September 2015
Containership charter owner Global Ship Lease, Inc., announced that it has taken delivery today of a 2004-built, 8,063 TEU containership, the OOCL Ningbo. Upon delivery, the vessel commenced a time charter back to Orient Overseas Container Line UK Limited for 36 to 39 months at a rate of $34,500 per day. With this addition, the Company's fleet stands at 20 vessels with a total capacity of 90,538 TEU.
Global Ship Lease ...
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DB Schenker Logistics and the GLS Group have signed a strategic partnership agreement in Europe whereby the companies now will assist each other in their transport services. DB Schenker Logistics will offer a Europe-wide parcel service, and GLS will expand its offer of freight services. The framework agreement for the ...
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In anticipation of the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) on September 23, Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) Chairman Jerry Sweeney and officials of PRPA held an informational briefing on its Southport Project at a meeting space on the Delaware River waterfront earlier today. In the audience were about ...
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Effective September 16, Hansa Heavy Lift now operates a regional office in Monaco to serve the South European market covering France, Italy and Spain. The new office represents part of the company’s on-going global expansion plans.
“Monaco is in a strategic location which is perfectly positioned to serve South Europe in ...
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The Port of Long Beach is going green thanks to the official completion of its $93 million rail project.
Dubbed the “Green Port Gateway” project, this critical rail pathway is vital for improving the efficiency and sustainability of cargo movement as shipment volumes increase at POLB.
Funded in part with state and ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest all-cargo carrier, is heading into the final quarter of 2015 with sustained growth after reporting a 17% year-on-year rise in tonnage for the opening eight months of the year.
In the period to the end of August, ABC transported 300,000 tonnes ...
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PilotsEYE.tv shows the manufacture, collection and transfer of the brand-new Boeing 777F
The film team of director Thomas Aigner accompanied the birth of Lufthansa Cargo's fifth Boeing 777, registration code D-ALFE, for three months. The film shows the freighter from fascinating perspectives: from its manufacture, to being sold, up to the ...
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The Port of Virginia (POV) is profitable for the first time since 2008. Preliminary reports indicate that POV is forecast to turn a $16.1 million profit in FY 2015, which is a $31.5 million improvement in operating income compared with the prior fiscal year.
POV also continues to set cargo handling ...
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CargoSphere has entered into an agreement with Sumitomo Warehouse (U.S.A.), Inc. to implement its rate management platform and Rate Mesh solution for its three US-based offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta.
Adopting a faster, more analytical approach to quoting ocean rates to customers was important to Sumitomo. By adopting CargoSphere’s ...
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Kerry Logistics Network Limited, a logistics service provider in Asia, has introduced six fully automated and programmed robotic butlers at its flagship facility PC3 in Hong Kong to meet the ever-growing consumer demands in online shopping.
Kerry Logistics is one of the first 3PLs in Asia to adopt robotic butlers in ...
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