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Rodger Rees, Galveston Wharves port director and CEO, was elected president of the Texas Ports Association for a two-year term.
Rees, who has served on the association’s board since 2023, began his term Oct. 21. The organization represents 21 maritime ports and industry affiliates along the Texas Gulf Coast and inland waterways.
During the 2027 Texas legislative session, Rees will work with association members and Executive Director Jade Gillespie to advocate for ...
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Trailer Bridge appointed Charles Gittens chief executive officer, effective Nov. 2.
Gittens brings more than 30 years of transportation and logistics experience, including leadership roles in ocean transportation and Caribbean trade.
He most recently served as president of trade for King Ocean Services, overseeing operations involving the ...
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DHL Group said Robert Schneider will become executive vice president of investor relations April 1, succeeding Martin Ziegenbalg, who plans to retire in May after 25 years with the company.
Schneider is currently senior vice president for institutional investors. He joined DHL Group in 2011 and ...
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ATS International Services has named Jay Thomassen vice president and general manager, expanding his responsibilities across the company's commercial and operational functions.
Thomassen previously served as vice president of commercial services and has more than 35 years of international and ocean transportation experience. He joined ATS ...
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FBJNA – How It Works, with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report – With U.S. tariffs increasing the cost and complexity of importing goods, companies are taking another look at a longstanding customs tool that can defer, reduce or, in some cases, eliminate duties: the ...
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The Jackson County Port Authority Board of Commissioners has named Charles David Tillotson port director of Port Pascagoula. He will begin serving in the position Aug. 24.
Tillotson brings more than 30 years of experience in maritime operations, port business development, logistics and commercial management. His ...
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Enterprise AI startup Freehand has raised US$75 million to expand deployment of autonomous artificial intelligence agents designed to manage supply chain spending, procurement and invoice processing for large global manufacturers and retailers.
The Series B financing was co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with ...
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The International Air Transport Association has appointed Saadia Zahidi as its next director general, effective Nov. 1, making her the first woman to lead the global airline trade association.
Zahidi joins IATA after more than two decades with the World Economic Forum, where she serves as ...
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The U.S. is increasingly viewed abroad as an unreliable partner whose foreign policy gives little consideration to other countries’ interests, adding another layer of uncertainty to an international trading system already strained by tariffs and geopolitical conflict.
A Pew Research Center survey of 42,151 adults in ...
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Five years after the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement took effect, the trade pact has entered a new phase. What began as a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement has become the framework underpinning North American manufacturing and freight movement just as tariffs, industrial policy ...
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