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Big expansion for Kennesaw cold storage

A M King, a fast-growing design-build company, said it has begun renovating and expanding a distribution center in Kennesaw, Ga., owned by Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corp. The project will provide additional food-grade warehouse space to help ABW meet the increasing storage demands of current and new clients requiring temperature-controlled storage and handling services. A M King will design and construct a new, 162,366-square-foot space to create room for ABW clients’ confectionary ... [+]

AA Cargo Expands in Mexico with new Agent

American Airlines Cargo announces that it has selected G Force GSA Mexico as its new General Sales Agent (GSA) in Mexico, following the retirement of American’s current GSA. The American and G Force partnership will also provide local sales expansion into five new locations to ... [+]

Ward Transport Offer New Service

Beginning on July 10th, Ward Transport & Logistics Corp. began launching a new dynamic expedited service for customers in the Mid-Atlantic region and throughout North America. According to Mike Moss, Chief Operating Officer at Ward, "This new service will be available for ground and air in ... [+]

US Coast Guard Welcomes New Commander

On June 20, 2017, Captain Randal Ogrydziak relinquished command of the Marine Safety Unit of the United States Coast Guard, located in Port Arthur, Texas, to Captain Jackie Twomey. Capt. Ogrydziak has commanded the Marine Safety Unit since July 2014 and will enter retirement after 38 years of service ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd Names Guayaquil Express

Hapag-Lloyd recently held the naming ceremony in Hamburg for the “Guayaquil Express,” the fourth of five newbuildings in its 10,500 TEU class. The patron is Christine Kühne, wife of Klaus-Michael Kühne, majority shareholder and Honorary Chairman of Kühne + Nagel International AG. Among those attending ... [+]

CMA CGM Sells LA Terminal Stake

CMA CGM has signed a sale agreement for the Port of Los Angeles’ Global Gateway South Terminal.  On June 30, CMA CGM signed a binding agreement for the sale of a 90% equity interest in Global Gateway South terminal in Los Angeles for a cash consideration ... [+]

CEVA achieves CEIV certification in Singapore

CEVA Logistics has been awarded IATA's CEIV status at its facility in Singapore.  CEIV is designed to indicate a company or branch's level of competency as well as operational and technical prepared​ness in the global transportation by air of pharmaceutical products.   A certified pharmaceutical location ... [+]

Long Beach Ranked Top North American Seaport

The Port of Long Beach was again named the Best North American Seaport at the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards held June 29 in Singapore. This is the third consecutive year and the 19th time in the last 22 years that the Port of ... [+]

Port of Halifax receives largest containerized cargo vessel to date

The Port of Halifax has received its largest containerized cargo vessel call to date on June 29. The Zim Antwerp is 349 meters in length, and has a 45.6 meter beam and 10,062 TEU capacity. It docked at Halterm International Container Terminal. “With three services calling ... [+]

CSSC launches new marine service business with state-of-art logistics center

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has formally launched a new business CSSC Marine Service Co.,Ltd, to coincide with the inauguration of their new logistic centre within the Yangshang free trade zone, Shanghai. The inauguration was marked with a ceremony on June 30, attended by over 150 ... [+]

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