The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., or GLS, opened its 67th navigation season on March 25.
GLS joined partner the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., or SLSMC, at a ceremony for the opening of the binational waterway, which took place in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Speaking at the ceremony, GLS Deputy Administrator Anthony Fisher, U.S. Consul General in Toronto Baxter Hunt, and SLSMC President/CEO Jim ...
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RoadOne IntermodaLogistics said April 8 it has made strategic hires in its senior leadership team, which it said is positioning itself for strategic growth.
The intermodal logistics provider made hires across key areas including finance, operations, warehousing, pricing, sales and marketing, to position itself for significant growth.
The additions are aimed at ...
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New logistics software provider Emerger on April 8 announced the launch of an all-in-one cloud-based project logistics software platform to empower logistics professionals to save time, increase productivity, and reduce operational cost.
Emerger utilizes technology to streamline communication and transactions between shippers and logistics service providers to simplify the transportation process.
The ...
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Danish logistics company DSV has secured EU antitrust approval for its US$15.85 billion acquisition of German rival Schenker, creating what will become the world's biggest logistics company, the European Commission said April 9, Reuters reported.
DSV announced the deal for the logistics arm of German state-rail operator Deutsche Bahn in September ...
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Drewry, the maritime research and consultancy, said its World Container Index rose 3 percent to USUS$2,265 per 40-foot equivalent unit, or FEU, the week of April 10.
The latest Drewry WCI composite index is 78 percent below the previous pandemic peak of USUS$10,377 in September 2021 but was 59 percent higher ...
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Descartes Systems Group, the on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions provider, announced that the Descartes Air Messaging solution has streamlined the transmission of air shipment data according to the International Air Transport Association’s ONE Record messaging standard.
IATA’s ONE Record initiative aims to help airlines, their partners and service providers digitize air cargo messaging ...
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The Port of Brownsville is advancing on more than US$300 million in projects at the port, including creating U.S. operation for Mexican trade.
Food manufacturer Westa Inc., the first tenant of the Port of Brownsville’s 118-acre business park, is finalizing the layout for its US$20 million facilities at the port.
Westa will ...
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Six industry associations, supported by more than 40 maritime stakeholders, have released a consolidated and enhanced publication: Best Management Practices (BMP) for Maritime Security (MS).
The industry organizations are BIMCO; International Chamber of Shipping, or ICS; International Marine Contractors Association or IMCA; the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, or INTERCARGO; ...
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Drewry, the maritime research and consultancy, said its World Container Index decreased 4 percent to USUS$2,168 per 40-foot equivalent unit, or FEU, the week of March 25.
The latest Drewry WCI composite index is 79 percent below the previous pandemic peak of USUS$10,377 in September 2021 but was 53 percent higher ...
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The Trump administration has nominated Derek Barrs to serve as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator after acting administrator Adrienne Camire inexplicably disappeared from the agency’s top post, Transport Topics reports.
Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol chief with more than three decades of public safety experience, would take a role ...
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