April 2017
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has strengthened its team in Australia with the appointment of Amanda Matar as Account Manager – Sydney.
Amanda joins Virgin Atlantic as the airline increases its long-haul cargo sales and management services for Virgin Australia with the launch in April of Virgin Australia’s five Boeing 777-300ER flights per week from Melbourne to Los Angeles. The two airlines have worked together since 2009 and signed a new long-term agreement ...
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The American Trucking Associations favor legislation called the Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act that would address a number of issues within TSA. Of particular interest to ATA is the inclusion of provisions aimed at surface transportation issues including: development of a surface transportation advisory committee; a complete assessment of ...
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ANJI Automotive Logistics, China's largest automotive logistics provider, and CEVA Logistics have signed definitive agreements to renew and grow their 50/50 joint venture partnership for an additional 15 years and expand ANJI-CEVA’s business scope to non-automotive contract logistics in China, including Hong Kong.
ANJI-CEVA was the first logistics joint venture officially ...
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Liebherr Maritime recently delivered new equipment units to several Latin American countries, including Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico and Bahamas.
In Puerto Rico, Liebherr Container Cranes has completed delivery of three new ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to Crowley Maritime’s Isla Grande Terminal at the Port of San Juan. The units have an ...
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Contractors at JAXPORT have securely fastened two, 260-ton cryogenic liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks onto their foundations at Crowley Maritime Corporation’s new shore-side fueling facility on Talleyrand Marine Terminal.
The tanks arrived at Talleyrand aboard the BBC Chartering vessel, Moonstone, from Hamburg, Germany. Highly trained stevedores from port partner Seaonus ...
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A Panama Canal delegation, comprised of Administrator Jorge L. Quijano and a Planning and Commercial Development team, met with customers and maritime organizations in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan, during a customer tour of Asia—a primary driver of traffic through the Canal.
These meetings allowed the Panama Canal to obtain ...
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Port of Corpus Christi officials determined that a planned container facility at the La Quinta Trade Gateway is no longer a viable option due to its proximity to the North Shore residential community. Container terminal operations typically involve heavy usage of trucks, high profile cranes, and on-dock rail operations. Port ...
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The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the
first containers at the Port of Montreal on April 5, a milestone in supply chain history.
In 1967, the Port of Montreal handled its first container. In 1968, it inaugurated the first Canadian container terminal, and Manchester Liners ...
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Steve Cernak, chief executive and port director for Broward Co., Fla.’s Port Everglades, has been elected by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) to serve as chairman of the board for the 2017-18 activity year that begins in October.
“With his valuable experience as a port director involved with diversified ...
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ANTONOV’s new multipurpose aircraft, the AN-132D, took to the skies for its maiden flight on Friday 31st March 2017, from the company’s airfield in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The prototype of the new aircraft flew for 1 hour and 50 minutes, captained by Victor Goncharov, Test Pilot 1st class, ANTONOV, co-piloted by Bohdan ...
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