Gary G Burrows
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., the largest U.S. provider of dredging services, said it has received several dredging awards totaling US$256.2 million.Awarded work, cost, client and schedule start and completion:• Mobile Harbor, Alabama Deepening and Widening – Phase 2A Dredging Project (Capital, Alabama, US$65.9 million). Deepens the channel by six feet to improve channel navigation and to allow deeper draft vessels use of the port. U.S. Army Corps of ...
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Galveston Wharves has started more than US$90 million in phased construction work to improve and expand its West Port Cargo Complex and grow its cargo business.Funded by port revenues and a US$36 million Texas government grant, the work will add 30 acres of cargo-handling area and a new 1,424-foot berth. ...
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Drewry, the maritime research consultancy, said its Global Container Port Throughput Index increased 3.3 percent month over month from May to June, improving 5.5 percent year over year to 118.5 points.The rolling 12-month average growth rate for global port handling also rose to 4.4 percent in June. According to Drewry’s ...
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French shipping line and logistics company CMA CGM said it plans to implement a peak season surcharge from the U.S. to the Caribbean, effective Sept. 23.The surcharge will be US$250 per 40-foot and 45-foot containers for dry cargo, US$300 per 20-footer and US$600 per 40-footer.The service covers the port range ...
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BOSS Crane and Rigging said it is expanding its geographical footprint, service areas and capabilities with a new location just south of Atlanta.In addition, Boss has appointed Dave Johnson as director of Bennett On-Site Services LCC.The leased property at 1587 Burks Drive in Lake City, Georgia, features a four-acre yard ...
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Swire Shipping said it has successfully completed a sustainable B24 biofuel trial on its transpacific Sun Chief Express Ocean service.
A collaboration with UWL, the Sun Chief Express Ocean service directly connects Vietnam to the U.S. and is the fastest in the market, with express connections into the heart of ...
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Supply chain infrastructure and solutions provider Savage said it is developing a new multicommodity, rail-connected transload terminal to serve the Las Vegas market.
The Las Vegas transload facility will be in Jean, Nevada, and served by the Union Pacific Railroad. Savage anticipates moving various fuels and industrial commodities through the ...
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Work progresses on Port Canaveral’s US$39 million capital improvement project to remove the existing North Cargo Berth 4 and replace it with a 981-foot-long multipurpose, multi-use wharf, expected to be completed in the fourth quarter.The existing, functionally obsolete over-the-water pier has been out of service for nearly 10 years. A ...
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The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, or NOPB, said it is making significant progress on two major infrastructure enhancement projects – the Transloading Industrial Park and the Claiborne Yard expansion.The NOPB Transloading Industrial Park off Jourdan Road in New Orleans East will enable shippers to move freight more efficiently between ...
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Port Freeport in Texas has reached a five-year lease agreement with Chiquita Fresh North America, with an option for an additional five years, which the port said marks “a milestone in their ongoing partnership.”
"We are extremely excited about the continued partnership with Chiquita," said Phyllis Saathoff, executive director/CEO of ...
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