February 2018
SEKO Logistics is looking to build on a year of growth in 2017 by expanding its global footprint, recruiting new partners and making strategic acquisitions in both the forwarding and technology sectors.
Spearheading this focus will be William J. Wascher, who takes over as Chairman of the company – a move that also sees James Gagne, President, assume the additional post of CEO.
James Gagne was promoted to President in January 2017, ...
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SEKO Logistics has appointed Shawn Richard to the newly-created post of Vice President Global Airfreight as cross-border eCommerce now accounts for 50% of SEKO’s airfreight volumes and customer demand increases for Final Mile and traditional international and domestic airfreight services.
Reporting to Terry Unrein, SEKO’s Chief Commercial Officer, Americas, Shawn is ...
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Last month, the Port of Portland Commission was presented with the findings of a consultant study and work from an industry leader committee to create a sustainable business model for container shipping at Terminal 6.
The consultant concluded the most viable T-6 business model is a multi-use terminal that dedicates revenues ...
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The Port of Oakland is recruiting for its 2018 Summer College Internship Program. Through a competitive process, students apply for paid internships in a variety of fields at the Port. Applications are being accepted through Friday, March 2, 2018.
“This program offers college students exposure to the day-to-day business activities at the Port ...
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The Port of Brownsville set a record Jan. 31 when it received the M/V Nordic Pollux , the largest cargo vessel to ever call on the port to date.
The big tanker is the size of two-and-a-half football fields and almost longer than the combined height of three Statues of Liberty stacked atop ...
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The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, the association representing agricultural shippers, has selected Tacoma as the location for its June annual meeting.
The meeting June 12 through 15 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center is expected to be the largest gathering of agriculture and forest products transportation professionals in the U.S., with an estimated 350 attendees.
AgTC ...
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At the 50th annual Georgia Foreign Trade Conference Monday, GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch reviewed the strategic plan for Georgia's ports that will allow for 10 million TEUs, 1 million rail lifts, and more than 1 million auto and machinery units per year.
"Georgia is home to both the single largest container ...
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The Port of Long Beach roared back from unprecedented challenges to notch its busiest year ever in 2017, moving 7.54 million twenty-foot equivalent units, an increase of more than 11 percent, Executive Director Mario Cordero announced at the annual State of the Port address Wednesday.
The event drew an audience of ...
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Specialist multipurpose carriers and long-standing collaborators, AAL and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), are entering an exciting global cooperation that will see both carriers expand their trade route coverage, sailings frequency, and MPV fleet capacity. The cooperation will create a joint Far East – Middle East MPV Liner Service, served by ...
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Last year was a record year of business for the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore's state-owned public marine terminals. In 2017, the Port handled more containers and autos than any time in its history. The Port also set a new record by handling 10.7 million tons of general cargo ...
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