November 2017
The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update, ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex. The document provides high-level guidance for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy.
“The San Pedro Bay ...
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Volga-Dnepr delivers 30 Mercedes vehicles to Angola for new President’s inauguration ceremony
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has used the special two-tier car racking system developed for its An-124-100 freighter fleet to deliver 30 vehicles on a single flight to Luanda for the inauguration ceremony of Angola’s newly-elected President, Joao Lourenco.
The valuable 90-tonne payload ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines has won the coveted ‘Cargo Charter Airline of the Year’ award in The BACA Excellence Awards 2017, voted for by members of BACA – the Air Charter Association.
A ‘global voice’ of the air charter industry, BACA was founded in 1949 by members of the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping ...
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The National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) recently selected CSX as a recipient of its 2017 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of the company’s “invaluable support of the organization’s goals and aims.”
Since World War II, the NDTA has served the United States’ national defense and homeland security community as a trusted ...
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Delta Cargo has totally re-designed its website, deltacargo.com. The new website provides customers with a one-stop shop for all their cargo needs, which the carrier believes makes the shipping process easier than ever before.
Customers can now book, check-in, manage and track their shipments entirely online, via a computer or mobile ...
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The South Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors approved a $69.5 million contract for the purchase of six new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes to serve growing container volumes and big ships calling the Port of Charleston.
“As the largest crane purchase in our history, the contract approved today is an important part ...
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On October 30, South Carolina Ports Authority president and CEO Jim Newsome issued the following statement on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announcing the second dredging contract award for Charleston Harbor Deepening Project:
“The awarding of the second construction contract for dredging the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel to 54 feet ...
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A new shipping container designed specifically to help suppliers and retailers reduce costs, improve hygiene and increase efficiencies is hitting the market. Eco Pack Systems, a groundbreaking maker of transport packaging, is rolling out its new low-weight container solution to the US market.
The new container made its debut at PMA ...
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The Grimaldi Group’s Grande Baltimora roll on/roll off vessel was recently officially named during a ceremony at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s Fairfield Marine Terminal.
The Grande Baltimora is a pure car & truck carrier ro/ro vessel with a length of 656 feet, a beam of 106 feet and ...
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United Parcel Service, Inc. recently announced its first distribution center in Aurora, Colorado. The company signed a 10-year lease for the entire 360,000 square foot building located in Consolidated Investment Group’s (CIG) East Park 70 industrial park. More than 700 new jobs will be created with this facility when it ...
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