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freightPro.com and Vendorbase.com form alliance
B2B exchange hub Vendorbase.com, an exchange for buyers and sellers of aftermarket, excess, and re-marketed technology products, and logistics provider freightPro.com are forming a commercial and strategic partnership. freightPro.com offers a simplified approach to freight transportation, warehousing and product fulfillment…
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Lykes Lines launches service linking Asia, Canada and Americas west coast
Lykes Lines is launching a weekly service between Asia and the west coast of Canada, the US, Mexico, Central and South America. It is the first time that Lykes Lines has offered a direct weekly fixed-day service between Asia and…
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Railworkers worldwide organize special day to promote safety
Railworkers around the world organized a huge range of activities March 29th as part of a special day for railway safety called for by the International Transport Workers Federation. Several hundred thousand people took part in the activities across 39…
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CN terminal consolidation plan to boost Montreal intermodal capacity
Canadian National will build a new, state-of-the-art intermodal terminal at its Taschereau Yard in the municipalities of Saint-Laurent and Lachine, Quebec as part of a $47-million terminal consolidation plan. The new Montreal terminal is one of three major intermodal terminal…
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PBB entrusted with handling the shipment of the first ever National Gallery of Canada exhibit in China
PBB Global Logistics is being entrusted with looking after the shipment of some of Canada’s most valuable works of art, as the National Gallery of Canada exhibits paintings on a four-month tour of museums in China. The exhibit, Terre Sauvage:…
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Columbus Line upgrades West Coast South America Far East service to weekly
Columbus Line has announced today that, effective with the May 6th Hong Kong sailing of the MV Adrian, it is implementing a series of enhancements to its service linking the West Coasts of the Americas with key ports in the…
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Wallenius Lines to acquire stake in Renault’s transport and logistics subsidiary C.A.T.
Wallenius Lines has announced a 20 per cent stakeholding in Albateam, the consortium that has signed an agreement to acquire Renault’s transport and logistics subsidiary C.A.T. C.A.T., the Compagnie d’Affretement et de Transport, will be the platform for Albateam to…
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TMM Lines launching Asia-Americas service
TMM Lines is launching a weekly trans-Pacific service between Asia and the west coasts of North and South America. The Asia-Americas Service will offer some of the fastest transit times on the trade between Asia and the Americas, according to…
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P&O Nedlloyd and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines enhancing joint service for Asia-East Coast South America
P&O Nedlloyd and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have announced an upgrade to their existing Asia to East Coast South America service to a fixed day weekly schedule. Upon completion of the phase-in program in April, the joint service will comprise the…
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Kent Line adding two new port calls to its revamped Caribbean service
Kent Line is revamping its Caribbean service from April with two new port calls in Florida in addition to New York, and Saint John in Canada. The first call, by the Kent Sprint, at Port Everglades will be 7th April.…