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Panama Canal Expansion Marks Second Anniversary

Jun 26, 2018

Today marks Panama Canal's two-year anniversary of the inauguration of its Canal Expansion. It is the largest enhancement project in the waterway’s 103-year history. To date, the Canal has transited 3,745 Neopanamax vessels.The performance…

Migrants Rescued by Boxship Land in Sicily

Jun 26, 2018

More than 100 rescued migrants from private cargo ship Alexander Maersk, picked up off the coast of southern Italy on Friday, arrived in the southern port of Pozzallo in Sicily on Tuesday. The new Italian government has closed its ports to ships operated by charities in the Mediterranean…

French Union Calls for June 28 Port Action

Jun 26, 2018

France's CGT union says it is calling on port workers across the country to down tools on June 28 and join a protest against the policies of the government. Thursday's action coincides with the end of three months of rolling train strikes…

SC Ports CEO Sounds Off on Southern States Chassis Pool

Jun 25, 2018

South Carolina Ports Authority president and CEO Jim Newsome has issued the following statement on the proposed new chassis pool structure to be known as the Southern States Chassis Pool:  “The South Atlantic Chassis Pool was formed in 2006…

ETP Reopens one of two Philadelphia Area Product Pipelines

Jun 25, 2018

Energy Transfer Partners LP reopened the smaller of two Philadelphia area pipelines that help carry refined products from the region's refineries to the New York Harbor and Western Pennsylvania but the larger of the two remained shut, the company said in a customer notice seen by Reuters…

BNSF: Crude Rail Service Could Resume Tuesday

Jun 25, 2018

BNSF Railway Co on Monday said it could resume service Tuesday on a stretch of northwestern Iowa track damaged when a train left the track and crude oil spilled from derailed cars. The crude oil train derailed near Doon, Iowa, on Friday…

SSY Atlantic Capesize Index Up 293

Jun 25, 2018

Shipbrokers Simpson, Spence and Young's Atlantic Capesize Index rose by 293 points in the week ending Monday to 8,038.The SSY Atlantic Capesize Index retreated by 293 points last week to 8,038 points as a quiet weak for trans- Atlantic coal…

CMA CGM Founder Jacques Saade Dies at 81

Jun 25, 2018

Mr. Jacques R. Saade, founding president of the CMA CGM Group, died on June 24, 2018 at the age of 81, according to the company. Jacques R. Saadé dedicated his life to CMA CGM.  An extraordinary visionary and entrepreneur, he made the group…

Kenya Plans More Cargo Train to De-congest Mombasa Port

Jun 24, 2018

The standard gauge rail (SGR) freight service will increase the number of daily trains on the Mombasa-Nairobi route in the next five months to facilitate faster movement of cargo between the port and the inland container depot (ICD) in Embakasi…

TRAC Intermodal Continues Fleet Investment

Jun 21, 2018

TRAC Intermodal announced it is continuing its investment in its fleet modernization program by adding 16,000 premium chassis in 2018.TRAC said 8,000 new and 8,000 fully-refurbished chassis featuring LED lights, OEM tires, new brake systems…

New Boost for Dutch Rail Freight Transport

Jun 20, 2018

Various parties active in the rail freight transport sector have reached agreement with State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven about an incentives package that is intended to make rail freight transport even more sustainable and attractive…

Brazil Freight Impasse Lingers

Jun 20, 2018

A Brazilian Supreme Court hearing ended with no consensus on the adoption of minimum freight prices and whether such prices should be dictated by the government, Justice Luiz Fux said on Wednesday.Minimum freight prices, introduced by decree…

Nils van Vliet Appointed CEO of Railport Antwerp

Jun 19, 2018

Railport Antwerp, a joint initiative by Antwerp Port Authority, the Left Bank Development Corporation and the industry associations Essenscia Vlaanderen and VOKA-Alfaport, is to expand its activities.  The company will actively serve rail transport in the port…

Container Scanning Introduced at Krishnapatnam Port

Jun 18, 2018

India’s Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL),  in an industry first initiative, announced the installation of ‘Rapiscan Eagle P 60 (“Eagle P60’)’ a drive through X Ray Container Scanner & Radiation Portal Monitors. Besides increasing security and safety of the port…

Hannibal Doubles Connections To Switzerland

Jun 18, 2018

Hannibal, Contship Italia Group's multimodal transport operator, has launched a second rail link to Switzerland on July 2, 2018. The new daily connection to Zurich (Niederglatt) complements the existing link to Basel (Frenkendorf), which is also served daily…

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