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Tesla Opens Factory in Holland for Pan European Delivery

Tesla opened a new factory in the Netherlands in September to supply European customers with its Model S luxury sport sedans. The factory, located in Tilburg, streamlines the production process for European deliveries of Model S cars. The Tilburg factory builds Model S with parts expertly manufactured in Tesla’s US factory in Fremont, California. In Tilburg, assembly includes installation of the battery pack, powertrain and rear axle, and the cars first ... [+]

Steve Tyndal Joins Port of Brownsville Staff

Veteran port executive Steve Tyndal has joined the staff at the Port of Brownsville as senior director of marketing and business development. He comes from Port Manatee, Florida, where he held a similar position for 20 years. At the Port of Brownsville, he is responsible for ... [+]

McKesson to Open DC in Hamptonburgh, NY

Healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corp. plans to open a new distribution center in Hamptonburgh, NY in Summer 2017. The 340,000-sq.-ft. facility will add to the company’s existing network capacity and help to service parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. ... [+]

FTZ 8 Alternative Site Framework Doubles in Size

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, which has been the grantee of the Foreign Trade Zone 8 since 1971, has recently been approved for the reorganization and expansion of the Zone under the Alternative Site Framework to serve Erie, Fulton, Ottawa, Paulding and Williams Counties. The ... [+]

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Launches Cloud-Based RFID Yard Management System

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution has launched PINC Solutions' cloud-based advanced yard management system to help manage imports and exports for its food and beverage customers, U.S. Customs & Border Protection Centralized Examination Station (CES) and container freight station (CFS) services. Through this system, each ... [+]

FBJNA extends its sincere condolences to the people of France

FBJNA extends its sincere condolences to the people of France after the horrendous terrorist attacks that inflicted Paris on November 13. Despite these barbaric acts that want to provoke, France will remain a country where freedom is a value, a right, a duty for humanity. En ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Surpasses Previous TEU Records

Speaking out to a sold-out crowd at the 29th Annual State of the Port Address hosted by International Freight Forwarders & Custom Brokers Association of New Orleans (IFFCBANO), Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary LaGrange revealed that the port surpassed the half-million mark ... [+]

North Carolina Port Potential

Adam Wasserman Managing Partner at Global Logistics Development Partners LLC (GLDPartners) recently commented that the potential of the North Carolina State Ports Authority has been debated and well-overhyped in the past, but comments: “The reality is that over the next few decades, the NC transport ... [+]

New Chief for BA

IAG has announced that Alex Cruz is to replace Keith Williams as chairman and chief executive of British Airways in April 2016 when Williams retires after 18 years at the airline. Alex Cruz is chairman and chief executive of Vueling currently. In his new role, he ... [+]

Turkish Cargo Announces New Freighter Services

Turkish Cargo has just inaugurated its new freighter services to Atlanta, New York (U.S.A.), Kinshasa (Congo), London Stansted (U.K.), Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Doha (Qatar). As from the beginning of the Winter Schedule 2015, Turkish Cargo will be providing freighter services to 280 destinations, including 55 freighter ... [+]

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