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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Hapag-Lloyd adds Baltimore to GMX

     The liner carrier Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday it will add a call in Baltimore to its transatlantic GMX service from February.    The revised rotation will be Thamesport, Le Havre, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Baltimore, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans, Charleston, and Thamesport. The service is currently operated with Hapag-Lloyd vessels with an average capacity of […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

CSX on-dock service to start in Virginia

     CSX will commence on-dock rail service at the Port of Virginia’s APM Terminal on Jan. 3, the company said Tuesday.    The Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad previously offered limited service from the terminal to a small rail yard that required containers to be shuttled back and forth by truck.    In January, the carrier will use the […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Maritime cyber security report warns threats

     The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) said it has published its first report ever on maritime cyber security challenges and threats.    The report covers key insights, existing initiatives, precautions and recommendations, and a baseline for cyber security.    ENISA said all sectors that deploy information and communication technologies (ICT) are […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

SoCal Clean Trucks Program ending

     Jan. 1 marks the end of the Southern California ports’ four-year effort to make cleaner the drayage trucks that serve container terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach.    The Port of Los Angeles said Tuesday that effective that day, “every local short-haul or drayage truck calling at the Port of Los Angeles […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Baltimore sets auto records

   More automobiles crossed the docks at the Port of Baltimore in October than any month in its history, the Maryland Port Administration said.    Terminals at the port handled 43,057 cars compared to the previous record of 42,830 set in October 2010. Baltimore also set a record for export vehicles with 18,592, surpassing October 2008’s mark […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Reichhold picks Transplace

     Third-party logistics firm Transplace has been picked to handle domestic transportation management activities for Reichhold, a North Carolina-based global composites and coating industry manufacturer.    Under the agreement, Transplace will procure and manage Reichhold’s truckload contracts with carriers and the freight audit and payment activities.    Reichhold said it expects the agreement to reduce […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Moody’s affirms Hapag-Lloyd ratings

     Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday it had affirmed its ratings on Hapag-Lloyd, but changed its outlook on the liner to negative from stable.    “The change of outlook on HL’s ratings is primarily driven by the company’s weaker-than-expected performance during the first nine months of 2011 that is likely to translate into credit metrics very […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Cambridge Systematics promotions

I’m not sure when we do and do-not grab pictures for these. This doesn’t seem like one of those cases but if I’m wrong there are a few within the press release itself:https://www.camsys.com/pressreleases/pr_dec11_KimonJay.htm?utm_source=pressrelease&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dec11tdfleadership 

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Brownsville overweight truck corridor expanded

   The Texas Transportation Commission last week approved an amendment that will expand the Port of Brownsville’s authority to issue permits for operating overweight trucks on designated highways in the district.    Port officials have had limited authority for a number of years to issue overweight permits to businesses along certain designated routes. The amendment expands the port’s authority, specifically to […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Panalpina expands in China

Swiss freight forwarding giant Panalpina has opened a 10,000-square-meter logistics center at Tianjin in North China to cater to Bosch Automotive Diesel Systems, and has plans to set up more facilities across China for other shippers in the next three years.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

TridentGLOBAL, Bolero develop exporter package

     Global trade and logistics management services provider TridentGLOBAL has entered an alliance with Bolero International to develop and market a range of integrated export documentation services for shippers.    The two companies will work together globally, incorporating Trident’s export documentation with a Bolero ePresentation and allowing the content to be managed through Bolero’s […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Diana buys 2 containerships

     Diana Containerships said Monday it has signed an agreement to purchase two containerships with capacities of 3,750 TEUs each from Reederei Santa Containerschiffe GmbH & Co. KG.    Diana said it paid $33 million each for the 2001-built Cap San Marco and 2002-built Cap San Raphael.    The ships are being chartered back to the […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

IFS expands in Latin America

     Global enterprise application provider IFS has signed an agreement to purchase 100 percent of the shares of LatinIFS Tecnologia da Informação S.A. in cash.    The acquisition is geared to strengthen IFS in the Latin American market. The move follows other acquisitions by IFS in the Brazil, Russia, India and China economies. IFS specializes in […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Seacor CEO honored

     Øivind Lorentzen III, chief executive officer of Seacor Holdings Inc., has been named the Connecticut Maritime Association’s Commodore for the year 2012.    The award will be presented on March 21 at a dinner marking the conclusion of the association’s annual conference and trade exposition at the Hilton Hotel in Stamford, Conn. It […]

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, December 19, 2011

Let’s put U.S. economic condition in context

By Eric Kulisch    If you don’t watch Fareed Zakharia’s “GPS” program Sunday mornings on CNN, you should. The journalist and foreign affairs analyst gets past the surface noise to provide provocative analysis about what’s really going on at the intersection of global economics and politics.   GPS stands for Global Public Square. It’s a […]

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, December 19, 2011

Trimble gains PeopleNet CEO

     Trimble has appointed PeopleNet Chief Executive Officer Ron Konezny as the new general manager of Trimble’s worldwide Transportation and Logistics (T&L) division.    Konezny had been with PeopleNet, which specializes in integrated onboard computing and mobile fleet communication systems in North America, since its founding in 1994 and was appointed CEO in July 2007.   […]

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