April 2020
To help Northeast Florida companies better manage cash flow during COVID-19, the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) is now deferring the application fee for all new Foreign Trade Zone No. 64 applications received by July 31, 2020. New FTZ customers can defer the one-time $2,500 application fee for 90 days from their application date, and take advantage of the substantial savings, including import duty deferral, reduction, or elimination, that a ...
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Pin Oak Terminals received its first vessel Wednesday at the newly commissioned Oil Dock 14 at the Port of Corpus Christi. The new dock can accommodate fully laden bulk liquid tankers up to Suez-max class with loading rates in excess of 40,000 barrels per hour.
The Port of Corpus ...
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Behind the consumer goods that line grocery store shelves, the medications available in pharmacies or the medical equipment used in hospitals, the work of Greater Montreal's supply chain is more essential than ever. Every day, shipments from Europe, Asia and the Americas are
shipped throughout Quebec and Ontario thanks to workers ...
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Coronavirus may be hampering global trade, but it hasn't broken the supply chain at the Port of Oakland. The latest evidence: the largest ship ever to call in Oakland arrives this week. The container vessel MSC Anna is scheduled to berth at the Port April 16.
The ship ...
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SEKO Logistics has launched a new SEKO CARES initiative in partnership with Project C.U.R.E., the non-profit humanitarian relief organization, to buy, donate and inspire support for frontline responders treating patients affected by COVID-19. SEKO’s commitment will also help to protect the safety and well-being of their own staff, as ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) took just 72 hours to launch a new ‘emergency response’ cargo handling operation at Liege Airport following a request from the airport to help increase its capacity to accept more freighter flights carrying urgent medical equipment into Europe to tackle the coronavirus crisis across the ...
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Port of Oakland loaded container volume declined 7.4 percent in March from 2019 totals, according to data released today. The Port said the cargo decrease resulted from a coronavirus pandemic that has weakened global trade. According to the Port, March containerized import volume dropped 10.3 percent ...
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Rhenus Forest Logistics, the specialist for transporting and trading in sawmill residue, waste wood and biomass, took over the regional wood logistics services provider, Kruger, by means of an asset deal on March 1.
Kruger has its headquarters in Ellwangen in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The purchase agreement involves the ...
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As COVID-19) pandemic sweeps the nation, Rickenbacker International Airport and the local logistics community are connecting the healthcare industry with critically needed medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), gloves, gowns, goggles, masks, hand sanitizer, ventilators and other desperately needed items in the fight against the disease.
Airfreight forwarding companies ...
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Fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak has affected almost all businesses in Hong Kong but the many trade-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face a stiffer challenge than most as prolonged factory shutdowns in Mainland China have weighed on the global supply chain network.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong, one of the world’s leading ...
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