July 2019
The Canaveral Port Authority will receive $1.5 million in funding from the State of Florida to support the acquisition of a specialized fireboat to provide marine firefighting and rescue capabilities for Port Canaveral and the surrounding communities. Port Canaveral’s Marine Firefighting Rescue Vessel (MFRV) will be purpose built to offer enhanced fire protection and response time capabilities to serve the Port’s growing maritime operations and expanding space enterprise in the ...
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A $513.6 million operating budget for fiscal year 2020 has been approved at the Port of Oakland. The Port’s governing Board OK'd the spending plan at a meeting yesterday.
The new budget is up about 4 percent from the one adopted for fiscal year 2019, the Port said. It goes into ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has placed a record order for the refrigerated containers known as “reefers”. Production of 970 20-foot containers and 12,450 40-foot containers is already scheduled to commence as early as July. Delivery of the refrigerated containers, which have traditionally been white as opposed to Hapag-Lloyd’s orange standard containers, is set ...
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CN announced that western Canadian grain movement in the month of June exceeded 2.3 million metric tonnes (MMT), compared to the three-year average of 1.80 MMT and June 2018’s result of 1.99 MMT.
The cumulative total of tonnage moved for the 2018-19 crop year is on record pace at 25.5 MMT, ...
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Chain.io has has announced that Kontainers, a modern digital freight execution platform, has joined the Chain.io provider network. By connecting with Chain.io, Kontainers is able to bring enhanced TMS integration to both new and existing clients, providing a more seamless digital freight experience.
"We're excited to have Kontainers onboard," said Brian ...
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On June 28th, Port Freeport and their honored guests joined together for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the completion of Phase 1 of the Parcel 14 Rail Development, a
250-acre site adjacent to State Highway 36.
In August 2017, Port Freeport broke ground on the $21 million Parcel 14 Rail Development Project. ...
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SEKO Logistics has significantly augmented its healthcare logistics services in Europe by gaining ISO 13485 quality management certification for its major facility in Amsterdam, strengthening its robust service offering for medical device manufacturers and distributors – especially those with critical quality and compliance requirements.
Spearheaded by numerous ISO 13485 facilities across ...
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Descartes Systems Group, global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired STEPcom, a leading Business-to-Business (“B2B”) supply
chain integration network based in Switzerland.
STEPcom has connected trading partners to its B2B network for more than 15 years, helping supply chain participants connect, collaborate and seamlessly exchange electronic ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s major independent handler – is the latest air cargo organization to throw its weight behind ULD CARE’s new Unit Load Device (ULD) Code of Conduct.
The 10-point Code of Conduct is a voluntary agreement promoting best practice in the handling of ...
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James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer of the Alabama State Port Authority has named Richard T. Clark as deputy director for the Port Authority. The appointment is effective July 16, 2019. “We conducted a nationwide search with one of the country’s premier maritime and port industry recruiting firms ...
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