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Due Diligence Thwarts Credit Fraud, TT Club

TT Club, the international freight transport insurer, is raising awareness the increasing prevalence of credit fraud over the last 12 months. Fraudulent strategies can be extremely lucrative for international criminals and the global supply chain is typically low-risk due to the remote nature of the actual physical theft of goods. “Credit fraud is an exposure to all in the global supply chain and a danger that ought to be considered through the ... [+]

Senate Bill Targets Organized Retail Theft

A Senate bill was reintroduced April 10 that would establish a “unified, federal response” to the rampant spread of cargo theft by criminals who often operate across state and international borders. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, reintroduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) ... [+]

Galveston Wharves Provides Projects Update

Galveston Wharves staff and construction contractors have provided updates on five projects totaling US$77.5 million to expand and improve our West Port Cargo Complex. Funding for the projects comes from a US$36 million state grant and port cash reserves, largely generated from our growing cruise business.  Here’s ... [+]

Ports Seek to Optimize Lower Mississippi River

The World Trade Center New Orleans, or WTCNO hopes to utilize comprehensive analysis to optimize global commodity flows and maximize the economic benefits of the Lower Mississippi River region. The Lower Mississippi River Commodity Analysis represents a collaborative effort between Louisiana’s five-deep draft ports along the ... [+]

APM Terminals Acquires Panama Canal Railway

APM Terminals has acquired the Panama Canal Railway Co., or PCRC, from Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd and the Lanco Group/Mi‑Jack. PCRC operates a 47-mile, single-line railway adjacent to the Panama Canal that mainly facilitates cargo movement between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In 2024, the ... [+]

Sponsored Content – CSX

CSX: A Terminal Network Transformed US railroad CSX is leading a revolution in terminal efficiency. Using its operation at Fairburn, Georgia as a template, it is transforming the efficiency of intermodal operations throughout its 20,000-mile network. It’s as much about changing ways of working as introducing ... [+]

Corpus Christi Tugs, Rail to Go Green

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority said it will receive US$105 million through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Ports Program to deploy zero-emissions equipment.The port’s EPA grant will support about 70 percent of the cost of following zero-emission equipment and projects, including: Three tugboats, ... [+]

DOT Awards $2.4 Billion for Rail Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration, or FRA, has awarded more than US$2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington, D.C.These projects will make rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, getting goods and ... [+]

Port of Baltimore Launches Double-stack

The Port of Baltimore launched double-stack rail operations to and from the port on Oct. 28, opening competitive intermodal opportunities in the Northeast and to Midwestern markets.Part of the Howard Street Tunnel Project, double-stacking capacity will bring cost efficiencies, environmental benefits and help the port ... [+]

STB Approves CPKC-CSX Southeast Link

            U.S. Surface Transportation Board has approved applications from CSX Corp. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, or CPKC, to acquire rail lines operated by Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s Meridian & Bigbee Railroad.             The approval, effective Nov. 16, allows creation of a new direct CPKC-CSX interchange ... [+]

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