FreightWaves Flashback
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FreightCasts Weekly Recap (11/2-11/8)
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FreightWaves Flashback: England gets its orange juice by sea, land and air services
1966: Seventy thousand American gallons of frozen concentrated orange juice were imported into the United Kingdom from Florida in 1965. This quantity represents nearly two…
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FreightWaves Flashback: Hapag-Lloyd fleets merge
1970: After 123 years of Hapag history and 113 years of Lloyd history the first page of Hapag-LIoyd AG history will be written in 1970.…
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FreightWaves Flashback: Should neighboring ports actually marry?
1981: Civic pride and more than a little politicking have scuttled — at least temporarily — a controversial proposal to study whether the competing Puget…
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FreightWaves Flashback: ACL Railroad obtains versatile whopper hopper
1964: The Whopper Hopper is the most advanced design of any freight car fabricated from USS Tenelon stainless steel. In a single trip it can…
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FreightWaves Flashback: Jacksonville’s 3rd container crane goes up; will handle 1,500 containers weekly
1973: This will be Sea-Land’s 2nd container crane at Jacksonville and the 3rd in operation at the port.
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FreightWaves Flashback: Which South Atlantic port is really No. 1?
1971: Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston duke it out for Southeastern port crown.
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FreightWaves Flashback 1963: Rail piggyback captures 9.3% of citrus movement in two years
1963: Trucks have moved into the lead as the primary mode of transportation for Florida’s half billion dollar citrus and vegetable crops.
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FreightWaves Flashback 1971: ‘Breakthrough’ reported in test shipment of melons to UK stores
1971: Londoners are able to buy American melons for the first time after test shipments to the U.K. proved successful.
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FreightWaves Flashback 1969: Eastern Airlines invests $4 million to containerize baggage
1969: The system will cut baggage delivery time by at least 50% while protecting luggage from loss and damage.
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