The Port of Long Beach was recognized Tuesday, June 17, as the “Best Green Seaport” at the 28th annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards hosted in Shanghai, China.Known for its nearly 10-year-old Green Port Policy, the Port of Long Beach has regularly reported reduced impacts on the community…
Call for Shipping Industry to Anticipate Climate Change Impacts.At a major conference today in Liverpool, United Kingdom, hosted by the renowned Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)…
Hundreds of truck drivers blocked traffic arriving at southern Brazil's Paranagua port on Thursday to protest a policy that fines them for parking outside designated areas.Shipment of commodities like corn and soybeans was not affected, the port authority said in a statement…
In another milestone in the development of its London Gateway Logistics Park, DP World has announced Buckingham Group has been awarded the contract to build the Common User Facility (CUF).Following a period of ground preparation and development of key infrastructure by DP World…
French port Marseilles Fos is aiming to play a link role in cargo bound from Belgium to North Africa and the Middle East following a presentation in Antwerp on May 15 to freight forwarders from Europe’s second biggest port.In a first-time initiative to attract business sourced in Antwerp…
Long established in the trucking, warehousing, cargo transfer and barging industry of Thailand, S.P. Inter Marine can be described as a broadly horizontally integrated firm. With a well constructed presence at Ayutthaya, about 80 kmup the Chao Phrya River from the Gulf of Thailand…
Robert A. Curry Sr., President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of California Cartage Company, an industry leader in trucking, warehousing and deconsolidation, has been selected to receive the 2014 Connie Award to be presented on the West…
Trucking, rail and port panelists will explore the benefits of improving America’s intermodal freight transportation system.On May 13, American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) President and CEO Kurt Nagle will join forces with CEOs representing trucking…
Mikhail Ulyanov, an ice-breaking shuttle tanker (ice class – ARC6) belonging to OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group), has been the subject of a Greenpeace protest, while at the Port of Rotterdam carrying a cargo of 67,000 tons of crude oil, loaded on the continental shelf of the Pechora Sea…
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics has announced that Jessica Cohen and Kendall Kellaway have both been promoted to Director of Business Development positions. Jessica will be responsible for sales and customer engagement in the Midwest and Kendall will take over the reins in the Northeast…
Greencarrier Freight Services, one of the Nordic region’s largest privately owned global transport companies, has opened an office in Minsk, Belarus.The company has expanded through both organic growth and acquisition since it was founded…
The following statement has been released by Robin Silvester, President & CEO, Port Metro Vancouver:'The governments of Canada and British Columbia and Port Metro Vancouver have reached agreement with members of Unifor and the United Truckers…
American Worldwide Agencies (AWA) is adding to its global network of freight forwarders and agents with a new office in Houston, the company announced today. The Houston office is part of AWA's global expansion plans and will handle the company's growing business in the region for project freight…
Container truck drivers at Canada's largest port reached a new deal on Thursday, narrowly avoiding an expanded job action that would have seen some 400 unionized drivers join about 1,200 non-unionized drivers who walked off the job last week…
Kat Cole, the 35-year-old president of the cinnamon roll brand, Cinnabon, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 2014 annual conference of WTS International, the association for the professional advancement of women in transportation that will take place May 14 - 16…