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Partnership aims to build transparent tracking system
Under a new partnership, ShipChain will integrate ParceLive’s tracking technologies into its shipping and logistics system. The microsensors will enable customers to monitor temperature, moisture, light, impact, tilt, and GPS location to ensure quality control and monitor shipment progress. “ShipChain’s…
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Airships: The Canoe of the 21st Century?
The problems plaguing Canada’s isolated, fly-in First Nations communities are well-known: dependence on welfare and public housing, a high cost of living and few educational or employment opportunities. The best and brightest often leave for the South, while those left…
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Port of Halifax names new CEO
Halifax, NS — The Board of the Halifax Port Authority (HPA) has chosen its new President and CEO: Captain Allan Gray will be concluding his tenure as Harbour Master and General Manager – Operations of Fremantle Ports in Perth, Australia,…
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Pence steps up pressure for trade deal with Mexico, Canada
Santa Fe, NM — Vice-President Mike Pence stepped up pressure on Congress to support the Trump administration’s new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, taking his pitch Wednesday to a congressional swing district in New Mexico. Speaking to a crowd…
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Paid What the New IMO 2020 Emissions Standards Mean for the Shipping Industry
By: Mollie Bailey, Vice President, International, Transplace In 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced a new standard regarding the acceptable levels of sulfur oxides (SOx) emissions in bunker fuel – all in an effort to reduce air pollution from…
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German politician proposes truck toll, use revenues for rail freight
A German politician says his country should introduce a truck toll on all German roads and use the revenues to strengthen the country’s rail freight infrastructure. Conservative politician (Christian Democratic Union) Andreas Jung, who together with Christian Social Union colleague…
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Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority to lead $16M agri-food expansion
Hamilton, ON — Transport Canada announced the Port of Hamilton will receive a $5.5 million investment for a Pier 10 Export Expansion from the National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF). The federal funding contributes to a $16 million overall expansion project…
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Rust belt China looks abroad as economy slows, tariffs bite
Yingkou, China — From Thailand to Kenya, trains run on tracks from steel mills in China’s northeast, a rust-belt region that is trying to capitalize on a multibillion-dollar national initiative to build ports, railways and other projects abroad. Announced in…
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Descartes acquires cloud-based TMS provider
Waterloo, ON — Descartes Systems Group announced that it has acquired BestTransport.com, Inc. (BestTransport), a cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) provider focused on flatbed-intensive manufacturers and distributors. BestTransport has been connecting shippers and carriers to streamline transportation processes for more…
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Halifax airport breaks ground on air cargo logistics park
Halifax, NS — Realizing the potential to further enable regional exports and trade, Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) is set to construct a new Air Cargo Logistics Park that will benefit the entire region. Today, Joyce Carter, HIAA President and…
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SATS looks to digitalize cargo handling
Singapore — SATS and Tumcreate announced that they are exploring commercialization opportunities for the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system, SpeedCargo, to help digitalize air cargo handling and transform laborious processes for the freight industry. The…
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Blockchain-based smart legal contracts for freight industry
Washington, DC — National law firm BakerHostetler has collaborated with Clause, a software platform for smart legal contracts, to develop automated, digital legal agreements for the freight transportation industry. These smart legal contracts are legal agreements in digital form where…