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FedEx Corp. recently transported six giant pandas between Atlanta and Chengdu, China, aboard a FedEx Boeing 777-F, dubbed the “FedEx Panda Express.”Four giant pandas departed Hartsield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, on Oct. 12, and arrived at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on Oct. 13. The four China-bound pandas are 27-year-old female Lun Lun and 27-year-old male Yang Yang, who have resided at Zoo Atlanta since 1999, and their ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration, or FRA, has awarded more than US$2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington, D.C.These projects will make rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, getting goods and ...
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The Port of Baltimore launched double-stack rail operations to and from the port on Oct. 28, opening competitive intermodal opportunities in the Northeast and to Midwestern markets.Part of the Howard Street Tunnel Project, double-stacking capacity will bring cost efficiencies, environmental benefits and help the port ...
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The U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 24 that the owner and operator of the container vessel Dali, have agreed to pay US$102 million to resolve a civil claim brought by the U.S. for costs borne in responding to the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott ...
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U.S. Transportation Command, or USTRANSCOM, has awarded Trailer Bridge Inc. a stevedoring and terminal services contract for Danish ports, an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity pact potentially worth more than US$60 million.Under the five-year single-source contract, Trailer Bridge will be responsible for providing all stevedoring and related terminal services ...
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A.P. Moller - Maersk has upgraded its full-year guidance for 2024, due to a third quarter operating profit of US$3.3 million, based on preliminary unaudited figures, the shipping giant said Oct. 21.APMM now expects full-year 2024 operating income of US$5.2 billion to US$5.7 billion, up ...
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported third quarter net earnings of US$152.1 million, down early 19 percent from US$187.4 million in the year-earlier period.Operating revenue slipped 3 percent in the latest quarter to $3.07 billion, which the Lowell, Arkansas-based motor carrier said was primarily driven ...
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Transits of the Panama Canal dropped 29 percent in the Panama Canal Authority’s fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, reports Simon Heaney, Drewry’s senior manager, container research.Transits of the Central American cut-through reached 9,936 in FY2024, down 29.4 percent from the 14,080 transits in ...
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U.S. Surface Transportation Board has approved applications from CSX Corp. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, or CPKC, to acquire rail lines operated by Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s Meridian & Bigbee Railroad.
The approval, effective Nov. 16, allows creation of a new direct CPKC-CSX interchange ...
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SeaPort Manatee is to receive US$9.5 million to jumpstart recovery from Hurricane Milton, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Oct. 14.The emergency funding comes as fuel, food and other key goods are again beginning to flow from SeaPort Manatee to consumers throughout Southwest and Central Florida ...
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