October 2016
Port of Long Beach container volumes declined 16.6% year-over-year in September, as the effects of the Hanjin bankruptcy reached West Coast ports.
Longshore workers moved 546,805 TEUs last month. This included 282,945 TEUs in imports, down 15% from September 2015, a month which capped off the port’s best quarter ever. Exports dropped to 120,383 TEUs, a decrease of 4.2%. Empties were 27.2% lower at 143,476 TEUs.
Port officials said the number of ...
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Rickenbacker’s Foreign Trade Zone #138 is tops in the nation for the total value of textiles and footwear imported into the U.S. through FTZs in 2015, moving more than $6.2 billion out of the nation’s total $8.9 billion in that category.
David Whitaker, Columbus Regional Airport Authority spokesman, attributes its success ...
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SEKO Logistics’ unique combination of eCommece technology solutions and logistics services has earned it another top 10 ranking in Internet Retailers’ 2017 guide to Leading Vendors to the Top 1000 e-retailers in the U.S.
For its 2017 report, Internet Retailer applied 41 metrics to 1,807 eCommerce applications and service providers offering ...
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“Container activity is solid at the Port of Houston Authority,” Executive Director Roger Guenther announced in his report to the Port Commission today, during its regular September meeting. “Container TEUs are within one percent of last year’s volume, and in fact,” he added, “August 2016 container volume was up 5%.” ...
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Emirates SkyCargo is expanding its presence in Scandinavia with the launch of a new weekly freighter service from Oslo to Dubai starting Oct. 11, 2016.
The service is operated by an Emirates Skycargo Boeing 777 Freighter aircraft which has the capacity to carry just over 100 tonnes of cargo. Large and ...
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Except for some very ambitious conservation projects time could be running out for some species on our planet. The “live animal department” of international freight forwarder a. hartrodt (Belgium) Airfreight N.V. was thus overjoyed to make a contribution to the survival of rhinos last month. The challenging task: the transport ...
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Saudi International Logistics is the new name for the logistics arm of The WACO System’s Saudi Arabia member Al Tayyar Cargo, delegates at WACO’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, heard last week.
Andre Verdier was named Saudi International Logistics’ Chief Executive Officer at the EGM, which was attended ...
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The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has signed a $198,000 cooperative agreement with the Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) to develop interactive Computer Based Training Modules, a Best Practices Tool Kit, and other training materials concerning appropriate shipboard climate within the U.S. Merchant Marine. The training material will help mariners better identify ...
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CEVA Logistics has been recognized by Ford Motor Company as one of its Top Suppliers in South America.
At Ford’s Top Management annual meeting in São Paulo, Brazil CEVA received the award as 2016’s Top Supplier in the Category Logistics and Transportation. The award is based on a comprehensive assessment that ...
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Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch announced on October 5th a 100-acre expansion of the Colonel's Island auto terminal.
"The additional 100 acres will allow GPA to grow along with our existing customers, and to attract additional carmakers to the nation's second busiest auto port," Lynch said. "This new roll-on/roll-off ...
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