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3 Pl Top 2016

Robotics and Automation: Evolution, not Revolution

Robots take on more picking, sorting and packaging as technology advances.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maersk Line Halts Services to 10 Chinese Ports

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Maersk Line said it would stop serving ports in Chizhou, Luzhou, Yingkou, Jinzhou, Rizhao, Yueyang, Lijiao, Taiping, Jiaoxin and Nansha old port.

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NFI Acquires United Express Service, Enhancing Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions

NFI Inc. has acquired United Express Service Inc., expanding its brokerage offering in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

NFI Inc. has acquired United Express Service Inc. in Glastonbury, Conn., expanding its brokerage offering in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions.

Container Solutions Giants Merge

Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers announced that they are merging to form Hoover Ferguson Group (HFG).

The combined HFG business will provide their full range of customers with products and solutions through a global network of more than 70 service centers and 550 expert team members.

Central Texas & Colorado River Railway Starts Operations

Central Texas & Colorado River Railway (CTXR) operates 68 miles of track running due west from Lometa, Texas, where it interchanges with BNSF, to Brady, Texas.

CTXR current traffic includes grain, feed, building products, aggregates, and “Brady Brown” frac sand. Given OmniTRAX’s experience and expertise in handling a more diverse and specialized commodity mix across its portfolio, the CTXR is ready to diversify and reinforce its traffic handling capabilities.

West Coast Ports to Charge Shippers for Chassis Services

Port of Los Angeles

The rule applies to chassis owned by chassis leasing companies that receive services from WCMTOA’s marine terminal members at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.

The rule provides for a $5 fee each time a chassis enters or leaves the terminal, to cover the cost of services. The fee will be collected by PierPass on chassis with loaded or empty containers mounted, but not on bare chassis.

Georgia Port Authority Receives $44 Million for Rail Expansion

Georgia Ports Authority

The $44 million award, made possible through the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (NSFHP) Program, is a significant portion of a total $128 million project known as the Port of Savannah International Multi-modal Connector.

Currently, 18 percent of the containers handled at Garden City Terminal (above) moves on Class I railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX.

USDA Announces Reopening of Brazilian Market to U.S. Beef Exports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reached an agreement with Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply to allow access for U.S. beef and beef products to the Brazilian market for the first time since 2003.

Both countries will immediately begin updating their administrative procedures in order to allow trade to resume. U.S. companies will need to complete Brazil's regular facilities registration process.

Carrier Wins Driver Classification Suit Against Owner-Operators

The ruling is a victory for CEVA Freight, who challenged the Oregon Department of Labor’s assertion that the company’s owner-operators were wrongly classified as independent contractors.

The American Trucking Associations and the Truck Rental and Leasing Association both filed briefs in support of CEVA in the case.

Freightos Launches Online Freight Marketplace

Companies can now use its online marketplace to get instant, “incredible rates” on freight quotes, then book and manage shipments online at any time.

Freightos claims inefficiencies in the freight shipping business amounts to about 26 percent of all containers shipped annually and about 30 percent of all trucks on the road being empty.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Private Equity Firm Acquires St. George Logistics

St. George Logistics is North America’s largest provider of outsourced ocean container freight station services and a major provider of air CFS.

STG is expected to be the first acquisition in the development of a leading logistics platform providing import/export and value-added warehousing and distribution services to this core client base.

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