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anticipated regional growth specifically, and in our nation broadly, there is expected to be significant growth in freight volumes, requiring transportation alternatives for shippers. Our nation’s vast network of inland waterways and coastal routes has substantial excess capacity that can absorb growth.” The Port of Everett currently


offers Container on Barge service from its shipping terminals in Everett to the Mount Baker Terminal. This service is limited to the aerospace industry, however. The new designation will allow


the port to ship non-aerospace containerized freight via the marine highway from Everett to the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, removing as many as 300 containers per month from the I-5 corridor. The I-5 corridor through Everett leads the nation in traffic congestion. “We always support


opportunities to get trucks off highways,” said Don Esterbrook, Deputy CEO, The Northwest Seaport Alliance. “This designation has the potential to provide value for our exporters by facilitating better turn times.” When the modernization of the


South Terminal is completed next year, the Port will be prepared for


post-Panamax vessels, a perfect fit for this new opportunity in short- sea shipping. “This designation provides the


foundation for the Port of Everett and our partner ports in Seattle and Tacoma to develop and market the Container on Barge service. We have identified strong market opportunities to expand short-sea shipping service for the Port of Everett to Seattle and Tacoma for a variety of cargoes,” said Carl Wollebek, COO for the Port of Everett Seaport. The port has extensive


experience with Container on Barge transportation. Barge transportation of 777 parts for The Boeing Company began in 1993.


By 2008 the port was shipping aerospace cargo by barge to the Mount Baker Terminal, eliminating the need for BNSF mainline closures caused by oversized aerospace shipments. Additionally, 70% of the empty containers are sent by barge to the Northwest Seaport Alliance terminals in Seattle and Tacoma to be returned to Japan. “We are very happy to receive


this federal designation, both for the new market opportunities it will open up, and for the relief it will provide to our already congested mainland highways,” Port of Everett CEO Les Reardanz said.


American


///NEWS News Roundup Trucking Associations’


advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For- Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 6.6% in all of 2018 – the largest annual gain since 1998 (10.1%) and significantly better than the 3.8% increase in 2017. That annual gain was realized despite a decrease of 4.3% in December to 111.9, down from November’s level of 116.9. Compared with December 2017, the SA index increased 1.4%, the smallest year-over-year increase in 2018. In November, the index was 5.8% above the same month in 2017.


Road & Rail


The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 107.8 in December, which was 7.8% below the previous month (117). In calculating the index, 100 represents 2015. DB Cargo is making changes to its Management Board, preparing Europe’s largest freight operating company for further growth with an international management team.


Last year proved to be an exceptional year for the American Airlines Cargo team, with the division exceeding multiple all-time records in performance, volume and


revenue, finishing the year with more than $1 billion in revenue. The airline moved record


volumes of freight and mail across its system in 2018, with volume for the year ending at a


Luſthansa Cargo further expands digital offering


Luſthansa Cargo is the world’s first cargo airline to make an application available for digital creation of the transport documents


required for


dangerous goods. The new DGD. online offering will strongly support shippers and can be used in equal measure for shipments sent via air, road and sea. The developers, using input from pilot customers, focused on achieving a very user-friendly application with validation and convenience features designed to add value. “With DGD.online, we are


further expanding our digital offering and striving to make it as easy as possible for our customers and partners to use electronic services. In this way, we can all leverage the potential that digitization has to offer and make air cargo handling even faster and more efficient in the future”, said Boris Hueske, Head of Digital Transformation at Luſthansa Cargo.


Siemens Healthcare GmbH


is one of the first users of DGD.online, having already accompanied all stages of the application’s development. “This new application fits seamlessly into our digitization strategy. DGD. online will have a lasting, positive effect on the productivity of our service delivery process”, said Markus Dess, logistics process planner at Siemens Healthineers. DGD.online can be used to, for


example, generate electronically signed


dangerous goods


declarations and send them automatically,


complete with


attachments such as safety data sheets. Forwarders and other logistics providers can also be digitally integrated into the handling process,


facilitating


paperless cooperation. DGD. online is equipped for future use of eDGD. The integrated validation and convenience features can help accelerate processes and prevent costly errors.


Unloading of an MD-11F in Frankfurt.


(Luſthansa Cargo photo by Jannah Baldus.)


The CMA CGM Group has decided to support the financial and industrial development of Agricool, a young and innovative company specializing in urban agriculture, to enable it to launch its industrialization phase. Founded in 2015, Agricool


aims to create urban farms in


recycled containers. With


its innovative agricultural model, the young company wishes to produce fruit and vegetables without pesticides, picked and sold on the same day


and prioritizing short


circuits. Several containers are currently being tested. In Paris, Agricool grows strawberries by saving


90% of water and nutrients compared to classical agricultural methods and


historic 2 billion pounds. With volume at an all-time


high, the airline also achieved history-breaking Flown As Booked (FAB) numbers. The trend continued through the end of the year, setting all-time FAB records in six out of the last seven months. New routes, strategic capacity planning and exceptional team work from across the organization led to the best annual performance numbers ever recorded in the airline’s history. Powered by record volume and exceptional performance,


the business also recorded more than $1 billion in revenue for the first time in its history. “We’ve had an incredible year,”


said Rick Elieson, president, AACargo. “We set out to break records and did just that. We achieved


a major revenue


milestone, but more importantly, our teams handled record volume and still delivered the best operational performance in the history of our company. Thanks to the daily effort of every single team member in this organization, 2018 was definitely a historic year.”


CMA CGM Group supports the


development of Agricool


CN reports that it has met all Dec. 31, 2018 milestones in its positive train control (PTC) implementation plan and applied on November 7 for a two-year extension to complete deployment and interoperability. Mandated by the US Congress to be installed on certain mainline tracks, PTC is a system designed to prevent train-to- train collisions, derailments caused by excessive speed, and certain unauthorized train movements on a given track segment. By the end of 2018, U.S. railways must have all PTC hardware installed, all needed radio spectrum acquired, and have PTC initiated on more than half their required territory.


Norfolk Southern says it generated more than 60K carloads of new rail traffic in 2018 through collaborative efforts that helped 90 industries locate or expand business operations along the company’s rail lines. The company says 72 new and 18 expanded industries across 17 states represented an investment of $1.5B by Norfolk Southern customers.


The Intermodal Association of North America released, in print and digital format, a first-of-its-kind resource, “The IANA Guide to Chassis Inspection and Repair: Intermodal Recommended Practices.” The Guide details all the elements for the inspection, repair and replacement of components on the North American fleet of intermodal chassis. This project was designed to support the critically important tasks of recruiting, training and retaining quality mechanics.


CGM Group provided its first concrete support to Agricool by offering technical and logistical support for the delivery and installation of a “cooltainer” in Dubai.


an equity stake in the company through its investment fund, CMA CGM Ventures. In parallel, CMA CGM


wants to support Agricool’s development by providing it


uses renewable energy only. These strawberries contain an average of 20% sugar and 30% vitamin C more than retail store strawberries. In Fall 2018, the CMA


In December, Agricool


completed a €25 million fundraising campaign to finance the industrialization of its innovative project. On this occasion, CMA CGM acquired


with its industrial and logistics expertise. The Group thus becomes the main supplier of containers and the primary logistics and supply partner of this young company.


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