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To provide adequate resources for three key federal programs that help fund multimodal port-related infrastructure in the United States, the American Association of Port Authorities
(AAPA) – the unified and recognized voice of America’s seaports – has sent a letterto the leadership of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees’ Subcommittee on
Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD).
The letter commends the subcommittees’ leadership on their commitment to fund multimodal ...
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A MOU has been signed between Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Sjømatterminalen AS to operate the Seafood Center at Oslo Airport. The Seafood Center will handle up to 250.000 tons of Seafood annually in a facility designed to meet industry requirements for cool chain logistics ...
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The Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC) announces that Turn5, an award-winning eCommerce retailer, will open a new distribution center in the Kansas City metro area. The new operation is a 365,000-square-foot space located in Lenexa.
Turn5’s Kansas City area office will serve as an extension ...
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The Port of Virginia® will be receiving a $456,000 grant from the federal government’s Marine Highway Program to enhance cargo operations at Richmond Marine Terminal (RMT) and support growing cargo volumes on the port’s regular barge service to that terminal.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has ...
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Port of Oakland total container volume increased 3.6% in July, according to port data. The Port said the rise over July 2017 totals was driven by an increase in empty container shipments to Asia.
Import cargo volume declined 0.6% in July, the Port said. Exports were ...
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The Duluth Seaway Port Authority (DSPA) has unanimously appointed Deb DeLuca as executive director, effective August 16. She is the first woman to be given the position in the organization’s 60-plus year history.
The search committee reviewed dozens of applications and interviewed a series of highly ...
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Kuebix, creator of a transportation management system that delivers freight intelligence, is making it easier for shippers to access a vast ecosystem of dedicated truckload carriers. Kuebix customers can now leverage the community of Kuebix approved brokers to supplement existing capacity with reliable alternatives. As ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has transported over 25 tonnes of vaccines from Milan to BH airport, Bello Horizonte in Brazil on its Boeing 777 freighter aircraft. This is the largest shipment of vaccines that the air cargo carrier has transported on a single flight and it is ...
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Nonstop seasonal charter services connecting Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), China, started on August 3, 2018. The service is provided by China Eastern Airlines and is the region’s first nonstop air link with China.
Aircraft utilized on the route is a ...
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AAPA urged key House and Senate Appropriators to adequately fund the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) navigation program in a final FY 2019 Energy and Water Development (E&WD) Appropriations bill.
In a letter to Congressional leaders delivered on August 9, AAPA supports specific funding ...
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