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Following a fifth consecutive year in 2018 of record tonnage handled at the Port of Montreal, and the likelihood of similar anticipated growth in the coming years, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has decided to work in priority with its terminal operators, Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGTP) and Termont Montreal Inc., to accelerate the execution of its business strategy for its container terminal project at Contrecoeur.
"In 2018, we handled a ...
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A $67 million waterfront expansion concluded at the Port of Oakland this month, as TraPac marine terminal opened its newest vessel berth to arriving container ships.
The milestone signals completion of a 2-year project at Oakland’s second-largest terminal that has:
• Nearly doubled TraPac’s footprint from 66 ...
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Columbus Business First recently reported that a tenfold increase in cargo volume at Rickenbacker International Airport is expected to spur $1.3 billion in development through 2036 – about half from private companies.
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The Intermodal Association of North America released, in print and digital format, a first-of-its-kind resource, "The IANA Guide to Chassis Inspection and Repair: Intermodal Recommended Practices." The Guide details all the elements for the inspection, repair and replacement of components on the North American fleet ...
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A new mobile harbor crane for Port Canaveral has arrived at the Port’s North Cargo Berth 5. The mammoth crane arrived early Friday morning aboard the heavy load carrier, Happy Dover. The 270-foot tall Liebherr LHM 600 – the largest mobile harbor crane in the ...
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Norfolk Southern says it generated more than 60K carloads of new rail traffic in 2018 through collaborative efforts that helped 90 industries locate or expand business operations along the company's rail lines.
The company says 72 new and 18 expanded industries across 17 states represented an ...
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For the 10th consecutive year, the state-owned, public marine terminals at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore received a top rating on an annual security assessment from the U.S. Coast Guard for 2018. The Coast Guard conducts annual and thorough examinations of the Port’s ...
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ZIM and the members of the 2M Alliance, Maersk and MSC, recently announced a second strategic cooperation agreement following the agreement announced in July 2018 in the Asia-US East Coast Trade.
The new strategic operational agreement, which will be a combination of Vessel Sharing, Slot exchange ...
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DHL Express will make its largest ever investment in Denmark and the Nordic countries with a new hub at Copenhagen Airport. The hub will significantly improve the speed and quality of DHL Express’ activities in the region. With new state-of-the-art automated systems, DHL will be ...
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Lufthansa Cargo will take delivery of a fourth brand-new freighter in the current calendar year. The 777F freighter will be leased from Boeing and operated by AeroLogic (3S) at Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ). This will take the AeroLogic fleet to twelve aircraft this year. The newest ...
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