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Issue 1 2020 - FBJNA


and the p r o jects formally break


ground, the region will be poised for new and diverse job opportunities.


The port’s location along


with strategic investments in enhanced infrastructure have turned the Port of Brownsville into a major center for large scale industrial development


and a hub of economic activity, with more than 200 companies doing business at the port. Furthermore, the port is taking on an increasingly important role in international trade. Last


Port of Beaumont Marks Record Year in Revenue, Cargo Volume


For the first time in the Port of Beaumont’s 103-year history, more than 6.5 million tons of cargo passed through the facility’s eight terminals and operating revenues exceeded $24 million, shattering previously held tonnage and revenue records. Starting in Fall 2019, the


Port began ramping up infrastructure, resiliency and security improvement projects that will help sustain the level of growth experienced over the last several years. The port closed out FY 2018-


2019 with operating revenues exceeding $24 million, a 42% increase over the previous


year. Tonnage, or cargo volume, increased more than 71 percent, and


almost every cargo


segment has seen double digit growth year-over-year. “This banner year is attributed to several


things;


a strong port team including commissioners and staff, a forward-thinking approach to


year, the port’s Foreign Trade Zone ranked second in the US for the value of exports and has consistently ranked in the top three out of 293 FTZs nationwide since 2013.


infrastructure development,


a favorable market, and a commitment to being good stewards of public funds,” says Port Director Chris Fisher. “The Port of Beaumont has identified more than $458 million in projects that we are working toward completing as part of our Capital Improvement Program. Our top priorities have always been fiscal


responsibility, job


creation, and economic growth and we are proud see our efforts paying off.”


///NEWS


Porsche Cars Canada has selected DB Schenker Canada to operate a new parts distribution centre in Mississauga, Ontario. This is DB Schenker’s third PDC project with Porsche.


RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a single source intermodal, distribution, and logistics services company, announces today the acquisition of Savannah-based Crown Transportation to expand its U.S. Southeast intermodal drayage and logistics operations and overall North American network. Going forward the company’s name will be Crown IntermodaLogistics in keeping with RoadOne’s family of brands.


Pilot Freight Services announces a significant expansion in El Paso, TX (ELP) and Boston with the addition of new warehouse locations and an increase in its FTZ capacity in El Paso. Pilot’s warehouses now total 167,000 square feet in El Paso with the addition of a new location at 1320 Henry Brennan Drive. The second property will double the size of its previous location to 80,000 square feet. Pilot is dedicating 48,000 square feet within this facility to significantly increase its FTZ capacity.


The big news coming from Port Tampa Bay in 2019 was the three global container shipping companies – ZIM, Mediterranean Shipping Company and Maersk that announced their launching of joint direct service from Asia to the US Gulf. This includes weekly calls at Port Tampa Bay. The service deploys 10 ships


of 4500 TEU capacity on the following rotation: Xiamen – Yantian – Busan– (Panama Canal transit) – Houston – Mobile – Tampa – Manzanillo – (Panama Canal transit) – Balboa – Busan. The first sailing departed


Xiamen on August 16, 2019. Headquartered in Haifa,


Israel, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is one of the leading carriers in the global container shipping industry and has been serving Port Tampa Bay since 2003 with its Caribbean Gulf Express (CGX) feeder service. With its head office in Geneva,


Switzerland, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has been calling Tampa as a partner with ZIM on the CGX service since 2009. Maersk is part of AP


Moller-Maersk, an integrated container logistics company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving 343 ports in 121 countries around the world. Maersk and MSC are partners in the 2M Alliance and are the world’s top two container shipping companies based on capacity. This will be Maersk’s first service to call Port Tampa Bay. Port Tampa Bay President


& CEO Paul Anderson sees the service as one that is being well received by Florida importers and exporters given its competitive transit times to/ from Asia and connections to other markets across the globe. A key reason, he says, is Port


Tampa Bay is the closest port to Florida’s fastest growing region and its largest consumer market – the Tampa Bay/Orlando I-4 Corridor. As trucking costs have


increased, Port Tampa Bay’s location is recognized as offering the lowest delivery cost solution for exporters and importers. Home to almost half the state’s population of more than 21 million residents and welcoming a majority of the 126 million tourists who visit Florida every year, the I-4 Corridor has the largest concentration of distribution centers in the state. From this central location in the middle of the Florida peninsula, importers and exporters achieve significant savings in their truck delivery costs to serve the entire state, as well as reaching into markets throughout the Southeast and beyond.


For companies


involved in retail distribution, e-commerce, food and beverage, and manufacturing, the demands for same-day service, tighter delivery windows and shorter lead times are driving this shiſt in supply chain strategy.


Ongoing pressures


on trucking caused by driver shortages, hours of service, ELD mandate and rising fuel costs, continue to enhance Port Tampa Bay’s preferred location and proximity to Florida’s largest consumer market. Together with container


terminal operator partner Ports America, Port Tampa Bay is continuing to expand and upgrade facilities, having recently added two new post- Panamax cranes to complement its existing three gantry cranes and have a phased build-out plan to quadruple capacity over the next few years as business continues to grow.


SeaCube Meets Growing Customer Demand for Leased Refrigerated Containers


Helping to keep pace with shipping demand


lines’ for


Containers expanded


growing leased


refrigerated containers, SeaCube recently


LLC its


inventory with 5,000 new 40-foot high-cube containers refrigerated by Carrier Transicold PrimeLINE® systems. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier, a leading


global provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. SeaCube’s newest


acquisitions include 4,000 containers equipped with PrimeLINE refrigeration units and 1,000 PrimeLINE ONE™ refrigerated containers. “We continue to specify


Carrier Transicold for the majority of our refrigerated containers based


primarily on our customers’ preferences,” said Bob Sappio, CEO of SeaCube. “More often than


not, our customers want the Carrier machine, and the workhorse PrimeLINE


system remains the standard- bearer, while interest in PrimeLINE ONE continues


to grow.” Whether the traditional


PrimeLINE unit that bolts to the front of an insulated shipping container or the assembled-on-site design used in the PrimeLINE ONE refrigerated container, all PrimeLINE systems feature a digital scroll compressor that delivers energy efficiency and a value proposition that


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Kerry Logistics Network Limited was for the fourth year in a row among the awardees named as the Listed Enterprises of the Year 2019 presented by Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition, which recognized its excellent performance and contribution to Hong Kong’s economy. Kerry Logistics also secured for the second consecutive year the Platinum Award, the highest honor of The Asset ESG Corporate Awards, as well as the Best Investor Relations Team Award for the first time. Kerry Logistics won the Platinum Award for its laudable efforts in achieving corporate sustainability, with strong management acumen and stringent governance reflected in its financial performance.


CEVA Logistics has been awarded a new three-year contract to handle warehousing services and inventory management for Michelin at its Valladolid facility in north western Spain.


DB Schenker is committed to Africa as a future market and will continue to strengthen its activities there. The company took its first step in emphasizing this goal by declaring it has joined the “Pan-African Mobility Alliance”, an alliance with business, science and politics initiated by the German government to promote the continent’s economy.


Within the framework of the new collaboration, CEVA will operate a 17,375 sq m regional distribution center located in Bielany Wroclawskie in south western Poland which can handle up to 150,000 pallets per annum. From there, CEVA will manage all warehouse and transport processes for the manufacturer in Central and Northern Europe, including supplying the Distribution Centre from European factories and coordinating deliveries to final customers in Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, and the Netherlands.


Transplace announced the appointment of Greg Sebolt as the company’s new executive vice president of strategic capacity services, the company’s over the road truck brokerage business. This appointment underscores Transplace’s continuing investment in delivering efficiency, flexibility and cost savings for North American shippers. With comprehensive capacity expertise, Transplace leverages an unmatched North American network to solve large-scale, complex supply chain challenges for its customers.


As Incoterms 2020 and IMO 2020 begin to impact the shipping industry, Dachser USA is poised to guide its customers through these new regulations to ensure compliance and minimal disruption.


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