March 2016
Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) is launching EZ Buy, a new online price quote and booking system for customers to ‘buy’ door-to-door intermodal transactional freight connecting the Southeast U.S. markets to the South Florida markets. Users receive access to dynamic price quotes, while having the ability to book an order in one quick easy transaction. The EZ Buy tool was released March 1, 2016.
Purchasing freight via EZ Buy is offered ...
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As of March 1, Deutsche Bahn's rail freight business has been renamed DB Cargo and will use the DB logo going forward. The name of the corresponding legal entity will change from DB Schenker Rail AG to DB Cargo AG. All the companies in Germany and abroad that currently have ...
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Starting March 9, CMA CGM will commence improved service from the US Gulf Coast and US East Coast to a broader range of West African destinations. On that date, m/v CMA CGM CHATEAU D'IF voy. 062PGW, PEX 3 service operated with 11 vessels of 5,000 TEU will connect US cargo ...
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NVOCC and ocean freight consolidator CaroTrans announces a new, direct Hamburg, Germany to Detroit, Michigan LCL import service with a 16 day transit time. CaroTrans launches this service with its longstanding partner fair trade, a leading global NVOCC in Germany and partner over 15 years.
Established in 1992, ...
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Watco Cos. LLC, the Northern Nevada Development Authority and Gateway Commerce Center announced in early February a new intermodal rail center and industrial park will be constructed near Hazen, Nevada.
The long-awaited rail center is set to move forward in Lyon and Churchill counties. Watco will partner with the commerce center ...
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Union Pacific was named the most admired among trucking, transportation and logistics companies by Fortune for the sixth year in a row, marking the thirteenth time in 17 years the company has been named No. 1. The magazine's annual World's Most Admired list is published in the March 1 edition, ...
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Andrew Lindsay "Drew" Lewis Jr., who died Feb. 10, at age 84, served as Union Pacific Railroad chairman and chief executive officer from April 1986 to April 1987. Lewis then served as Union Pacific Corporation president and chief executive officer from 1987 to 1997.
Lewis played a central role in the ...
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Crowley Maritime Corp. has awarded $2500 to University of North Florida (UNF) students Camilo Garcia and Danijel Hadziavdic. Crowley’s Katy Keene, manager of employee programs and Angela Urso, program coordinator, human resources were in attendance as Garcia and Hadziavdic were recognized for their academic excellence and enrollment in UNF’s transportation ...
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South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reports a nearly 5% increase in container volume since its fiscal year began in July.
SCPA moved 145,092 TEUs in January. Fiscal year-to-date volumes reached 1.12 million TEUs last month, an increase from 1.07 million TEUs handled during the same period last year.
Pier container volume, or ...
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CMA CGM RACINE is the first vessel to cross the New East Port Said side Channel. An opening ceremony celebrating the event on February 24 was attended by Chérif Ismaïl, Egyptian Prime Minister, Saad El-Giuchy, Egyptian Minister of Transport, and Admiral Mohab Mamish, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority.
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