Big Lift Trucks (BLT) hosted a function for the 27 member trade delegation from West Africa which visited Jacksonville recently.

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• BLT points the way for West African Business

    Big Lift Trucks (BLT) hosted a function for the 27 member trade delegation from West Africa which visited Jacksonville recently. Read at BLT shows the way for West African business

• Hanjin, dockers Reach Preliminary Agreement

    Deal establishes personnel scales for planned automated Jacksonville terminal Officials of Hanjin Shipping and the International Longshoremen’s Association tentatively agreed on a contract establishing personnel scales for a highly automated container terminal the carrier plans to open in Jacksonville, Fla., in 2013. Charles Spencer, Jacksonville-based executive vice president of the

• BLT, bulk services for lumber giant

    BLT executives announced today that the warehousing and bulk service provider has signed Putnam Lumber & Export Company as its newest customer in Jacksonville, Florida. Read at BLT to provide bulk services for lumber giant

• Jacksonville Harbor Deepening seeking acceleration

    The Jacksonville Port Authority and its allies are ramping up pressure on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed the deepening of the St

• Obama budgets $ 12M for West Sacramento port project

    The Port of West Sacramento is to receive a $12.3 million grant for its ship-channel project in Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011. Read at Obama budgets $12M for West Sacramento port project

• Jacksonville Port blockbuster with Hanjin in trouble

    In a potential blow to Jacksonville gaining a Hanjin Shipping terminal, the Korean company told the Jacksonville Port Authority in a Nov. 16 letter that a standstill on labor talks means Hanjin “will no longer be able to spend any more time or resources on this venture.” The letter was

• Study finds dramatic improvements in air quality

    Air pollution from ships, locomotives, trucks and other Port-related sources dropped significantly from 2005 to 2008 – including a 21 percent decrease in diesel particulate matter – a new air quality study shows. Read at Study finds dramatic air quality improvement

• MOL Announces GRI on southbound freight from Europe, North-West Africa

    MOL (Mitsui OSK Line), one of the worldâ??s largest shipping lines, said it plans a general rate increase for all cargo moving southbound from Europe North Continent and Mediterranean to West Africa. Read at MOL announces GRI on southbound cargo from Europe North to West Africa

• Security APM Terminals drive shows impressive results

    Today, on the occasion of APM Terminalsâ?? Third Annual Global Safety Day the company is reporting an impressive decline in Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) rate. The rate of 4.8 year-to-date reflects the continuous improvement since the introduction of the â??Safety Cultureâ? initiative in October of last year (compared to

• Leif Kronkvist as Director of Business Development for Agility West Division

    Agility has appointed Leif Krönkvist as Director Business Development of its Area West, located in Basel, Switzerland. Leif will be responsible for the expansion of Agility’s business and customer relationships in France and Switzerland, and the development of the key trade lanes Asia, India, North America, Middle East and Europe. Read

• UK North West Development Agency in 2010 Ocean Gateway includes regional strategic plan

    It has emerged the North West Development Agency has included the £50bn Atlantic Gateway vision for the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal within their 2010 regional strategy plan. Read at UK North West Development Agency includes ocean gateway in 2010 regional strategy plan

• Hanjin will meet with port workers

    Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd’s met with the longshoremen’s union this week for the first time since June to negotiate a staffing proposal for the South Korean shipper’s proposed terminal. There was no word on how the talks went.

• Jaxport moves Hanjin Terminal Choice

    The Jacksonville Port Authority is holding off on choosing a firm to design the Hanjin container terminal at Dames Point because negotiations between Hanjin and the longshoremen’s union haven’t progressed enough. The construction of Hanjin Shipping Co.

• JaxPort must be $ 1 billion over the next decade

    Jacksonville Port Authority CEO Rick Ferrin said Florida’s growing logistics and trade commerce will become the state’s major economic engine, supplanting flagging tourism and development industries. But the Port of Jacksonville needs more than $1 billion over the next decade in order to fully tap the state’s economic transformation.

• The New World Alliance Announces Trans-Pacific Service Changes

    The New World Alliance (TNWA) carriers – APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) – yesterday announced service and capacity changes, which will include the Grand Alliance (GA) lines – Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). From December 2nd 2009, the GA