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July 2016

Union Pacific recognized as Top Green Provider for fresh food, beverage deliveries

Union Pacific is the first large North American railroad to be recognized as a Top Green Provider by Food Logistics. The publication's annual list recognizes companies whose products, services or leadership enhances sustainability within the food and beverage industry. Many foods travel by train before landing on tables across the world. Union Pacific's expedited rail network offers fast, reliable delivery while saving fuel and reducing emissions, resulting in a more sustainable ... [+]

USDOT proposes US airlines, cities for new scheduled service to Havana

As part of the Obama Administration’s historic effort to normalize relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed to select eight US airlines to begin scheduled flights between Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, Orlando, and Tampa and Havana as early ... [+]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo focuses on Pharma

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is increasing its investment in temperature-controlled services after more than doubling its share of the pharmaceutical market from the UK to North America since the launch of its Cool Chain product two years ago. Heading this focus is Darren Sherlock in the newly-created role of Manager, Products & ... [+]

Envirotainer and CHEP Aerospace Solutions strengthen partnership

Envirotainer, the world leader in secure cold chain solutions, and CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the leading global provider of Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair services, have extended their successful partnership for a further three years. CHEP provides repair, handling, transportation and storage services for Envirotainer's fleet of containers across 21 ... [+]

FECR customers outline ease of use for new EZ Buy tool

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) recently debuted a new online quoting tool, EZ Buy. The tool provides an online price quote and booking system for customers to ‘buy’ door-to-door intermodal transactional freight between the Southeast U.S. markets and the South Florida markets. One of the key features of the EZ Buy ... [+]

SEKO, INTTRA team up as SOLAS changes come into force

SEKO Logistics is to partner with INTTRA, the world’s ocean shipping electronic marketplace, to submit verified gross mass (VGM) information to shipping lines in compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) amendments to The Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), which come into force on July 1, 2016. The IMO ... [+]

CMA CGM crosses 91.05% ownership threshold of NOL

CMA CGM officials crossed the 91.05% threshold in its acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL). Following its all-cash voluntary conditional general offer for NOL which was launched on June 6th, 2016, CMA CGM now owns 2,376,715,557 shares representing approximately 91.28% of NOL’s share capital. CMA CGM confirms that it intends ... [+]

Crowley Launches Weekly LCL Shipping Service from Houston to 33 Port Destinations in the Caribbean Basin

Crowley Maritime Corporation will begin offering weekly, fixed-day, less-than-container-load (LCL) shipping services from Houston to 33 port destinations throughout the Caribbean Basin on July 1. The new logistics service will be the only one of its kind available from the Houston gateway. This new offering is designed to further enhance supply ... [+]

DHL delivers black rhino Eliska to Africa

DHL has completed another landmark transportation project with the delivery of a black rhino from its birthplace in the Czech Republic to its natural homeland in Tanzania. Three-year-old female Eliska was moved to a natural park in Tanzania as part of an ongoing conservation project run by the George Adamson ... [+]

GPA wins EPA Clean Air award

The Georgia Ports Authority has received a 2016 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award for its electric rubber-tired gantry crane program that will transfer its container handling equipment from diesel to electric power. In 2012, GPA began to implement the electric rubber tired gantry crane program. By the end of August, 45 ... [+]

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