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CN welcomes Whirlpool Canada distribution centre to Calgary Logistics Park

CN celebrated the groundbreaking of Whirlpool Canada's new distribution centre now under construction at CN's Calgary Logistics Park in Rocky View County, Alberta. "We are very pleased to welcome Whirlpool Canada as a major tenant in our state-of-the-art Calgary Logistics Park," said Andrew Fuller, assistant vice-president of domestic intermodal at CN. "By locating at our Calgary Logistics Park, Whirlpool can provide customers with the supply chain and logistics flexibility they need to service ... [+]

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Expands E-Commerce Delivery Platform, Acquires Special Logistics Dedicated LLC

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Special Logistics Dedicated, LLC (SLD), and its affiliated entities, subject to customary closing conditions.  “SLD’s strong customer base and strategically placed fulfillment centers position us as a top national pool distribution ... [+]

Federal, provincial and Indigenous leaders join CP to launch special cross-country block party tour

Canadian Pacific launched its CP Canada 150 train tour with a kickoff ceremony at its Calgary headquarters on July 25 with federal and provincial government officials and members of the Tsuut'ina Nation, who blessed the train. The train headed west to Port Moody, B.C., for the ... [+]

Paragon Software Systems Enhances Route Execution with Visibility of Sub-contracted Vehicles

Paragon Software Systems, Inc., announces the company can now help logistics operations gain added visibility of sub-contracted loads through its advanced routing and scheduling software. Following enhancements to the company’s Route Execution module, data can now be combined from as many as 35 different telematics ... [+]

Port Manatee container volume sets annual record – with two months to go

Port Manatee’s container volume for the first 10 months of its current fiscal year has already reached a full-year record. During the 10-month period from Oct. 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017, Port Manatee saw moves of 32,907 twenty-foot-equivalent container units – significantly more than the Florida Gulf ... [+]

South Alabama Property Receives CSX Select Site Designation

CSX announced that the South Alabama Mega Site in Bay Minette, Ala., has been designated a CSX Select Site. Select Sites are development-ready properties along the CSX network where standard land use considerations and comprehensive due-diligence items have been previously addressed. These properties are pre-positioned to ... [+]

Schiphol cargo puts focus on pharma, e-commerce; volumes grow 8.7% in 1st half 2017

Cargo volumes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol grew 8.7% to 866,713 tonnes between January and June 2017, up from 797,069 tonnes during the same period in 2016. Europe’s third busiest hub welcomed an additional 153 full freighter flights in the first half of the year, making a ... [+]

Port of Baltimore Continues to Set Records in 2017

For the first time, the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals surpassed 1 million tons of general cargo in one month, handling a total of 1,007,704 tons in May and leapfrogging past the previous record of 923,030 tons set in January.  The ... [+]

OmniTRAX Receives BNSF Premier Transload Facility Designation

The transload facility operated by the OmniTRAX, Inc.-managed Sands Spring Railway Company (SS) was named by BNSF as a Premier Status location, signifying superior performance, a comprehensive service offering and a minimum capacity level. BNSF awards a limited number of Premier Status partner facilities during ... [+]

CX North America Releases Freight Vision Mobile App

CX North America Information Services, Inc. announced the availability of the Freight Vision Mobile App, a new product designed to give a range of users, especially at the management level, visibility over the status of their freight operations anytime and anywhere. Nicknamed the "4:00 a.m. ... [+]

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