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Americold Teams with DP World, CPKC in Canada

Americold Realty Trust, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics, real estate and value-added services, said May 29 it has begun work on its first import-export hub to be built in Port Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The new cold storage facility, slated to open in 2026, will be the sixth operated by Americold in Canada, leveraging DP World’s maritime logistics capabilities with the rail logistics solutions of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, or ... [+]

Atlas Air Sustainability Report Shows Progress

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings released its sixth Sustainability Report 2024 May 22, highlighting the initiatives and programs that are helping move the company forward on its green journey. The progress described in the report is aligned with four key pillars in Atlas’ sustainability strategy: ‘Preserve Our ... [+]

DP World to Invest $760 Million in Port of Caucedo

DP World said May 15 it will invest US$760 million to expand the Dominican Republic Port of Caucedo, which it said would create a manufacturing and logistics hub for the Americas DP World signed a memorandum of understanding, or MoU, with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of ... [+]

US, China Agree to 90-day Pause on Tariffs

‘Liberation Day’ for many U.S. consumers and global traders came on May 14, not April 2, which was the day when President Donald Trump essentially set an embargo against Xi Jinping and China, and prohibitive tariffs against every country. And some penguins. Instead, On May 12, ... [+]

St. Bernard Opens Rehabilitated Chalmette Slip

The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, in partnership with Associated Terminals, on May 14 celebrated the completion of more than two decades of planning in the historic opening of the Chalmette Slip Rehabilitation Project. Originally constructed in 1907, the Chalmette Slip is fully operational ... [+]

Port Freeport Unveils Cold Chain Facility

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., Freeport Warehouse LLC and Port Freeport unveiled the new Cross-Dock No. 1 facility, with 80,000 square feet of chilled cross-dock warehouse located near Port Freeport’s Velasco Container Terminal. Fresh Del Monte Produce, a leading vertically integrated producer, marketer and distributor of ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Record Volumes Set to Plunge

The Port of Long Beach, after recording one of the strongest April’s on record – and its 11th consecutive month of cargo increases – is girding for a double-digit decline in shipments for May, due to the partially paused tariffs tit-for-tat. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved ... [+]

Long Beach Port Supports 2.7M US Jobs, Study

As one of the busiest U.S. seaports, the Port of Long Beach supports 2.7 million jobs across the nation, including more than 1.1 million in California, according to a port-commissioned study conducted by Boston-based EBP US found. In the five-county Southern California region, more than 691,000 ... [+]

Tariff Tensions Temper Maersk’s ’25 Forecast

Danish shipping giant Maersk posted better-than-expected first quarter operating profit but warned that the ongoing tariff trade war between China and the U.S. could stunt global container volumes. Maersk said first quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, of US$2.71 billion for the ... [+]

Loadsmart Hires Kelley COO to Oversee Brokerage

Chicago-based logistics solutions provider Loadsmart said Geoff Kelley has joined the company as COO and will oversee its brokerage, 4PL and managed transportation services. Kelley was president of Nolan Transportation Group (NTG) and Transportation Insight (TI), where he helped lead the company through a period of ... [+]

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