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The owners of the Dali, the 9,971-TEU containership that lost power struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore harbor, have declared “general average,” according to a spokesperson for vessel owner Grace Ocean Private Ltd.General average is a principle in maritime law in which all stakeholders proportionately share any losses resulting from the sacrifice of ship and/or cargo to save the whole in an emergency. That means the ship owner ...
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The Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees on April 23 approved a US$29.9 million construction contract to begin the first phase of an estimated US$90 million in cargo infrastructure expansion and improvement work at Galveston’s West Port Cargo Complex. Texas Gulf Construction Co. Inc. is expected ...
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Contract logistics provider DHL Supply Chain on April 30 reported strategic changes in its global leadership team, with a partial restructuring of roles and the addition of new members to the division’s global board of management.Patrick Kelleher has been promoted to CEO of DHL Supply ...
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More than half of supply chain and logistics leaders are focused on automating non-value-added and repetitive tasked with technology to improve worker productivity in the face of workforce shortages, according to a study released April 15 from Descartes Systems Group.The study, What Are Companies Doing ...
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A former U.S. attorney general is suing California over its Advanced Clean Fleets, or ACF, regulation, which requires fleets to transition to zero-emission trucks for draying, beginning this year.William Barr operates as chair of AmFree, the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Legal ...
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Bechtel, the engineering, procurement, and construction company under contract to help complete construction on Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 in Waynesboro, Georgia, on April 29 congratulated Georgia Power and Southern Nuclear on achieving commercial operations for Unit 4.“According to the World Nuclear Association, about ...
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Partners CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping are adding two heavy transport vessels, or HTVs, bring their fleet to six HTVs.The partners jointly designed the “BC-Class” vessels, which are being built by Jing Jiang Nunyan Shipbuilding Co Ltd. China.The vessels are designed to transport ultra-large and ...
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Customers moved 48.9 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the first quarter of 2024, a 1 percent decrease from the year-earlier quarter.A slight increase in crude oil shipments to 30.2 million tons, and a significant increase in agricultural shipments, were unable to ...
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CMA CGM said it is implementing a rate restoration initiative for cargo from North European and Mediterranean ports to the U.S., Canada and Mexico, effective May 1.Rate Restoration Initiative 4 (RRI04) will be enforced on tariff or service contract rates for all cargo moving under ...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined leaders from the Rio Grande Valley and the Texas A&M University System at a groundbreaking ceremony April 2, for a new 30,000-square-foot South Texas Workforce Development Project advanced manufacturing training facility at the Port of Brownsville.The center will offer programs ...
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