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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $92 million construction contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, to deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC) from the Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island, as part of the Channel Improvement Project (CIP). This contract will increase the depth from -47 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) to -54 ft MLLW from the jetties at the ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group has opened an Operations Base at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport to give customers in North and South America faster and more economic access to its unique range of delivery solutions.
The base is an expansion of the Group’s sales office, which was established ...
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On January 3, a fire broke out in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to additional containers. The crew of 8 officers and 15 seafarers is unharmed. Efforts to extinguish the fire in the containers were launched immediately but have ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to reach 4.36 million TEUS handled in 2018, its highest volumes ever in a calendar year. The performance would mean an increase of 8% (312,385 TEUs) compared to CY2017.
"Cargo expansion related to growth in inland markets, as well ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is stepping up its cooperation with startup cargo.one and has acquired a minority shareholding in the Berlin company. Lufthansa Cargo is thereby making the switch from early adopter to minority investor.
Berlin-based cargo.one (www.cargo.one) was founded in 2017 by Moritz Claussen, Oliver T. Neumann ...
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The Tropical Shipping vessel Tropic Hope has made her inaugural call at Halterm Container Terminal at the Port of Halifax. This is the first of two new Tropical Shipping vessels that will be calling Halifax; the Tropic Island will arrive later this year.
Tropical Shipping ...
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Since November, Port of Oakland and City officials have been circulating a draft plan to reduce the impact of transport trucks on local streets. Called the West Oakland Truck Management Plan, it’s intended to improve the quality of life for the area’s residents.
Among the plan’s ...
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Rear Admiral (USN-Ret.) Phil Greene Jr. retired from TOTE Services on Jan. 4, 2019. Culminating a maritime career spanning more than 40 years between his navy, government and private sector careers, Greene has served proudly as President of TOTE Services since 2013, overseeing some of ...
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The Port of Brownsville, the only deepwater port located on the U.S.-Mexico border, completed its first public opinion survey of port tenants, logistics, stakeholders and other service personnel, revealing that 95 percent view the port favorably, with 57 percent of respondents planning to increase their ...
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Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has marked the start of the new year by taking delivery of a Boeing 737-400 BCF, enlarging its fleet to four freighters.
The additional aircraft will support the carrier’s growing volumes, especially e-commerce shipments which now ...
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