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Tradepoint Atlantic Inks License Deal with Host Terminals

Apr 06, 2017

Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,100-acre multimodal global logistics center in Baltimore, Maryland, that features an unmatched combination of access to deepwater berths, railroads, highways, and storage space today announced an exclusive, 10-year agreement…

Somalia's Puntland: P&O Ports Wins Bossaso Concession

Apr 06, 2017

Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Thursday that Dubai's government-owned P&O Ports had won a 30-year concession worth $336 million to expand and manage its Bossaso port.'This investment is a huge undertaking in Puntland and…

Women Studying Transportation Get WTS Awards

Apr 05, 2017

WTS International, the association dedicated to attracting, sustaining, connecting and advancing the professional careers of women in transportation, has announced the selection of the winners of its six scholarships for 2017.  Each of the…

Hamburg Süd on top in Performance Report

Apr 05, 2017

Hamburg Süd takes first place in the SeaIntel Global Liner Performance Report for the month of February 2017 in the category Schedule Reliability for the third time in succession.  The company had already reached this top spot in December 2016 as well as January 2017…

APM Ready for Business at Lazaro Cardenas

Apr 04, 2017

The President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, joined by the Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, inaugurated APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Latin America’s most technologically-advanced container terminal, with the capacity to receive…

Indian Ports to Introduce RFID System

Apr 02, 2017

India's  all major ports have been asked to put in place the RFID system to ensure real-time tracking of vehicles and men at ports. 'All major ports have been directed to implement RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) system by March 31…

India's Box Trade to Grow Double Digits: Maersk

Apr 02, 2017

Maersk Line said that the growth of EXIM container trade of India in the current year is likely to be in two digits. The export-import container trade volume of India grew by 10% for the full year 2016, which was double of 2015, that too amid weak global trade…

OCEAN Alliance Launch Announced

Mar 31, 2017

CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, launches Saturday April 1st the 40 new maritime services of its new operational alliance OCEAN Alliance.  Combining this new offer of maritime services with a global intermodal and logistics offer…

APM Terminals Boosts Walmart Hub at Port of Mobile

Mar 31, 2017

APM Terminals Mobile welcomes Arkansas-based global retail giant Walmart’s plans for a new International Distribution Center to be opened 15 miles from the port.  The sixth of Walmart’s US international distribution centers, the Irvington…

New Mississippi Container Terminal Planned

Mar 29, 2017

Plans have been put in motion to develop a new intermodal container terminal on the lower Mississippi River. Designed to service the largest ocean carriers, the new 1,000 acre container terminal will be capable of docking vessels up to 20…

JNPT Gets Radiological Detection Equipment at Exit Gates

Mar 28, 2017

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai has become the first major port in the country to install radiological detection equipment (RDE) at all its exit road and rail gates. An official press release said the Marine Department…

APM Terminals Pipavav Welcomed Inaugural Container Train Service

Mar 27, 2017

APM Terminals, Pipavav received the inaugural container train from Rail Container Terminal [RCT], Vadodara carrying Glass Materials, Syringes, Led Bulb, flexible intermediate bulk container [FIBC] Jumbo bags, Plastic Articles for export. Operated by Container Corporation of India [CONOCR]…

Alliance Reshuffle Could Limit Freight Forwarding Options

Mar 22, 2017

iContainers, the 100 percent online freight forwarder, says that the new shipping alliances set to come into effect next week will lead to a shortage of options for freight forwarders. Starting April 1st, the previous four alliances will be regrouped to three - THE Alliance…

First of Four New Cranes Starts Work at Port of Savannah

Mar 22, 2017

The Georgia Ports Authority has commissioned the first of four new Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes at the Garden City Terminal, bringing its fleet to 23 -- more cranes than any other U.S. terminal -- with three machines yet to come online. 'Expanding…

Crowley, Penn Terminals Sign Multi-year Services Agreement

Mar 21, 2017

Crowley Maritime Corporation said it has signed a multi-year stevedoring and terminal services agreement with Penn Terminals in Eddystone, Pa., to accommodate the company’s weekly Northeast container shipping service to and from San Juan, Puerto Rico…

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