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The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has awarded two of its prestigious President’s Awards to the Alabama State Port Authority’s Terminal Railway – Alabama State Docks (TASD). The award is presented at the association’s annual regional meeting to recognize outstanding achievements in safety within the short line railroad industry. James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer of the Port Authority commended the railroad’s personnel noting, “Receipt of ...
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With the ELD mandate quickly approaching, USA Truck recognized that many of their carriers and owner-operators viewed ELDs as a time-intensive and costly burden. An extensive market search was conducted to help find the best fit and most affordable option.
The result is a newly announced ...
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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released the final 2017 San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update, which sets America’s largest seaports on a path toward zero emissions operations.
The 2017 CAAP Update document, fact sheet and responses to comments are ...
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The American Trucking Associations’ Board of Directors elected Dave Manning, president of TCW Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, as the federation’s 73rd chairman.
“It is a tremendous honor to be elected by my fellow ATA members as their chairman for the coming year,” Manning said. “I look forward ...
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Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TRAC Intermodal's (TRAC) fleet of approximately 72,000 53-foot domestic chassis and related customer and hosting contracts with major Class I railroads and intermodal shipping companies throughout the United States. The transaction is ...
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JAXPORT’s public seaport terminals achieved record growth in containers, vehicles and overall tonnage during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017. JAXPORT moved more than 1 million TEUs, a 7% increase over 2016, which was also a record year in container volumes for the port.
When ...
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As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, the Panama Canal has announced the launch of the Emissions Calculator, an innovative new tool which will offer shippers the most accurate assessment of their carbon emissions, rank those who have reduced the most emissions by transiting ...
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September container activity at Port Houston’s Barbours Cut and Bayport facilities increased 22%, reports Executive Director Roger Guenther.
Additionally, all Port Houston facilities handled 28.8 million tons of cargo year to date, a 9% increase over the first three quarters of 2016. Container volume alone recorded ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide cargo handling for its new twice-weekly Being 777 freighter services to Pittsburgh International Airport.
The launch of the new route will make Qatar Airways the first international airline to commence a scheduled freighter service to ...
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Dear Trailer Bridge Customers,
Over the past several weeks we have all been working so diligently to support the people of Puerto Rico with water, tankers full of fuel, gas cans, generators, utility trucks, food, military deployment camps, and much, much more. Some of you live ...
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