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Harsco Rail promotes Allen Branham to Vice President of Sales

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Hutchison Ports Thailand receives world’s largest quay cranes at Laem Chabang Port

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

These cranes will play a crucial part of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project under Thailand 4.0 scheme.

Rates pick up ahead of contract season reports Drewry

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

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Prince William to attend UK Chamber of Shipping’s annual dinner

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | International Trade

The UK Chamber of Shipping is delighted to announce that His Royal Highness Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will attend the 2018 Annual Dinner at the Park Lane Hilton on 5th February.

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BEST raises its game

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

Hutchison Ports BEST terminal in Barcelona has increased its ability to handle the world’s largest container ships by increasing the height of three ship-to-shore gantry cranes at the semi-automated terminal.

Hapag-Lloyd: Americas Service omission of Charleston

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

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EIA forecasts natural gas to remain primary energy source for electricity generation

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Energy

EIA’s January 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that natural gas will remain the primary source of U.S. electricity generation for at least the next two years.

INTTRA expands visibility and streamlines digital NVOCC offering

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Trump Receives Aluminum Report That Could Lead to Tariffs

Bloomberg | January 22, 2018 | International Trade

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Modulift beams lift steel coils at Argentine Port

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The solution was devised by Rosario-based Ortiz Fischer, which designed a rig for loading finished steel product to an undisclosed logistics company.

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Damen signs contract with Canada’s Group Ocean for two Modular Multi Cats

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The vessels, which are made of standard, container sized units for easy transportation anywhere in the world, will serve as dredging support vessels on an oil sands project in the north of Canada.

B&H Worldwide wins BIFA award for supply chain management services

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Logistics

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Boeing’s New 787 Dreamliner Won FAA Approval Before Shutdown Hit

Bloomberg | January 22, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Boeing Co.’s newest and largest 787 Dreamliner got the federal approval it needs to fly commercially, winning authorization before the government shutdown Friday.

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Port of Antwerp scores 5th record year in a row

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The port of Antwerp has achieved a record freight volume for the fifth straight year in a row. In 2017 the port handled 223,606,610 tonnes of freight, an increase of 4.4% compared with the previous year.

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GPA surpasses 4M TEUs

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The Port of Savannah handled more than 4 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in 2017 - an increase of 11 percent and the port’s highest annual volume ever.

Orbis® opens new dunnage design, prototyping center in South Carolina

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Logistics

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AirBridgeCargo reports 13% growth rate for 2017 as volumes surpass 700,000 tonnes

AJOT | January 22, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) continued its momentum with a 13% upsurge in total cargo carried in 2017, delivering more than 700,000 tonnes throughout its international network and demonstrating 10% growth rates in FTK, one percent up on the overall market rate. ABC’s load factor rose 4% YOY to approximately 71%.