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September 2024

Gemini Cooperation Weighs Service Options

Container-shipping lines A.P. Moller – Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd AG shared an update on the service map for their Gemini Cooperation, the east-west network due to start operating in February 2025.The operational collaboration announced in December presented two network options: the Trans-Suez and the Cape of Good Hope, the latter providing an alternative due to ongoing disruptions in the Red Sea.Depending on which network the cooperation will phase in, the new ... [+]

Be Diligent to Avoid Ship Fires, TT Club

Four fires aboard container ships, two in port and another two at sea within the last four months, has prompted the TT Club to reiterate its longstanding message for shippers and those facilitating the supply chain to be more diligent over how their cargoes are classified, packaged, packed, declared and ... [+]

St. Louis Task Force to Meet Air Demands

The St. Louis Regional Freightway is launching a new task force in collaboration with the region’s five busiest airports, leading employers in the aerospace manufacturing and service sector and other leaders in education and workforce training.The launch is in response to more than US$5 billion in planned investments that are ... [+]

Port Houston’s July Box Volume Slips

Port Houston’s container volume slipped a 5 percent in July compared to the same month last year, handling 325,277 TEUs, as the port dealt with both Hurricane Beryl and a global system outage that briefly impacted operation.Container volume is still up 10 percent year-to-date, reaching 2.42 million 20-foot equivalent units, ... [+]

Jenkins Assumes CEO Role at Port Houston

Port Houston said Charlie Jenkins has officially assumed the role of CEO Sept. 3, taking the helm from long-time executive director Roger Guenther, following his retirement on Aug. 28.Jenkins has worked at Port Houston for more than 30 years and was named incoming CEO in April after most recently serving ... [+]

Wind Blows Canopée into Port Canaveral

The Canopée, the world's first hybrid propulsion commercial cargo vessel, made its inaugural U.S. visit to Port Canaveral Sept. 4.The specially designed roll on-roll off, or Ro-Ro delivered the European Service Module (ESM-3) module, which will fly on the NASA SLS Artemis-III mission to the moon for the first time ... [+]

MSC Goes It Alone with East/West Network

            MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Monday that will provide an independent, competitive, and complete network for east/west trades. MSC’s future standalone network will replace the current 2M VSA agreement that MSC has with Maersk.             As MSC assumes full operational control of its network, it will offer clients routing options ... [+]

Atlanta Freight Bottleneck Gets Makeover

The Georgia Department of Transportation hopes to unclog one of the worst U.S. freight bottlenecks, the Interstate 20/I-285 interchange, with work to begin on a US$1.2 billion project.The American Transportation Research Institute ranks the I-20/I-285 interchange as the fifth-worst truck bottleneck from among more than 325 locations on the national ... [+]

DHL Report Explores AI, Sustainability

Logistics giant DHL on Sept. 3 released the seventh edition of the DHL Logistics Trend Radar, a biennial report that highlights the foremost social, business and technological trends impacting the industry.Since its inception in 2012, the report provides an in-depth analysis of logistics trends, their impact, progression and associated challenges ... [+]

CSX Expands Collective Bargaining Pacts

CSX said Aug. 30 that it has secured new five-year tentative collective bargaining agreements with International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers (IBB) and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU).The tentative agreements, which are pending ratification by the unions’ membership at CSX, were reached more than four ... [+]