Freight News
Inc. magazine has named Port Logistics Group one of the nation’s fastest growing private companies.
Contributing to that growth was the company’s expansions into Seattle, Savannah, as well as organic growth in LA/Long Beach and New Jersey markets.
The top companies featured in Inc’s September issue
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Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk Line have agreed to cooperate in increasing the safety of Dangerous Goods. In a meeting held in Hamburg, Maersk Line showed interest to implement the Hapag-Lloyd watchdog program into their business processes.
This watchdog, together with the Hapag-Lloyd FIS (Freight Information System), is ...
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Hapag-Lloyd and a banking syndicate signed a US$ 372 million facility agreement with a term of 12 years on October 1. The company will use the loan to finance five new vessels, which were ordered in April 2015 for delivery between October 2016 and May ...
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Trade Groups Weigh In
October 5, 2015 - The American Apparel & Footwear Association today released the following statement regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.
"Free trade agreements have the potential to help U.S. industries, including ours, access new markets, new suppliers, and new customers.
"The ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations last week to work together to find solutions to the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe.
The situation has already seen more than 514,000 people cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe with ...
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EPA grant allows greener cargo-handling equipment at TraPac Terminal
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Port of Oakland $277,885 to upgrade cargo-handling equipment and reduce exhaust emissions on the waterfront. The funds will be used at TraPac marine terminal, one of five terminals operating ...
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The Houston Port Authority announces that the deepening and widening of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal is complete and the deeper channel is already attracting business.
The dredging, which took the channel from 40 to 45 feet deep to match the depth of the Houston Ship ...
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FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight, subsidiaries of FedEx Corp. will increase shipping rates effective Jan. 4, 2016.
FedEx Express will increase shipping rates by an average of 4.9% for US domestic, US export and U.S. import services.
FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery will increase ...
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Diana Containerships, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced that it signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement on Sept. 21 to sell to an unaffiliated third party the 1995-built vessel "Garnet" (formerly "APL Garnet") for demolition, with ...
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Crowley Maritime Corp. recently participated as one of several Gas Technology Institute (GTI) funding collaborators on September 21 to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) awareness training to 150 stakeholders and first responders in Jacksonville. GTI, in conjunction with the Florida State College at Jacksonville Fire ...
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