December 2016
IAG Cargo has launched the start of a new Paris Orly to Newark New Jersey route, its first ever direct cargo route between France and the USA. The service is expected to appeal to French forwarders looking to access the US market through a more local hub. The route will be served by a wide bodied OpenSkies B767-200 aircraft and will operate four times a week. It is anticipated ...
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U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s designated nominee for Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao.
“Having previously served in the cabinet, Secretary Chao’s experience in the executive branch will be an asset ...
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American Trucking Associations and ATA’s Share the Road Highway Safety Program have set out for the second day of the Wreaths Across America delivery to Arlington National Cemetery.
“The trucking industry has a longstanding tradition of honoring our nation’s fallen heroes and Wreaths Across America is very much a part ...
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U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen visited the Port of Greater Baton Rouge’s container-on-barge operation on December 6 while delivering his personal congratulations on the recent awarding of a $1.75 million grant to the Baton Rouge port and the Port of New Orleans. The grant will be ...
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ZIM is significantly upgrading of its Atlantic network, offering improved connections between US, Canada and the Mediterranean, starting April 2017, subject to FMC approval.
• ZIM Container Service Italy (ZCI) - A new premium string, offering improved service to the Italian and French markets, connecting with Canada and the US East Coast, ...
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JAXPORT’s new state-of-the-art 100-gauge cranes have begun operations at the newly rebuilt Berth 35 at JAXPORT’S Blount Island Marine Terminal. The electric cranes are equipped to service the wider, post-Panamax vessels currently calling on JAXPORT through the expanded Panama and Suez canals.
Each of the three cranes can lift up to ...
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Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced a new strategic cooperation on December 12.
The cooperation is a combination of slot exchanges and slot purchases between the three parties, as well as Maersk Line and MSC taking over a number of charters and operations of vessels ...
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Broward County's Port Everglades has has hired local environmental science and planning veteran Erik Neugaard as its new Environmental Program Manager within the Seaport Engineering and Construction Division to oversee all environmental functions and procedures associated with operations and development at the South Florida cruise, cargo and petroleum port, announced ...
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The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore was named the most productive port in the U.S. for the third consecutive time by an independent analysis conducted by the Journal of Commerce (JOC) for calendar year 2015. The Port averaged a U.S.-leading 71 container moves per hour per berth – a ...
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Reports indicate that Korea Line Corporation (part of the SM Group) has withdrawn its bid for Hanjin’s stake in the Port of Long Beach. News on the street says that the company decided to pull out due to a reaction to recent reports that combined bids may be made for ...
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