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The Georgia Ports Authority's Board of Directors announced on February 3 that Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz will step down at the end of the Fiscal Year, June 30.
"Curtis Foltz has led the GPA to achieve great things over the past six years as Executive Director, and the six years prior as Chief Operating Officer," said Jim Walters, Chairman of the Board. "In addition to record cargo growth, GPA, under ...
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Hapag-Lloyd recently added 3,000 PrimeLINE® units to its fleet to enhance its capabilities for shipping perishable goods. This includes 1,000 of the refrigerated containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s innovative XtendFRESH™ controlled-atmosphere system.
The XtendFRESH system actively manages oxygen and carbon dioxide levels within refrigerated containers and ...
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A signing ceremony was held on Jan. 13, 2016 to officially activate a multi-agency plan outlining protocols and measures for reopening the Port of San Diego in the case of a serious incident.
The document, titled, “The Port of San Diego Maritime Emergency Restoration Plan,” was ...
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The US and EU reached an agreement on a Privacy Shield Agreement on February 2, a move that is seen as a big win since it offers a new framework to ensure transatlantic data flows.
“In today’s global economy, cross-border data flows are critical to doing ...
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Preliminary operating and financial results show that the Port of Houston Authority had a remarkable 2015, setting new records in container movements and cargo tonnage and growth. In 2015, the Port Authority handled 30.5 million tons of cargo at its facilities, surpassing the record set ...
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The flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian Airlines, also known as Saudia, is ready to welcome two new Boeing B787-9 Dreamliners the week of February 1.
Based in Jeddah, Saudia announced that in addition to these two aircraft, another six will be delivered to ...
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Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd. and SATO Corp. have collaborated to launch a global logistics IT solution to integrate purchase order, production and shipment, and transport data to provide significant labor savings to customers. This supply chain optimization tool is currently available for customers with global ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has been named International Air Cargo Carrier of the Year at the Economic Times Logistics’ Awards in India. Organized by The Economic Times, India’s largest financial daily and the world’s second largest financial daily after The Wall Street Journal, the awards aim to ...
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Hapag-Lloyd registered considerably more incorrectly declared dangerous goods last year, compared to 2014. The Watchdog program developed jointly by Hapag-Lloyd’s IT and dangerous goods experts – a special safety software that continuously checks cargo data to identify anything conspicuous identified 4,314 incorrectly declared dangerous goods ...
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MaaS Finland, the world’s first mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) company, commenced operations on February 1, raising a total of $2.48 million in its first call for funding from private investors and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes.
Sampo Hietanen, MaaS Finland’s CEO and the original ...
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