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Additional Patents Awarded for Arrows Up Bulk Storage and Transportation Solutions

Arrows Up, LLC, an affiliate of OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation service companies in North America and The Broe Group, received two patents for its shipping containers this month. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent No. 9,783,338 and Patent No. 9,758,993 for the design, construction and usage of bulk material shipping containers that help shippers of bulk cargo quickly and efficiently load, transport, store ... [+]

Port of Everett Commission Appoints Retired Boeing Supply Chain Manager Bruce Fingarson to District 1 Seat

On November 1, 2017, the Port of Everett Commission appointed retired supply chain manager Bruce Fingarson to fill the vacant District 1 seat. "We were fortunate to have a great group of outstanding candidates," Port Commissioner Glen Bachman said. "We look forward to having Commissioner Fingarson ... [+]

San Pedro Bay Ports Approve Bold New Clean Air Strategies

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update, ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation's busiest container port complex. The document provides ... [+]

Maersk Container Industry appoints new CEO

Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has appointed a new CEO, Sean S. Fitzgerald effective Jan. 1, 2018. An accomplished and seasoned manufacturing executive, Fitzgerald has over 20 years of broad expertise across management, manufacturing, product management and marketing. Since 2014, he has acted as President at Joy ... [+]

Port Everglades Welcomes the Avocado Express

The first shipment of Colombian Hass avocados into the United States arrived on November 6 at Broward County's Port Everglades. The shipment marks the culmination of years of work by Colombia to gain access to the lucrative U.S. market. The inaugural shipment of avocados left Cartagena ... [+]

Port of Savannah achieves 32% growth in October

 Container trade at the Port of Savannah grew by 32% in October, with Garden City Terminal moving 410,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of nearly 100,000 TEUs. It was the first time in the port's history that it topped 400,000 TEUs in a single month. ... [+]

BHP Proposes New Potash Export Facility at Port of Grays Harbor

BHP is proposing a new potash export facility at the Port of Grays Harbor’s Terminal 3 in west Hoquiam. Potash, or potassium chloride (KCI), is a naturally occurring mineral and is a key ingredient in agricultural and garden fertilizers. The world’s largest known reserves of potash ... [+]

CaroTrans-Craft Service Portfolio Expands with Addition of Peru and Ecuador

CaroTrans announces the expansion of its cooperation with the Craft Group, a major multinational leader in NVOCC services in South America, with the addition of Peru and Ecuador to the alliance's LCL/FCL service portfolio.  The longstanding CaroTrans-Craft alliance has served the U.S. - East Coast ... [+]

Honda nearly triples its Brunswick cargo

American Honda Motor Company nearly tripled its business through the Port of Brunswick in Fiscal Year 2017, adding 34,700 vehicles over the previous year. "We'd like to thank Honda and International Auto Processors for their part in helping GPA move more than 600,000 vehicles through the ... [+]

San Pedro Bay Ports Approve Bold New Clean Air Strategies

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update, ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex. The document ... [+]

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