Gary G Burrows
The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved record-high 53 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the third quarter of 2024, driven by increases in crude oil and dry bulk movements.The third quarter total was a 2 percent increase from the same period last year, which was the prior highest quarter in the port’s history. The port saw a 3 percent increase in crude oil shipments ...
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American Trucking Associations ended its 2024 Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 15 celebrating Dennis Dellinger’s selection as the federation’s 80th chairman.Dellinger, CEO of Claremont, N.C.-based Cargo Transporters, is a 38-year industry veteran.“I look forward to working with all of you to represent the millions of hardworking men and women ...
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Hub Group Inc., the comprehensive transportation and logistics management solutions, said Oct. 8 said it has entered a joint venture with EASO, a family owned, Mexico City-based intermodal and trucking logistics provider.The joint venture will be the largest cross-border and intra-Mexico intermodal company, positioning Hub Group to capitalize on nearshoring ...
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Drewry, the independent maritime research consultancy, said its World Container Index decreased 4 percent to US$3,349 per 40-foot container the week of Oct. 10, 68 percent below the previous pandemic peak of US$10,377 in September 2021, but 136 percent more than he average pre-pandemic rate (2019) of US$1,420.
The average composite ...
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The Texas Port of Brownsville said it has secured a low-interest US$43 million loan from the Texas Department of Transportation, or TXDOT, for its Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement (BIH) project.The Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund, or SCIRF, loan provides the Port or Brownsville’s share of qualified costs necessary to ...
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BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has adopted the AUTOSHIPMAN agreement in response to a growing number of remotely controlled ships.The AUTOSHIPMAN agreement provides a standard contractual foundation for third-party ship managers to deliver services for the operation of remotely controlled or fully autonomous ships. Remotely controlled ships are currently used primarily in ...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations, or CFR, hosted its inaugural Supply Chain Summit on Sept. 10, bringing together leaders from government, industry, academia, and communities.The summit was intended to highlight efforts by the U.S. government and industry to shift from reacting to ...
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen said four of the dozen Shaper-class vessels on order with Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) will be increased in size from 9,300 car equivalent units to about 11,700 CEUs – the largest pure car truck carriers to ever to sail and are intended to reduce the cost of the company’s ...
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen, the Oslo-based roll-on, roll-off and vehicle carrier, has promoted Mike Hynekamp to the newly created position of chief strategy and corporate development officer. John Felitto, senior vice president of vehicle services Americas, or VSA, will replace Hynekamp as chief operating officer of logistics services.Lasse Kristofferson, president and CEO, ...
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The Port of Virginia’s expanded central rail yard is fully operational, signaling the completion of a project giving the port the capacity to process 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, by rail annually.“Modernizing and expanding the capability at NIT’s [Norfolk International Terminals] central rail yard gives us additional rail ...
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