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May 2020

Shoreside Logistics Receives FTZ Designation

Shoreside Logistics has announced its designation as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). An FTZ is a secured site considered outside U.S. Customs territory where foreign cargo can be stored while delaying, reducing or eliminating import duties. By using Shoreside as their FTZ, businesses only pay duties once the cargo leaves the foreign trade zone, in the case of imported raw materials, once the final product enters U.S. commerce. The goal ... [+]

AAL Delivers 2 Giant JIB Cranes to Jebel Ali

Manufactured in China by global supplier of heavy lifting and handling equipment, Nantong Rainbow Heavy Machineries Co. ltd., the two ‘jib cranes’ were loaded by the mega-size A-Class HL MPV, the AAL Melbourne in Taicang. They were then discharged in Jebel Ali, for deployment at the DP World’s Shipyard in ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo Commences Dedicated Cargo Flights

Effective the first week of May, Emirates SkyCargo has commenced dedicated cargo flights on a scheduled basis every week to 67 global destinations across six continents. This includes 11 destinations in the Middle East, seven in Africa, 22 in Asia, six in Australasia, 15 in Europe and six cities in the Americas. Out of the ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo drives optimization of cargo capacity

With close to 100 daily cargo flights operated to a destination network spanning more than 65 cities across six continents, Emirates SkyCargo is leading the global cargo industry during these critical times in delivering essential supplies and commodities to people around the world. The air cargo carrier is currently operating ... [+]

Georgia Ports starts live chat feature

A new tool has been put in place to provide customers with another method to communicate with GPA's customer service team. One can access it anytime between 8a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. "The live chat feature has given our dedicated client relations professionals an opportunity to communicate quickly and clearly with our ... [+]

MTC Logistics Delivers Key Construction Milestone

The Port of Mobile’s newest refrigerated cargo facility is erecting steel and changing the landscape at one of the nation’s fastest growth container ports. MTC Logistics (MTC) is investing approximately $61 million at the Port of Mobile. “We are excited to see our new International Distribution Center take shape.” ... [+]

Port of Brownsville’s FTZ Drives Record-Setting $9 Billion of Combined Import and Export Value

Foreign Trade Zone No. 62 at the Port of Brownsville reported a record-setting $8.9 billion in the combined value of exports and imports for 2019. The total value of export shipments through FTZ No. 62 reached $4.3 billion in 2019, an increase from $3.8 billion the year before. In turn, ... [+]

Port of Oakland gets new service to Asia, includes Saudi Arabia

A sprawling vessel service begins the week of May 4 with 18 megaships linking the Port of Oakland to Asia, including Saudi Arabia. A highlight of the new service: the first-ever direct link between Oakland and the Middle East. The Port said today that Japan’s ONE line would operate the ... [+]

Port Tampa Bay donates over 1,000 toilet paper rolls

Port Tampa Bay donated more than 1,000 rolls of toilet paper to Feeding Tampa Bay so that the organization could distribute the much-needed supplies to its network of food banks throughout the region. The port was able to secure the toilet paper through their building supplier. A majority of Port ... [+]

Record-breaking Shipment bound for USA

While economies around the world pause in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, farmers haven’t stopped. Spring is planting season for soybean and corn crops in America’s heartland, and these seeds are a top commodity shipped aboard flights from Argentina to the United States. Although passenger flights aren’t currently operating ... [+]

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