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GEA's New Transcritical CO2 Refrigeration Technology

Aug 22, 2019

Due to national and international laws as well as voluntary environmental protection measures, more and more environmentally friendly refrigerants are being used in the marine business.Based on more than 100 years of experience in the refrigeration business…

Missouri Plans Inland Container-On-Vessel Service

Aug 22, 2019

Missouri Governor Michael Parson visited the Mississippi River town of Herculaneum on August 12 to find out more about statewide efforts to deliver a new option to transport freight along the inland waterways and what role an innovative waterway…

Descartes Acquires BestTransport

Aug 21, 2019

Descartes Systems Group has acquired BestTransport.com, a cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) provider focused on flatbed-intensive manufacturers and distributors.BestTransport has been connecting shippers and carriers to streamline transportation processes for more than 15 years…

Peel Ports Steps Toward Brexit Ready

Aug 21, 2019

Peel Ports Group has been accredited with the internationally recognized quality mark of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) at all its principal ports by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customers, affirming the Port’s efficient and robust processes to customers worldwide…

Highest July Container Volumes for JAXPORT

Aug 21, 2019

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has achieved its best ever July container volumes, with total container movements increasing 19 percent over the previous July. More than 116,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs, the industry standard…

Dream Cruises Wins $2.9Bln from KfW IPEX-Bank

Aug 20, 2019

KfW IPEX-Bank, leading a consortium consisting of six international banks, is structuring the financing of two cruise ships for Genting Hong Kong Ltd. and its brand Dream Cruises.The Global Class I and II ships are currently being built in the…

Baltic Index Down on Lower Capesize, Panamax Rates

Aug 20, 2019

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index fell for the second straight session on Tuesday, hurt by softer demand for the capesize and panamax vessel segments.The Baltic index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, fell 0…

Maersk, Blackbuck Partner for Intermodal Logistics

Aug 20, 2019

Maersk, a leader in integrated container logistics, has announced its partnership with BlackBuck, India’s largest online marketplace for trucking, to provide an online marketplace for containerized trucking in EXIM logistics in India.The Indian…

SCCT Announces Reefer Repair Hub

Aug 19, 2019

The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), strategically located at the mouth of the Suez Canal in Egypt, has announced its intention to open its reefer container inspection and repair hub to all brands. The terminal will also launch a dry container inspection and repair hub in October 2019…

German Award for AIDA Cruises

Aug 16, 2019

AIDA Cruises' newest ship AIDAnova recognized with prestigious international certification for excellence  in environmentally friendly ship design by Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment.Carnival Corporation, the world's largest leisure…

Maersk Q2 Beats Expectations Amid Trade War

Aug 15, 2019

The world's biggest container shipping company AP Moller-Maersk delivers a 17% increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to USD 1.4 bn in Q2 compared to the same quarter last year.Revenue grew slightly to USD 9…

Port of Vancouver Sets Records

Aug 15, 2019

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the largest port in Canada and the largest in the Pacific Northwest, has recorded new mid-year record for container volumes.Between January 1 and June 30, 2019, overall cargo through the port increased 0…

China Launches Intermodal to Hungary

Aug 14, 2019

A new freight train service has been launched  linking Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, and Budapest, capital of Hungary, making it the newest China-Europe freight train route.According to Xinhua, this is the fifth freight train service Jinan has opened to Europe and Central Asia…

Dachser to Build North Germany Transit Terminal

Aug 14, 2019

To accommodate Dachser’s consistent growth in the industrial goods and refrigerated foods sectors, the logistics solutions provider is investing $20 million dollars to build a new branch as well as a new transit terminal in northern Germany…

Intermodal Cargo up 10.5% in Savannah Port

Aug 14, 2019

The Port of Savannah set a record for intermodal cargo last month, handling 47,255 rail lifts, an increase of 10.5% over July of last year.According to Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), over the past three years, the Port of Savannah has grown its rail volume by 35…

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Argentina will Send First Corn Shipment to China Next Month Since 2023

Argentina will Send First Corn Shipment to China Next Month Since 2023

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DOT Announces New Funding as Ports Prioritize Propane-Powered Equipment

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CK Hutchison Port Sale Could Be Win For Beijing, But US Resistance Remains

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Port of Klaipėda Requests Expressions of Interest in Klaipėda Southport Development Project

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Argentina will be the first to export corn to China in next month's shipment.
LSEG data shows that India and Taiwan were the top two buyers of Russian naphtha during June.