More than 100 US airports will be awarded $970 million in federal grants, the latest effort to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure — a top priority of President Joe Biden. The new funding, announced today, comes as airports in recent years…
READ MORE >The U.S. Navy has warned American-flagged vessels to steer clear of areas around Yemen in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for the next 72 hours after the U.S. and Britain launched multiple airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels. The…
READ MORE >US West Coast ports are back to normal after pandemic gridlock and drawn-out labor negotiations spurred fears that market share would be lost to the East and Gulf coasts for good, Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero said (source:…
READ MORE >U.S. and Belgian cargo hubs Port Houston and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, together with four other partners, have signed a landmark agreement to form a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the transatlantic green transition (source: Offshore Energy).
READ MORE >The Biden administration has announced a huge plan to tackle issues plaguing the U.S. supply chain that covers several cross-government partnerships (source: FreightWaves).
READ MORE >The US west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported strong import container throughput in October, as some holiday season cargo owners shied away from routing via the east coast gateways (source: the Loadstar).
READ MORE >As a record-setting drought throttles transits through the Panama Canal, most of the focus has been on higher-capacity ships: the container vessels, liquefied natural gas carriers and liquefied petroleum gas carriers that use the larger Neopanamax locks. But there’s another shipping…
READ MORE >The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced over $653m to fund 41 port improvement projects across the nation under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (source: Splash 247).
READ MORE >U.S. dockworkers ratified a six-year contract that improved pay and benefits for 22,000 employees at 29 ports stretching from California to Washington State (source: Reuters).
READ MORE >The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has expanded its ‘Certified Cargo Screening Program’ to enable more air cargo shippers to enter the secure supply chain, while boosting speed and security of shipments. Supply chain stakeholders now have the option of undergoing…
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