, and experience. It links ... [+]

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