November 2017
Container trade at the Port of Savannah grew by 32% in October, with Garden City Terminal moving 410,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of nearly 100,000 TEUs.
It was the first time in the port's history that it topped 400,000 TEUs in a single month. For the fiscal year to date (July 1-Oct. 31), the Port of Savannah has moved 1.42 million TEUs, up by 155,050 or 12.3%.
"Since the opening ...
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Wen-Parker Logistics (WPL) announced that Anthony Romano has joined the WPL Board of Directors as an Independent Director.
“The Board of Directors is excited to welcome Anthony to Wen-Parker. His experience in retail management and supply chain speak directly to our core business capabilities while his financial, audit and Board experience ...
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1GSA – the recently-launched independent GSA network – has appointed Transviet Promotion Limited as its exclusive member for Vietnam.
Transviet Promotion was launched in 1996, and is Vietnam’s leading GSA organization, active in both cargo and passenger operations. It has five bases in Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and Da Nang, and ...
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The annual Beaujolais run is well under way in France with Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) team of cargo handling specialists helping airline customers ensure the timely delivery of over 3,000 tonnes of this year’s new young wine to customers in Asia.
WFS has played a key role in meeting international demand ...
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BHP is proposing a new potash export facility at the Port of Grays Harbor’s Terminal 3 in west Hoquiam.
Potash, or potassium chloride (KCI), is a naturally occurring mineral and is a key ingredient in agricultural and garden fertilizers. The world’s largest known reserves of potash are located in Saskatchewan Canada, ...
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CaroTrans announces the expansion of its cooperation with the Craft Group, a major multinational leader in NVOCC services in South America, with the addition of Peru and Ecuador to the alliance's LCL/FCL service portfolio. The longstanding CaroTrans-Craft alliance has served the U.S. - East Coast of South America trade with ...
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Reuters reports that XPO Logistics Inc posted a record quarterly profit on November 1, fueled by e-commerce demand for its contract logistics and "last mile" deliveries to households, along with shipments of consumer goods and a strong truck brokerage market.
The third-largest publicly traded U.S. logistics company also reaffirmed its full-year ...
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American Honda Motor Company nearly tripled its business through the Port of Brunswick in Fiscal Year 2017, adding 34,700 vehicles over the previous year.
"We'd like to thank Honda and International Auto Processors for their part in helping GPA move more than 600,000 vehicles through the Port of Brunswick last fiscal ...
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Miami International Airport (MIA) recently was named “Best Freighter Hub” in the world at September’s Freighters World Conference Awards ceremony, in recognition of its excellence in the global air cargo sector over the past year. Judged by a panel of industry experts, MIA was chosen based on two criteria: how ...
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Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that low-cost airline Norwegian is using Descartes’ cloud-based Global Air Messaging Gateway solution to help standardize and automate electronic air cargo communication with its customer base of freight forwarders and other trading partners.
“Our rapid global expansion requires ...
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