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Descartes Systems Group, the on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions provider, announced that the Descartes Air Messaging solution has streamlined the transmission of air shipment data according to the International Air Transport Association’s ONE Record messaging standard.
IATA’s ONE Record initiative aims to help airlines, their partners and service providers digitize air cargo messaging services by Jan. 1, 2026, replacing the traditional exchange of documents using Cargo-IMP and Cargo XML standards.
Designed specifically for the ...
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The Port of Brownsville is advancing on more than US$300 million in projects at the port, including creating U.S. operation for Mexican trade.
Food manufacturer Westa Inc., the first tenant of the Port of Brownsville’s 118-acre business park, is finalizing the layout for its US$20 million ...
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Six industry associations, supported by more than 40 maritime stakeholders, have released a consolidated and enhanced publication: Best Management Practices (BMP) for Maritime Security (MS).
The industry organizations are BIMCO; International Chamber of Shipping, or ICS; International Marine Contractors Association or IMCA; the International Association of ...
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Drewry, the maritime research and consultancy, said its World Container Index decreased 4 percent to USUS$2,168 per 40-foot equivalent unit, or FEU, the week of March 25.
The latest Drewry WCI composite index is 79 percent below the previous pandemic peak of USUS$10,377 in September 2021 ...
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The Trump administration has nominated Derek Barrs to serve as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator after acting administrator Adrienne Camire inexplicably disappeared from the agency’s top post, Transport Topics reports.
Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol chief with more than three decades of public safety ...
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Galveston Wharves staff and construction contractors have provided updates on five projects totaling US$77.5 million to expand and improve our West Port Cargo Complex.
Funding for the projects comes from a US$36 million state grant and port cash reserves, largely generated from our growing cruise business.
Here’s ...
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MSC Verona, an LNG-powered 16,000 twenty-foot equivalent-unit, or TEU, container ship, on March 24 became the largest cargo ship to ever visit the Port of Boston’s Conely Container Terminal.
MSC Verona is 1,200 feet long – the length of four football fields – and 167 feet ...
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The World Trade Center New Orleans, or WTCNO hopes to utilize comprehensive analysis to optimize global commodity flows and maximize the economic benefits of the Lower Mississippi River region.
The Lower Mississippi River Commodity Analysis represents a collaborative effort between Louisiana’s five-deep draft ports along the ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, or PANYNJ, on March 27 approved a lease extension for A.P. Moller – Maersk’s APM Terminals Elizabeth lease through December 2062, Maersk reported.
Originally set to expire in 2029, the 33-year lease extension marks a significant milestone ...
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APM Terminals has acquired the Panama Canal Railway Co., or PCRC, from Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd and the Lanco Group/Mi‑Jack.
PCRC operates a 47-mile, single-line railway adjacent to the Panama Canal that mainly facilitates cargo movement between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In 2024, the ...
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