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The new Liverpool2 container terminal was officially opened today (Friday 4 November) by the UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox MP.
The £400 million investment by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s biggest port operators, will provide a state-of-the-art ocean gateway for a catchment area of over 35 million people, almost 58% of the UK’s population.
The new deep water facility will complement the existing Royal Seaforth Container ...
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CHAMP has successfully implemented their Cargospot suite of solutions for Cathay Pacific to their worldwide cargo operations. Servicing more than 100 destinations worldwide with a modern fleet of almost 200 aircraft, including 21 pure freighters, Cathay Pacific is the largest Asia-based cargo carrier, and is ...
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker visited Bogotá, Colombia, the week of October 17th to further build upon the U.S.-Colombia economic relationship. She met with President Juan Manuel Santos to reiterate U.S. support of his efforts to help Colombia reach a just and lasting peace accord ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has concluded its review of the proposed OCEAN Alliance, FMC Agreement No. 012426, and allowed it to become effective on Monday, October 24, 2016.
The announcement follows an exhaustive review process by the Commission that thoroughly examined all aspects of the ...
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“We fully expect to top last year’s container volume with another record year in 2016,” reported Port of Houston Authority Executive Director Roger Guenther to the Port Commission during a recent meeting. The Port Authority has handled more than 1.6 million TEU through its container ...
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Swiss watch exports are in their longest slump since monthly records began in 1988 after lower shipments to Hong Kong led a decline in September.
Exports dropped 5.7% to $1.7 billion.
“We’re seeing export data flatten out, but there’s no trend reversal apparent,” said Alessandro Migliorini, an ...
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Air cargo leaders and regulators from across the globe pledged to work more closely together to ensure a more efficient, safer air cargo supply chain on the opening day of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Paris, France.
The air cargo community must work towards a ...
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CaroTrans now offers Northern Europe service connection with the addition of a direct Atlanta-Gothenburg LCL service, effected October 31, 2016. The service has a 21-day transit time. A Gothenburg to Atlanta service will follow in an upcoming month.
CaroTrans, with its dedicated partner Nordicon, a leading ...
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DP World Limited handled 47.5 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals during the first nine months of 2016, with gross container volumes growing by 2.2% on a reported basis, and up 1.0% on a like-for-like1 basis.
Its European and Indian subcontinent terminals continue ...
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Work could begin next month to nearly double the size of the Port of Oakland’s second-largest marine terminal. TraPac LLC said today it’s ready to begin construction on a 57-acre expansion at the Port’s Outer Harbor. The Board of Port Commissioners approved the project at ...
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