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SHANGHAI, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intermodal China 2013 - Shippers' Summit will be held at the Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, China from September 24 to 25, 2013. The conference will attract over 500 leading companies in the field of logistics sector including ports, shipping companies, rail transportation companies, highway transportation companies, cargo shippers and freight forwarders, and more. 40 percent of the attendees are cargo shippers from various industries including...

In an unprecedented assault on joblessness, Veterans from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines have joined forces to form VeteransMovingHelp.com, the nation's first moving labor company that focuses on employing Veterans. Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 Veterans seek triumph over unemployment through providing professional nationwide moving labor services. All of the Veteran moving help crews are background checked, experienced, knowledgeable, licensed and...

Export initiative update, Panama Canal and Breakbulk Shipping to be discussed HOUSTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Containerization & Intermodal Institute will bring a one-day seminar to Houston on June 20 focusing on the Panama Canal, the update on U. S. export initiatives and breakbulk shipping. Michael Masserman, Executive Director for Export Policy, Promotion & Strategy, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Rodolfo Sabonge, Vice...

ETOBICOKE, ON, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - A popular recycling program for farmers is being expanded to include new products. In addition to accepting empty, clean pesticide containers, CleanFARMS will now also accept plastic fertilizer jugs and pails under 23 litres as part of its annual recycling program. "Over the years we have seen farmers bring fertilizer containers into collection sites so we knew there was a need to expand our program. It's great to see members of the...

ARLINGTON, Va., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --In testimony today before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Phil Byrd, president and CEO of Bulldog Hiway Express, said trucking is prepared for the projected increases in freight to come from the expansion of the Panama Canal, but warned the country still faced challenges related to congestion and the condition of our infrastructure. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "We are...

Energy efficient mobile units provide substantial cost savings for military and taxpayers PHILADELPHIA and EAST RIVERTON, N.J., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey-based manufacturer Sea Box, Inc. has received a $34.6M US government contract to provide the US Air Force with Sea Box Expandable Bicon Shelter (EBS) Hygiene Systems over the next five years. These fully containerized modules consist of multiple showers and latrines contained in mobile modules that offer quick set up...

MINNEAPOLIS, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shippers say they use collaboration and technology, along with shifting modes, as common solutions to moving freight through their corporate supply chains. This is according to "Freight Transportation 2013," the first annual study conducted by NASSTRAC, otherwise known as the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council, a shipper association providing education, advocacy, and provider relations to the transportation industry....

Cold Train Continues to Expand Service Area and Locations Served CHICAGO, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cold Train is opening a new office in downtown Chicago in 2013 that will primarily focus on hauling more cargo and various products back from the Midwest and East Coast to Washington State and Oregon. Cold Train recently tripled the size of its Quincy, Washington based refrigerated container fleet and now has 300 state-of-the-art 53 ft. Hyundai refrigerated containers. As a...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative LLC announced that it has completed its first agreement to acquire intermodal chassis from a major international ocean carrier - China Ocean Shipping Company. "As a result of the approval of our the operating authority by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board last month, NACPC, working with COSCO and Direct Chassis Link Inc. was able to successfully complete negotiations to...

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