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Special Focus: DELAWARE RIVER PORTS
Posted: January 20, 2011
Port of Philadelphia welcomes new year with record-size cargo of cocoa beans

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority’s dedicated cocoa-handling facility at Pier 84 is no stranger to large shipments of cocoa beans from the world’s cocoa-producing nations, with the facility routinely establishing and breaking records based on the size of the shipments it receives. This happened yet again during the first week of January 2012, when the M/V Pacific Tramp arrived at Pier 84 with its load of 19,328 metric tons of cocoa beans (totaling 293,755 bags of cocoa beans), yet another new record for the United States and this facility.

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Posted: January 20, 2011
Delaware River ports remain strong, some changes coming

Just like the ebb and flow of the tides on the Delaware River, its ports never remain static. For one, 188 acres of the former Philadelphia Navy Yard in south Philly, located adjacent to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal (PAMT), were recently deeded to the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) by the Delaware River Stevedores. PRPA will use this new land to construct, in conjunction with the Commonwealth and private sector investors, a new state-of-the-art container terminal to be called the Southport Marine Terminal.

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Posted: January 20, 2011
Port of Philadelphia’s 2011 cargo statistics show sizable gains for most port cargoes

With 3,993,616 metric tons of cargo handled at the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority’s waterfront facilities in 2011 compared with the 3,628,312 tons of cargo handled in 2010, the Port of Philadelphia marked a solid 10% increase in cargo last year, officials of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) reported today. Gains in both containerized cargoes and several non-containerized cargoes contributed to this gain. Combined with the 17% increase in cargo in 2010 over 2009, PRPA has re-established and surpassed pre-recession cargo levels.

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Special Focus: 3PL
Posted: January 20, 2011
3PLs fill needs as companies return to basics

>Few sectors in the logistics field have experienced so much growth during this extensive economic downturn than that of third party logistics operators (3PLs). Perhaps that is because this industry has adjusted with the times.

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Calendar of Events
01/31 The Traffic Club of New York will be attending the NHL hockey game: NJ Devils vs NY Rangers at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ starting at 7:00PM. The cost is $68 for members; $78 for non-members. For more information contact Kathy Rizzotti at (212) 269-1200 or email: tcnykathy@aol.com. . . . CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
02/05-02/07 The 44th Annual Georgia Foreign Trade Conference will be held at The Cloister Sea Island, GA. For more information go to www.gaforeigntrade.com. . . . CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
02/07, 02/08 CONECT will hold a Trade Briefing in Washington DC led by Peter Friedmann, FBB Federal Relations and CONECT Council. For more information go to www.conect.org. . . .
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02/13 The Foreign Commerce Club of Boston will be attending the 60th Annual Beanpot Tournament at the TD Garden in Boston, MA starting at 5:00PM. The cost is $90 for members; $110 for non-members. For more information email John O’Brien at toothpick32@verizon.net or go to www.foreigncommerceclubboston.com/events. . . . CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
02/23 The Traffic Club of New York will host its 106th Annual Dinner at the Grand Hyatt in NYC starting at 6:15PM. The cost is $225 per person. For more information contact Kathy Rizzotti at (212) 269-1200 or email: tcnykathy@aol.com. . . . CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
02/27- 03/01 The Air Cargo Group will host its Annual Conference at the Nusa Dua Resort in Bali, Indonesia. For more information contact Christos Spyrou at +86 21 6362 0081 ext. 116 or email: christos@aircargogroup.comt. . . .
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03/13- 03/15 The TOC Container Supply Chain: Asia 2012 will be held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center. The keynote speaker will be Tommy Lui of Li Fung Logistics. Other speakers will include: Frank Hercksen of Panalpina, Juan Manuel Gonzalez of Hapag Lloyd, and Lars Christiansen of United Arab Shipping. For more information contact Paul Holloway at +44 (0) 20 7017 4394 or email: paul.holloway@informa.com. . . .
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03/13- 03/15 The IATA will host the 6th World Cargo Symposium 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For more information contact Mike Huntington at +1 450 715-1313. . . .
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03/14- 03/16 CONECT will host its 17th Annual Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference at the Viking Hotel in Newport, RI. For more information go to www.conect.org. . . .
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04/24- 04/26 Cool Logistics Africa, a new conference organized by Cool Logistics Resources, will be held at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information contact Alex von Stempel at +44 20 8744 0244 or go to www.coollogisticsafrica.com. . . .
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05/02- 05/03 IANA will hold its 2012 Operations & Maintenance Seminar at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Hotel in IL. For more information go to www.intermodal.org.. . . .
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