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Carrier Transicold Advances NaturaLINE Capabilities

At Intermodal Europe 2017 this week, Carrier Transicold is announcing that it has deepened the frozen range of its NaturaLINE® container refrigeration unit. It now achieves and maintains a frigid minus 40 degrees Celsius. Carrier Transicold is also pleased to report that one of the world's leading container leasing companies, Seaco, has ordered 100 of the NaturaLINE units. Additionally at Intermodal Europe, Carrier Transicold is introducing the new TripWise(tm) diagnostic software option, which can help significantly reduce expenses ... [+]

Carrier Transicold Commemorates 50 Years of Innovation

In 2018, Carrier Transicold will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the refrigeration system design that helped revolutionize the global transport of perishable and frozen goods via shipping container. "The year ahead marks the golden anniversary of Carrier's pioneering front-wall or 'picture frame' container refrigeration unit design," ... [+]

Delta Cargo Expands DASH Critical, Medical Shipment Locations

Following the successful introduction of Delta Cargo's DASH Critical & Medical earlier this year, the service is now available from 15 U.S. locations with the product launching from Boston. Further expansion is planned next year. DASH Critical & Medical is the first fully GPS-enabled, same-day product ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 3.3% in October

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 3.3% in October, following a 1.9% decline during September. In October, the index equaled 147.6 (2000=100), up from 142.9 in September. Compared with October 2016, the SA index surged 9.9%, which was the largest ... [+]

Bolloré Logistics-Oro Inc. Partnership Launches Order-to-Delivery B2B E-Commerce Platforms

International transport and logistics leader Bolloré Logistics has partnered with Oro Inc. in a global venture offering clients one-stop B2B e-commerce sales and processing service. The innovation creates an enhanced means for multichannel retailers to do business with customer companies, and simplifies and speeds order ... [+]

CEVA promotes Jérôme Lorrain to COO Freight Management

CEVA Logistics, has announced that Jérôme Lorrain has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer Freight Management adding the responsibility for Air and Ocean Freight to his current position as head of the ground business line. Lorrain will continue to serve on the company's Executive Board ... [+]

Opinion: Without A Strong Ex-Im Bank, America Stands to Fall Behind Foreign Competition

The president's recent tour across Asia highlighted America's need for a robust export credit agency to support American businesses in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Paired with poor leadership, a weak Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank poses a huge risk to the competitiveness of American exporters. In a ... [+]

POLB Receives U.S. EPA Grant to Cut Pollution

The Port of Long Beach has been awarded $2.4 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), Foss Maritime and Curtin Maritime replace equipment with zero-emission or cleanest-available equipment. The Diesel Emission Reduction Act money will enable SSA to retrofit ... [+]

Port Freeport, Panama Canal Authority Extend Partnership

On November 9th, Port Freeport Commissioners agreed to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) for an additional five years. In 2012, both parties signed the MOU as a joint effort to help promote business between the ACP and Port ... [+]

Port of Brownsville FTZ Ranks 2nd in US for Exports

Foreign Trade Zone No. 62 (FTZ) at the Port of Brownsville ranks second in the nation for the value of exports during 2016, according to the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board's annual report to Congress released Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Dorchester County, South Carolina, and Miami-Dade ... [+]

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