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Signifying Port Manatee’s burgeoning role as a containerized cargo gateway, Port Manatee reports it handled 83% more container units in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 than in the preceding 12-month period.
In the just-ended fiscal year, Port Manatee’s docks saw moves of 25,778 TEUs, compared with 14,078 TEUs in the prior 12 months. Containerized imports were up 65%, to 15,565 TEUs from 9,416 TEUs, while exports more than doubled, rising ...
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Global NVOCC company CaroTrans launched 11 new, direct LCL import services between China and the United States, effective late August. The services include Ningbo to Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas and Houston; and Xiamen to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
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Port Manatee has gained federal approval to receive direct imports of select cold-treated South American produce via an expanding pilot program.
Port Manatee may begin participation in the Florida Perishables Trade Coalition pilot program effective Oct. 1, according to approval received Sept. 10 from officials of ...
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Konecranes relationship with the pulp, paper and wood industries reaches back to the 1920s. Its lift trucks line has its roots in the Scandinavian timber business, but there's nothing old school about Konecranes current fleet of lift trucks and lifting appliances customized for paper roll ...
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The Port of Jacksonville, Florida, or JAXPORT, has received approval from the federal government to import select cold-treated produce from certain South American markets for the first time.
Starting Oct. 1, 2015, Jacksonville began participating in this pilot program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...
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The recent economic slowdown in China could have negative implications for container ABS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. Container utilization and lease rates in outstanding transactions could come under pressure if China's manufacturing sector continues to decline and the country enters a long-term recessionary environment with ...
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The environmental impact of pollutants in the Great Lakes has long been a concern to the region. The Oshima (Japan) shipyard, however, has recently delivered a new vessel to Fednav Limited that will better protect its environment. The Federal Biscay is equipped with a ballast ...
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The Port of Long Beach has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) replace diesel-fueled tractors with electric, zero-emission vehicles.
The Diesel Emission Reduction Act grant will help LBCT to buy eight cargo-handling electric-powered ...
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Marking the seventh consecutive month of record container throughput, the Port of Savannah handled 317,411 TEUs in September, a 7.3% or 21,713-TEU increase over the same month last year.
"We are pleasantly surprised to see volumes remaining above last year's double digit growth," said Georgia Ports ...
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GCT Canada, the operator of the country's flagship container terminal located in Port Metro Vancouver, has broken ground on its GCT Deltaport Intermodal Yard Reconfiguration Project. A private sector investment, the project ensures projected carrier rail demand is met for the Canadian and US markets, ...
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