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Alabama’s seaport modernization program began construction on May 21 to deliver, by the year 2025, a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower harbor turning basin. The U.S. Army Corps of


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SpaceX comes to Port of Long Beach


The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners have approved a new sublease agreement with


Space


Explorations Technologies Corp. – known widely as SpaceX – to provide the company with a marine terminal for its


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West Coast rocket recovery operations. On May 1, the pioneering


space technology company will take over part of a waterfront, wharf-equipped Long Beach facility vacated just over one year ago by Sea


Engineers has executed two construction contracts in a multi-phase, $365.7 million construction program engineered and designed to deepen the existing Bar, Bay and River Channels Bar, by 5 ſt each to a project depth of 50 ſt, with additional depths for wave allowances, advanced maintenance, and allowable over depth for dredging (total depths of 56, 54, and 54 ſt, respectively). The project also includes widening the Bay Channel by 100 ſt for three nautical miles to accommodate two-way vessel traffic and other safety improvements. The work-start


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Launch, a commercial satellite launching company that had been based at the Port for 20 years. “We’re extremely pleased


to reach an agreement that will bring Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to the Port of Long Beach. This pact will benefit both parties,” said Long Beach Harbor Commission President Frank Colonna. “We welcome SpaceX to the Port family.” “This is a good fit for the Port,


The Port of Long Beach is providing SpaceX with a marine terminal. (Port of Long Beach photo.)


as we offer the industry-leading facilities and services that are perfectly suited to SpaceX’s mission,” said Mario Cordero, Executive Director of the Port


a $53.9 million contract for dredging operations running 12 miles North of the planned widening area between Dauphin Island and South of the intersection of the Channel and Theodore Industrial Canal. The next construction phase is tied to an $8.3 million contract awarded in September 2020. The U.S. Army Corps


of Engineers and the Alabama State Port Authority entered into the Project Partnership Agreement in June 2020 to allow for the contracting and construction phases to begin. The Mobile Harbor modernization program received full federal funding in February 2020, and in March 2019 the State of Alabama allocated a portion of state fuel tax proceeds to support approximately $150 million in bonds to meet the federal cost-share requirements for the harbor project.


of Long Beach. “I would like to commend our Port


team,


especially our Real Estate division, for developing this agreement with SpaceX.” SpaceX will occupy about 6.5


acres on the Port’s Pier T, which was once the site of a U.S. Navy complex. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based company will utilize the site’s existing wharf to dock its vessels and offload equipment. As part of its goal to foster


economic activity to the region, the Port has been actively looking for a new tenant since the previous occupant – Sea Launch – departed in February 2020.


Air cargo volumes bounce back in April as air cargo system remains under ‘significant strain’


Global air cargo demand


bounced back into growth in April aſter a -3% dip in March, with high load factors keeping the international airfreight system under significant strain as the traditional surge in summer capacity has so far failed to materialize for a second consecutive year, say industry analysts CLIVE Data


Services and TAC Index. CLIVE’s


first-to-market


weekly and monthly air cargo market data shows volumes in April up 1% over April 2019 and +78% compared to the same month of 2020, continuing the positive trend seen in the opening two months of this year. The second half of April 2021 showed particularly


strong year-over-year growth, up 6%. To provide a meaningful


perspective of the air cargo industry’s performance, CLIVE Data Services is continuing to focus on comparing the current state of the market to pre-Covid 2019 volume, cargo capacity and load factor data until at least Q3 of this year. This is


being produced alongside the 2020 comparison. Despite the similar volumes


as in April 2019, the pressure on available airline cargo capacity is much higher. Overall capacity was down 18% versus 2019 as the increase in belly capacity seen then and in previous years, as airlines increased from


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DB Schenker has teamed up with Daimler Trucks’ FUSO brand to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Norway and thus send a strong message about the importance of electric mobility. Back in October 2020, DB Schenker and Daimler Trucks announced that they would be extending their trailblazing partnership. Among other things, the partners’ new plans called for 41 FUSO eCanter trucks to be used on a daily basis in 11 European countries to help lower pollutant emissions in cities throughout Europe.


Deutsche Post DHL Group continued to grow dynamically in 1Q 2021. The Group increased its revenue significantly by 22.0% to EUR 18.9 billion. Operating profit (EBIT) more than tripled to EUR 1.9 billion, making it the strongest opening quarter ever. All five divisions were able to significantly increase EBIT. The Group even slightly exceeded the preliminary quarterly figures published in April. Deutsche Post DHL Group benefited from the continued strong momentum in global e-commerce and the simultaneous recovery in world trade.


CEVA Logistics continues to expand its range of ground and rail services from China to Europe, announcing a new train- ferry service from Xi’an, China, to Immingham, UK, as well as a premium offering on the company’s existing route from Xi’an to the Mukran (Sassnitz) port in Germany.


A.P. Moller-Maersk strengthens its contract logistics and


distribution capabilities in Vietnam with three new facilities coming into operation in Song Than and Bac Ninh. These warehouses, together with the other 11 self-managed facilities in the country, will enhance Maersk’s logistics capacity for future growth in Vietnam.


Following Frankfurt, Atlanta, Mumbai, and Hyderabad,


Shanghai is now Dachser’s fiſth location to receive a CEIV certification, further expanding the company’s network services for its customers specifically in the life science and healthcare sector. In March 2021, Dachser received CEIV Pharma certification from IATA for its Shanghai organization including its PVG airport branch. This important certification ensures compliance to international standards to safeguard pharmaceutical product integrity throughout the transport process.


Heinemann Americas, the Florida-based subsidiary of international duty-free company Gebr. Heinemann, and Bolloré Logistics, a global leader in international transport and logistics, announced their first-ever partnership in the Americas. Aſter years of successfully working together in international markets, this new partnership positions both companies to continue their impressive growth in the region.


RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, a single source intermodal,


distribution, and logistics services company, announced a strategic partnership with Kinimatic, a technology driven warehouse and fulfillment company, to significantly extend its warehousing and transload capabilities nationwide.


winter to summer schedules, remained grounded due to continuing Covid restrictions on international passenger movements. Consequently, CLIVE’s ‘dynamic loadfactor’ for April of 71% - based on the volume and weight perspectives of cargo flown and capacity available – was 10% pts higher than in 2019 and 4% pts above the level of a year ago.


“The air cargo market shiſted


gear again in April. The month- over-month change from -3% to +1% is quite a jump, but a dynamic loadfactor of 71% represents a tremendous strain on the air cargo system. This lack of bandwidth capacity- wise is being exacerbated by the fact there is no summer schedule based on passenger


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