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Crowley Adds Saturday Sailing to Bahamas Liner Service

Crowley Maritime Corp. has added a second weekly southbound sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to Nassau, Bahamas, as part of its Caribbean ocean-freight service.

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DB Schenker Logistics Offers Reefer Service; Opens Facility in Poland

DB Schenker Logistics is starting up a new temperature-controlled service for the export of wine from France to global destinations.

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Maersk Looks to Get Its Vessels Under Way with Alternative Fuels

Danish oil and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said it has entered into an agreement to explore biofuel as an alternative energy source for its ship fleet.

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Megaship Mania: Who Will Benefit?

It takes the giant Emma Maersk, which carries the equivalent of nearly 15,000 twenty-foot containers (TEUs), about three and a half miles to come to a dead stop. But there's no stopping the Triple-E, Maersk Line's even larger class of containership, from entering the liner trades over the next three years.

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Globe Tracker Debuts Network for Data Tracking, Sharing for Shipping Industry

Globe Tracker International, a provider of tools for data sharing, data analytics and asset tracking and monitoring, has introduced a new product for the shipping industry.

U.S. Infrastructure Gets D+ from American Society of Civil Engineers Report Card

Building America's Future called for dramatically ramping up long-term investment in the nation's infrastructure after the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2013 Infrastructure Report Card, which graded America's infrastructure a D+ overall.

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How Bad Would It Be Were Political Strife to Close the Suez Canal?

All eyes are watching the deteriorating political situation in Egypt. The recent civil riots in Port Said were, arguably, too close for comfort for those dependent on the Suez Canal. Although the arterial trade route is unlikely to close, the possibility cannot be ignored.

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time:matters Joins With Golden Cargo in Logistics Service for Maritime

time:matters GmbH is teaming up with Golden Cargo to offer logistics services to the maritime industry.

Rickmers-Linie Launches Westbound Round-The-World Service

Rickmers-Linie is launching a westbound Round-The-World service, linking Asia, South America and North America.

Panama Canal Expansion to 'Stress' Intermodal Networks, Trucking Services

To cope with the larger vessels that will transit through the Panama Canal when its expansion is complete in 2015, Central American countries must dramatically improve their intermodal road and port network infrastructure, the quality of their trucking services and strengthen their institutional coordination, two studies issued today by the Inter-American Development Bank show.

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University of Louisville Creates Logistics and Distribution Index

Researchers at the University of Louisville, Ken. have created the Logistics and Distribution (LoDI) Index, a national economic indicator that is intended to help businesses monitor the health of markets and guide their investment decisions.

Data Shows February Imports Were Unusually High Year Over Year

U.S. vessel imports are down 5 percent from January but up 15 percent from February of 2012, even with one less day this year. The total twenty-foot-container (TEU) count was over 1.4 million and total shipments were over 720,000. February imports have not reached this level for four years, which is a similar stat to what we saw in January. It appears that import levels are indeed reverting back to the numbers seen before the recession.

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