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Port of Oakland’s clean air vision: a path to zero-emissions

The Port of Oakland has announced that it has embarked on a path to emissions-free cargo operations. The ambitious target is at the heart of a draft air quality improvement plan sent out for public review June 29. It calls for reducing criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases at Oakland’s seaport – technology, feasibility and budget willing. “This is a bold and ambitious plan. Achieving a zero-emissions seaport will take years, requiring ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr Group launches global AOG service

Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a new AOG service to manage the delivery of urgent spare parts to aircraft stranded around the world. Supported by a 24/7 team of aviation professionals, it will offer the fastest and most cost-efficient solution using either air charter or scheduled cargo ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr Group, CargoLogicAir to strengthen European operations

Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) and its strategic partner CargoLogicAir (CLA) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation with Liege Airport, one of the fastest developing European airports, with the aim to strengthen their positions in the European market through development of a regional hub ... [+]

CMA CGM receives regulatory approvals for investment in CEVA

CEVA Logistics A.G. announces that CMA CGM  S.A. has obtained all regulatory approvals required in connection with its investment in CEVA and will become a regular 24.99% shareholder in CEVA. CMA CGM, the third largest container shipping group in the world, made a strategic investment in ... [+]

PFY2018 Yields Cargo Record at Port of Virginia

Driven by an increase in imports, The Port of Virginia® completed fiscal year 2018 (FY18) having handled 2.8 million TEUs, which is a volume increase of 2.4% when compared with last fiscal year. “We finished the fiscal year in positive territory – our fourth consecutive fiscal ... [+]

ILA and HEA reach new labour contract

The Halifax Port Authority would like to congratulate the Council of International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) Locals and the Halifax Employers Association for the successful ratification of a tentative new labor contract. “We are pleased to see continued positive labor relations in the Port of Halifax ,” ... [+]

Port of Oakland import cargo volume at all-time high in June

Port of Oakland containerized import volume reached an all-time high last month, according to data released today. The Port said it handled the equivalent of 87,207 20-foot import containers in June. That beat the previous monthly record of 84,835 containers set last July. June import volume ... [+]

Seaonus Stevedoring-New Orleans Granted FTZ Permission at Alabo Street

Seaonus Stevedoring-New Orleans, a division of Patriot Rail Company, has been granted permission to operate Foreign Trade Zone No. 88, the only on-dock FTZ site in New Orleans, at its Alabo Street Wharf location. The facility will offer both covered and non-covered storage for a ... [+]

Military mind could teach airfreight a thing or two, says Canadian Dragon

Airfreight should learn from the military, said the founder of the OMX procurement network and supply chain platform Nicole Verkindt. Speaking ahead of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum this October, she called on the industry to revolutionise the way it runs itself, modelled more on the ... [+]

Air Charter Service strengthens West Coast presence with new San Francisco office

Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has opened a new office in San Francisco this week, its second in the state and sixth in the US in total. “We opened our LA office seven years ago and it has steadily risen into one of ... [+]

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