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Port of Long Beach Sees April Boost

Hyundai Long Beach arrives at the Port of Long Beach's Pier T in April 2017. More ships calling at the Port of Long Beach in April thanks to new business and changes to vessel deployments helped to push container volumes 16.5% higher compared to the same month last year. For the calendar year so far, cargo volume at the Port is up 5.1% from 2016. "We continue to be on pace for ... [+]

Real-time tracking can now be booked on many routes

Lufthansa Cargo is now offering an optional tracking service, liveSensor. It allows cargo airline customers to keep an eye on their shipments over the course of the entire transport route, in real time. liveSensor can be used to not only determine where a shipment is, ... [+]

Alliance Shippers Inc. Welcomes New Business Development Director

Alliance Shippers Inc is pleased to announce the addition of Tom Charters to the role of director of business development. After entering the field of transportation and logistics nearly a quarter century ago, Charters has since evolved right along with the industry. He brings to Alliance ... [+]

GCT Deltaport welcomes largest vessel to call Canada

GCT Canada welcomed the largest container vessel to call the country at GCT Deltaport, Port of Vancouver, on May 8. The Hapag-Lloyd 13,200 TEU “Antwerpen Express” has been deployed as part of THE Alliance’s Transpacific mainline West Coast PN3 service. The Hamburg class vessel is ... [+]

Gelnius launches robust supply chain management software

Gelnius has launched a revolutionary new technology platform, according to the creators of Gelnius, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution aiming to reinvent the way global supply chains work. The Gelnius technology was originally developed from the award-winning SEKO Logistics technology, already the preferred solution helping a world ... [+]

Hamburg welcomes first 20,000 TEU containership

She is truly an ocean giant. Four hundred meters’ long and almost 59 meters’ wide, the MOL TRIUMPH, the new flagship of MOL Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan, is among the world’s largest containerships. Barely any vessel has ever been capable of loading so many ... [+]

Old Dominion Scores Major League Baseball Partnership

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. and MLB have announced that Old Dominion will be the “Official Freight Carrier for Major League Baseball.” The Thomasville, NC headquartered LTL carrier known for its premium service will introduce a fleet of nearly 30,000 trailers with MLB branding and ... [+]

Worldwide Express Names PITT OHIO Northeast LTL Carrier of the Year

PITT OHIO was selected for the first time as the 2016 Northeast LTL Carrier of the Year by Worldwide Express, a Dallas-based global package and freight-shipping firm.  Awards were presented in late April during the Worldwide Express 20th Annual National Sales Conference in San Diego. This ... [+]

Africa’s JUMIA.com marketplace signs up for SEKO expertise in fulfilment and cross-border shipping

Online marketplace JUMIA.com is partnering with SEKO Logistics to accelerate the growth of its business, which already trades with over 500,000 local companies in Africa every day. JUMIA.com - part of the JUMIA Group serving 23 African countries - was founded in 2012 and is already ... [+]

Atlas Air Worldwide Places Two 747-8 ACMI Freighters with Cathay Pacific Cargo

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announced the placement of two Boeing 747-8 Freighters into ACMI service for Cathay Pacific Cargo, a leading global airline based in Hong Kong. Both 747-8 Freighters will be operated by Atlas Air, Inc. and will fly on behalf of Cathay Pacific ... [+]

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