Gary G Burrows
Some 270 business organizations, in a letter asked the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance Ltd. to resume contract talks in hopes of avoiding another strike at the 36 ports on the East and Gulf coasts.The two sides were to have met four times during the week of Nov. 11, but dock workers broke off talks when USMX included wording about automation at the ports – a key ...
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The global airline industry in 2025 will show a slight strengthening of profitability amid ongoing cost and supply chain challenges, according to the outlook from he International Air Transport Association, or IATA.The overall financial performance is expected to improve in 2025 on the back of lower jet fuel prices and ...
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Sustainability has become a strategic imperative for small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, significantly influencing their long-term value and credibility, according to an international survey from DHL Express.DHL Express has published an eBook, Sustainability Matters: DHL Express’ Global Survey on Small Businesses, based on in-depth survey of 5,000 SME decision ...
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Loaded container traffic improved 5 percent year-over-year in October, according to the latest data update from Container Trades Statistics Ltd., or CTS.CTS records show that global shipments reached 15.8 million 20-foot-eqivalent units, or TEUs in October, a JOC reported. Year-to-date total after 10 months to 152.5 million TEUs, a 6.2 ...
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The Port of Brownsville celebrated the kick-off of the second phase of the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement projects.The Brownsville Navigation District (BND) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 6 for the project, which will deepen the 17-mile-long Brownsville Ship Channel ...
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The Port of Brownsville has named Texan Cement as the recipient of its 2024 Chairman’s Award at a customer appreciation luncheon Dec.10.Brownsville Navigation District Chairman Esteban Guerra presented the award to Ricardo Viejo García from Cementos Tudela Veguín, parent company of Texan Cement. The award recognizes achievements of port tenants ...
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French ocean carrier CMA CGM has announced peak season surcharges, effective Jan. 1 from European ports to U.S. and Canadian ports and inland destinations.For all cargoes except out-of-gauge, or OOG, and before breaking bulk, or BBB, the surcharge will be US$250 per 20-foot containers and US$500 per 40-foot standard and ...
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U.S. trucking companies were T-boned by US$165 billion in nuclear verdicts, or jury awards of more than $10 million, in 2023, according to a report from Marathon Strategies.Overall, U.S. juries ordered companies in 47 different industries to pay a nuclear verdict last year, in a report by Krystyna Shchedrina of ...
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Swift Navigation, a provider of positioning technologies, and CHC Navigation, a global navigation satellite systems, or GNSS, services provider, have joined forces .The partnership intends to integrate Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service with CHC Navigation’s GNSS receivers, delivering reliable and cost-effective centimeter-accurate positioning to unlock the next generation of location-based ...
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Russia could continue to see declining seaborne dry bulk exports through the first half of 2025, due to coal price competitiveness and a fall in wheat volumes, according to a BIMCO shipping analyst.Through November, Russia has seen dry bulk exports decline 5 percent year over year, driven by a 10 ...
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