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ATA Forecast Projects Continued Growth for Trucking

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

Trucking’s share of freight tonnage will grow from 69.1 percent in 2013 to 71.4 percent in 2025.

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Shippers Cautious About Maersk Line/MSC Vessel-Sharing Pact

The European Shippers’ Council thinks the European competition authorities should monitor the agreement closely.

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DP World Vancouver Stops Accepting U.S. Bound Cargo

Since the beginning of the month, the Dubai-based terminal operator has waived demurrage for rail containers diverted to truck transport and moved from its terminal.

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U.S. Approves Chilean Carrier Merger With Hapag-Lloyd

Clearance for the merger was granted recently by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.

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Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System Launches In Jacksonville, Fla.

The $2.8 million Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) offers data from 18 stations comprised of 46 sensors located along 67 miles of the St. Johns River in Northeast Florida.

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Diamond State Port Corp. And Chiquita Sign New Lease Agreement

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Chiquita will continue to use the Port of Wilmington as its mid-Atlantic distribution hub for the next five years, which means the Port will continue to handle more bananas than any other port in North America.

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Port of Savannah to Deliver Fresher Fruit

Georgia Ports Authority

The Port of Savannah handled 8 percent of the U.S. containerized cargo volume and 10.9 percent of all U.S. containerized exports in FY2013.

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Long Beach Ports Approve $579 Million For Infrastructure

The Harbor Department plans to spend $579 million on capital projects as part of a decade-long, $4 billion investment in port upgrades and efficiency improvements.

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Fresh-Produce Gateway Rises Through South Florida Ports

Seaport officials say that when produce comes directly to South Florida, it can be on supermarket shelves five days faster than if it went via ship to Philadelphia and was trucked back to Florida.

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Ports Of Shanghai And Los Angeles Launch 'EcoPartnership'

Port of Los Angeles

The U.S.-China EcoPartnership Program advances the goals of the Ten-Year Framework for Cooperation on Energy and the Environment established in 2008.

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Design Of Jacksonville, Fla. Harbor Deepening Project Begins

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

The initial engineering and design work is expected to take 18 months, so the deepening construction could begin as early as 2016.

Federal, state and local leaders today joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and JAXPORT leadership along the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville to mark the start of the Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design (PED) phase of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project. The initial engineering and design work is expected to take 18 months. Deepening construction could begin as early as 2016.

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The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: 'All Hands On Deck For ILWU Talks'

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

The ILWU/PMA contract is set to expire just after the stroke of midnight tonight. However, there’s a glimmer of hope that negotiations between union dockworkers and West Coast ports are on a different course this time around.

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