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Navios Maritime Containers L.P. Announces $10.0 Million Unit Repurchase Program

Navios Maritime Containers L.P. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a unit repurchase program for up to $10.0 million of the Company’s common units over a one-year period. Unit repurchases will be made from time to time for cash in open market transactions at prevailing market prices or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing and amount of repurchases under the program will be determined by Navios Containers’ management based ... [+]

New Port of Corpus Christi Commissioner Catherine Tobin Hilliard Sworn In

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s newest Commissioner and only the fourth woman appointed to the Port Commission, Catherine Tobin Hilliard, was sworn in on February 19. A native of San Diego, Texas, Hilliard attended the University of Texas – Austin and earned her Juris Doctorate ... [+]

Onfleet Wins First Place at 2019 RTech Supply Chain Innovation Awards

Onfleet, whose cloud-based software makes it easy for businesses to manage last mile delivery operations, announced today that it took home the top honor at the 2019 RTech Supply Chain Innovation Awards. Organized by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), the trade association for the ... [+]

Turkish Cargo signed DoKaSch Temperature Solutions

Turkish Cargo has signed a Master Rental Agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions, the provider of climate-controlled solutions for air cargo based in Frankfurt, Germany. Its Opticooler is regarded as one of the safest containers for transporting temperature-sensitive products such as vaccines and other pharmaceuticals by air. “As ... [+]

US Maritime Workforce Grows to 650,000

Following last month’s news of 304,000 U.S. jobs created in January, Transportation Institute (TI) announced a 30% increase in domestic maritime job creation enabled by the Jones Act. Thanks to the law, the industry now employs nearly 650,0000 Americans across all 50 states and contributes ... [+]

FleetMAX Matches Private Fleet Empty Backhauls with Shipment Opportunities

Kuebix, creator of a transportation management system that delivers true freight intelligence, introduces FleetMAX, a program designed to fill the empty backhauls of private fleets and offer much needed truckload capacity to the marketplace. Fleet owners can now eliminate empty miles and generate additional profit ... [+]

GoShip.com Expands Shipping Services into Canada

GoShip.com, an online less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping exchange, announced that it is expanding its shipping services to and from Canada. GoShip.com is expanding its shipping radius to reach across the northern border. This new development follows the addition of new features to GoShip.com’s online shipping platform, including ... [+]

MASKWORLD Masters Peak Season Shipping Volumes Using Descartes pixi* WMS™

Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that MASKWORLD (Metamorph GmbH), Germany's leading ecommerce vendor for costumes and disguises, has deployed the Descartes pixi* warehouse management system (WMS) to keep pace with peak season spikes in shipping volumes. The ... [+]

First Kia Telluride crosses Brunswick docks

The first of Kia's new Telluride vehicles were loaded for export onto the Roll-on/Roll-off vessel Sirius today at the Port of Brunswick on February 26. The 8-person SUVs are destined for ports around the Arabian Peninsula. "The Telluride is a bold, capable new offering, and the largest ... [+]

CargoSphere Announces Rate Integration and Single Sign On with CargoWise One

CargoSphere, the neutral rate network for container shipping, recently announced a seamless integration with CargoWise One, WiseTech Global's flagship product. WiseTech Global is a leading developer and provider of software solutions to the logistics execution industry globally, whose customers include 12,000 of the world's logistics companies ... [+]

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