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Savannah Port Sets Container Record - Transport Topics Online

Transport Topics Online

Savannah Port Sets Container Record
Transport Topics Online
The GPA's Appalachian Regional Port, an inland rail terminal, will take an additional 50,000 trucks off Georgia highways, GPA officials said. The port will open in late August. It will improve container availability and cut transportation costs for ...

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Hapag-Lloyd increases reefer fleet by 11100 containers - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Hapag-Lloyd increases reefer fleet by 11100 containers
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Furthermore, we see increasing demand from clients to transport temperature sensitive goods. To benefit from additional opportunities in this attractive market segment, we have decided to increase our reefer fleet,” said Clemens Holz, Director Reefer ...

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Abu Dhabi transforms former shipping containers into bus stops - The National

The National

Abu Dhabi transforms former shipping containers into bus stops
The National
Public transport users in Abu Dhabi will soon be taking the bus from a rather unique location. Many new bus shelters being built across the city will be housed in recycled shipping containers, the Department of Transport said on Sunday. It is part of a ...

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Brazil's Paranagua, chicken export king, trumpets rail access, expansion - JOC.com

JOC.com

Brazil's Paranagua, chicken export king, trumpets rail access, expansion
JOC.com
Competitor ports like the Port of Santos – South America's largest container port (volume: 3.85 million TEU in 2017) – usually transport less than 2 percent of containers by rail; and many are at just 1 percent, despite various government efforts to ...

Strike causes 2000-container Chittagong backlog - JOC.com

JOC.com

Strike causes 2000-container Chittagong backlog
JOC.com
Prolonged, massive congestion on Chittagong port's connecting roads, triggered by this week's two-day strike by transport sector workers, has caused a 2,000-container stockpile buildup of outbound containers at inland container depots. On Sunday, five ...

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Brooklyn Company Transforms Shipping Containers Into Homes, Businesses - CBS New York

CBS New York

Brooklyn Company Transforms Shipping Containers Into Homes, Businesses
CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – About 20 million freight containers are used to transport cargo around the world. Now, a company based in Brooklyn Heights is giving new life to old steel across the country. Sometimes, ideas develop when you think outside the ...

Saudi Arabia distributes smart eco-friendly waste containers in Mecca sites - Al-Arabiya

Al-Arabiya

Saudi Arabia distributes smart eco-friendly waste containers in Mecca sites
Al-Arabiya
These containers contribute in reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions resulting from the frequent use of trucks to transport containers to and from sanitary landfills, as well as their ability to compress waste in a way that reduces transport ...

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Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break - The Verge

The Verge

Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break
The Verge
There have been decades of spent nuclear fuel transportation around the world. “At least 25,400 shipments of [spent nuclear fuel] have been made worldwide, but likely more than 44,400,” the DOE report says. So we know the containers, also known as ...

Apapa traffic shoots up container transport cost by over 483% - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Apapa traffic shoots up container transport cost by over 483%
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
The rapid increase in the cost of hauling containers from the Apapa Port to warehouses within Lagos is giving importers sleepless nights as the cargo delivery charge is now N700, 000 per container, which is over 483 percent increase against the N120 ...

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An International Freight Transport Shipping Company in Toronto - Digital Journal

An International Freight Transport Shipping Company in Toronto
Digital Journal
Ontario Container Transport offers warehouse storage facilities that are suitable and keep your products protected in more than 200 cities throughout North America. OCT is a highly esteemed international freight shipping & container transport company.

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