August 2016
CEVA Logistics has appointed Willie Parra Fonseca as Country Manager Costa Rica. He will be based at the company’s San José office reporting to Mike Wilson, Senior Vice President and head of the Central America cluster.
Parra has an extensive track record in both project management and the design and implementation of distribution centers across Latin America. Over the last eight years in he has worked with industry leaders in retail, ...
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Metro trains are heading to Peru thanks to efforts by Hapag-Lloyd to load a metro train with six cars on August 16 in Salerno, Italy. The train will be shipped aboard the “Cerinthus” to the Peruvian port of Callao. From there, it will be transported to the capital Lima using ...
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NextGen is bringing new benefits to Salt Lake City International Airport through a technology called Data Comm. Data Comm revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots by replacing some traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges.
Voice communication is labor intensive, time consuming and can lead to miscommunications known as ...
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The Panama Canal celebrated 102 years of successful operations and service to the global maritime community on August 15, just one day after welcoming its 100th transit through the Expanded waterway.
The two milestones punctuate a year for the Canal which has already been marked by a number of notable achievements.
Less ...
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Port Hueneme, CA, has received its first Neo-Panamax ship, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' High Efficiency Ro/Ro (HERO) vessel, Thalatta. Almost 200 meters long and 36.5 meters wide, the ship can carry 8,000 car equivalent units.
Port Hueneme officials say the arrival of the giant vessel marks a paradigm shift in how the ...
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Maryland’s own ‘Fun Ship’ will continue sailing from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore as Carnival Cruise Line has agreed to a contract extension through December 2018 with three one-year options. The deal means Carnival’s Baltimore-based ship, the Carnival Pride, will continue offering five to 13-day year-round cruises to ...
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SEKO Logistics has completed a ‘hat-trick’ of top 10 rankings in Inbound Logistics’ highly-respected Top 100 3PL Provider list, which evaluated the supply chain capabilities of nearly 300 companies and involved thousands of customers ultimately voting to choose the top 10.
SEKO has risen to its highest-ever position of sixth in ...
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Wen-Parker India (WPL) has been awarded an NVOCC license in Chennai after a detailed assessment and study by Indian Customs. The NVOCC license will allow WPL to expand their portfolio of services for Inbound and Outbound cargo in Chennai.
“Wen-Parker’s strategically located CFS will help facilitate services using leading edge technology ...
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Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, has signed an addendum to one of its most strategic passenger terminal agreements, extending the contract through 2030 with an additional five years of sailings to and from Fort Lauderdale-based Port Everglades, one of the world’s top three cruise ports.
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As part of Crowley Maritime Corp.s goal to help customers increase the velocity of their supply chains, and in doing so reduce their overall landed costs, the company announced today that it is launching a new, weekly, fixed-day container shipping service between Jacksonville and Costa Rica.
“We are pleased to bring ...
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