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NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Journal of Commerce and PIERS revised estimates for containerized import growth for 2011 and 2012 downward on Thursday, citing weaker economic data reported by the U.S. government that will lead to a nearly stagnant import trade for the rest of this year. Mario Moreno, economist for The Journal of Commerce/PIERS, revised the annual growth estimate for the full year 2011 down from 4.7 percent to 2.7 percent, and from 6.8 percent to 4.4 percent...

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- There are still tickets available for the 2011 Connie award event honoring Richard D. Steinke, who will retire this month as executive director of the Port of Long Beach. Mr. Steinke was instrumental in developing the Port into one of the world's largest container harbors and has been selected to receive the Connie Award to be presented on the West Coast by the Containerization and Intermodal Institute (CII). The industry-wide dinner event...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- INTTRA, the leading provider of e-commerce solutions for the ocean freight industry, today announced that it has filed counterclaims against GT Nexus, Inc. ("GT Nexus") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland division, alleging that GT Nexus' supply chain management platform infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 7,752,142; 7,756,794; 7,761,387; and 7,827,119 (the "Common Carrier System patents"), which relate to...

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With its latest order for 4,000 PrimeLINE® refrigeration units from Carrier Transicold, Evergreen Line, one of the world's largest container shipping companies, has tripled its initial investment in a unit that leads the industry in energy efficiency. Carrier Transicold, a unit of Carrier Corp., the world's leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions and a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:...

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- APS Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and process automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals, announced today their entry into the Brazilian market with the award of a terminal automation project at Tecon Suape S/A in Recife, Brazil. Tecon Suape, a member of ICTSI Group, is implementing the APS solutions to support volume growth, reduce operational costs and to meet the Customs...

NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Journal of Commerce announced Tuesday it was honored with three "Tabbie" awards for excellence in business-to-business reporting by Trade Association Business Publications International. The honors included a top "gold" award for editorial writing and awards for the trade and logistics publication's annual report on the United States' Top 100 Importers and Exporters and a special report on the shift in low-cost manufacturing within Asia....

U.S. maker of five-day temperature-assured and eco-friendly cold chain containers for safely shipping pharmaceuticals and biologics worldwide changes corporate name and rebrands products; announces new leadership team. Kingsvile, TX (PRWEB) August 01, 2011 Active CC Boxes LLC, U.S. maker of five-day temperature-assured and eco-friendly cold chain containers for safely shipping pharmaceuticals and biologics worldwide, announces a corporate name change to Intelligent Thermal Solutions,...

NEWARK, N.J., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Containerized ocean imports moving through U.S. seaports in June declined 1.7 percent year-over-year, but were still up 6.3 percent in the first half of the year, reports The Journal of Commerce/PIERS. The year-over-year drop to 1,442,952 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) relates strongly to a 9 percent decline in furniture imports, to 142,102 TEUs, and a 21 percent decline in sheets, towels and blankets imports to 23,757 TEUs....

PINE BLUFF ARSENAL, Ark., July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) recently completed a project that resulted in recycling more than 6.5 million pounds of steel. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, go to: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/51208-us-army-green-strong-waste-reduction-steel-recycling (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110725/MM40276 ) In September 2003, CMA began operating the Pine Bluff Ton Container Decontamination...

MONTCLAIR, N.J., July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Staxxon, LLC, the developer of innovative logistics technology for empty ISO steel containers that reduces back-haul moves and related operating costs, is a participating exhibitor in the SeaBox, Inc. grand opening exposition being held Friday, 22 July, 2011. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to speak at the grand opening exposition. SeaBox, Inc., the leading supplier of military and specially designed containers, purchased and...