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The Mississippi State Port Authority said Feb. 1 it reached a long-term lease agreement between the Port of Gulfport and CORE X GULFPORT that will include constructing a 150,000-square-foot cold storage facility.The lease agreement has an initial term of 60 years with two 15-year renewal options. CORE X will invest US$73 million in what is considered the first investment in cold storage infrastructure since Hurricane Katrina.The facility will provide 21,000 ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority saw record volumes through its Port of Brunswick, while a flurry of investments should yield stronger container volumes at the Port of Savannah in 2024.The Port of Brunswick handled a record 775,565 units of autos and machinery in the port’s 2023 ...
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U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel said he is considering an investigation into the impact of impeded access for merchant vessels attempting to traverse the Suez and Panama canals.During an FMC hearing Feb. 7 on the impacts resulting from conditions in the Red Sea and ...
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C.H. Robinson, the Minnesota-based logistics service provider, said it has created touchless, automated system for scheduling trucking appointments, and putting a dent in the more than 1 billion appointments made annually through phone calls and emails.Freight shipping normally involves scheduling an appointment for a load ...
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BIMCO, one of the largest international shipping association for shipowners, has established a subcommittee to work on a global standard contract for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines.The project aims to support the offshore wind industry as global demand for renewable sources of ...
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BIMCO expects the dry bulk market to remain steady through 2025, according to the shipping association’s January Dry Bulk Shipping Market Overview and Outlook.The dry bulk market will look much like 2023 in each of the next two years, BIMCO said. Supply is expected to ...
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Multipurpose vessel operator Swire Shipping said Westwood Shipping Lines, a niche vessel operator acquired in June 2022, has integrated and has taken on the Swire Shipping name.Westwood Shipping operates between the Pacific Northwest and Northeast Asia, and Swire Shipping’s acquisition was part of the Singapore-based ...
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Dallas-based motor carrier Sterling Transportation said its Dallas terminal is now an official container freight station.The 14-door CFS is located in Coppell, Texas, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The 54,600-square-foot warehouse has more than 8,000 pallet positions, and is available for short- and long-term ...
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The Port of San Diego said President and CEO Joe Stuyvesant and board Commissioner Rafael Castellanos resigned from their respective positions on Jan. 29.Stuyvesant, who had served in his role since February 2021, was placed on administrative leave by the seven-member San Diego Board of ...
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RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, the Massachusetts based intermodal, warehouse and logistics service provider, reported the addition of three sales executives in preparation for the 2024 freight market upswing.RoadOne’s executive sales team now includes:• Randy Abbott, vice president of strategic accounts: Abbott has extensive background in strategic transportation ...
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