November 2015
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has begun underwriting Marine, Transport & Logistics Liability Insurance in Australia and New Zealand.
BHSI is focusing its new marine, transport & logistics liability capabilities on key segments, including: port/terminal operators, transport/logistics operators, rail operators, cargo handling facilities, charterer’s liability, stevedoring operators, warehouseman’s liability, marina operators and ship repairers.
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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 ...
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DHL Express has been honored with a SmartWay® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and recognized as an industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.
SmartWay recognized DHL Express in the U.S. for its initiatives and efforts to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions within ...
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Captains of industry and top investors fund Seattle startup to reinvent commercial trucking
Convoy, a Seattle startup that is reinventing the $800 billion trucking business, today officially launched its on-demand service for regional and local trucking and announced $2.5 million in seed funding from top investors. Convoy makes it easy for ...
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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.
CaroTrans is strengthening its existing China ...
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More than 1,000 brands with 180,000 stores in 330 cities across China synchronize online and offline resources to offer outstanding products, prices, services and logistics for consumers
Alibaba Group revealed its omni-channel retailing plans for the 2015 11.11 Global Shopping Festival. This year, more than 1,000 retail brands, with 180,000 stores ...
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Smiths Detection Inc.’s (SDI) dual-view HI-SCAN 6040-2is X-ray has become its latest system to be accepted into the “Qualified” section of TSA’s Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL).
The 6040-2is is an advanced, dual-view X-ray inspection system that uses multiple views and sophisticated algorithms to indicate items that might be threats. ...
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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 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...
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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 handling.
Konecranes unique system for handling ...
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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, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ...
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