Freight News

Tara C. Hernandez Appointed to Board of Commissioners of Port of New Orleans

Gov. John Bel Edwards appointed Tara C. Hernandez to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Hernandez, who was sworn in during the monthly Board meeting, will serve a five-year term, succeeding Gregory R. Rusovich, one of four Orleans Parish representatives on the seven-member regional Board. Hernandez is President of New Orleans-based JCH Development, a boutique urban real estate development firm that specializes in the conversion of underutilized ... [+]

WTO Report urges members to “get trade moving again”

WTO members need to avoid putting up barriers and “get trade moving again” in order to address slow global economic growth, according to the Director-General’s mid-year report on trade-related developments issued on 25 July. The Trade Monitoring Report concludes that the “best safeguard we have ... [+]

Chiquita Returns to Port of Gulfport

Gov. Phil Bryant and officials from banana giant Chiquita Brands International recently announced the company is returning its shipping operations to the Port of Gulfport in Gulfport. “Chiquita’s return demonstrates the ‘Port of the Future,’ or the Port of Gulfport, is the right fit for companies ... [+]

COSCO Bans Shark Fin Shipments

WildAid Hong Kong offers a huge “thank you” to China COSCO Shipping Corporation Ltd., which recently announced that it will ban all shark fin shipments. COSCO joins a growing number of transport and logistics companies standing up against a brutal trade that kills millions of sharks ... [+]

Jebel Ali Port voted Best Seaport – Middle East

DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has been voted “Best Sea Port – Middle East” for the 22nd consecutive year at the recent Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards (AFLAS). The award was received by Rashid Abdulla, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP World, ... [+]

New Era for US-Mexico Trade as Air Transport Agreement Enters into Force

On July 22, 2016, the United States and Mexico exchanged diplomatic notes to bring a new Air Transport Agreement into force, reported U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a statement released by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT).  “This landmark Agreement with one of our ... [+]

North American freight by the numbers

Trucks carried more US freight by value with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico in May 2016 compared to May 2015 but declines in all other freight modes led to a 3.1% decrease to $89.8 billion in the total current dollar value of cross-border freight. May ... [+]

USDOT Announces Creation of Build America Bureau

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has established a Build America Bureau, which will drive transportation infrastructure development projects in the United States by streamlining credit and grant opportunities while providing technical assistance and encouraging innovative best ... [+]

GPA Sees TEU Volumes Top 3.6m TEUs in FY2016

Georgia Port Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch recently reported that the GPA moved 30.8 million tons of cargo and 3.6 million TEUs in FY2016. It is the second straight year that TEU volumes topped 3.6 million. Despite a decrease of 1.3% in containers for FY16, ... [+]

MSC joins CMA CGM in backing TRAXENS

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company joined CMA CGM in backing French start-up TRAXENS. “We see container monitoring as an important innovation in providing our customers with a high quality of service, while also being able to monitor our outputs accurately,” said Diego Aponte, President and CEO of ... [+]

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