Freight News
The effort to make The Port of Virginia® the deepest port on the U.S. East Coast will begin by January 2020, following the finalization this week of a contract with an international dredging firm that will take on the project’s initial phase.
On Oct. 9, John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, signed a contract with New Jersey-based Weeks Marine to begin the deepening of the ...
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The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) director and chief executive officer James K. Lyons and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District commander Colonel Sebastien Joly signed the Mobile Harbor Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design Agreement on October 2 at the Port Authority’s headquarters ...
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LOT Cargo, a leading carrier with cargo transports to, from, and within Europe, recently signed a Master Lease Agreement with CSafe Global, the innovation leader in active temperature-controlled air cargo containers, to extend cold-chain transportation offerings to their life-science customers who ship temperature-sensitive and life-enhancing ...
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority launched 'Boxinsider' on October 2. The application allows shippers and freight forwarders to see where their containers are located at any given moment. Not only is this much more reliable than the approach used until now, it is also much ...
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Cargosphere announces that Safmarine Spot, a rate option with a loading guarantee at a fixed price at booking, is now accessible on its rates platform. This integration will enable customers to access Safmarine Spot rates with their confidential contract rates in a single rate search ...
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JAXPORT, the nation’s second-largest vehicle handling port, welcomes Ben Buben as the port’s new Director of Cargo Sales, specializing in auto and Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) cargoes.
Buben is responsible for attracting new vehicle and RoRo business to JAXPORT and managing the port’s relationships with auto processors, original ...
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Virgin Atlantic’s challenge to IAG’s dominance at London Heathrow and its plans to significantly increase its long haul route network and launch a new comprehensive network of domestic and European routes when the airport expands, promises more choice and value for cargo customers exporting and ...
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CHAMP Forwarding Systems’ Logitude, a full freight forwarding solution, now offers messaging via the INTTRA Ocean Trade Platform for communicating with ocean shipping lines. Logitude’s INTTRA feature provides a fast path to building a shipping instruction to plan, book, and track shipments.
Founded in 2001, INTTRA ...
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Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) tenant SSA Atlantic recently shipped a container filled with relief aid to the victims of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas. The container was donated by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and shipped to Freeport from JAXPORT aboard an MSC vessel.
The donated items, ...
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Liebherr Container Cranes are pleased to announce that they have received an order for two megamax ship to shore (STS) container cranes for the MSC Gate Terminal Bremerhaven. The cranes which are due for handover before the end of 2020 have an outreach of 73 ...
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