The expansion will include a new runway to ease capacity constraints and could benefit the UK economy by as much as 61 billion British pounds and create as many as 77,000 jobs over the next 14 years, the Department for Transport said in a statement.
CBP intercepts pest at San Juan airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists stopped a shipment of fresh flowers that arrived in Puerto Rico’s San Juan airport from Bogota, Colombia that contained a harmful insect.
EXECUTIVE MOVES: BURSTELL IN AT HUDSON’S BAY, KOPPEL RETIRES FROM NORDSTROM
ED BURSTELL JOINS HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY IN NEWLY CREATED ROLE Ed Burstell is joining Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), effective December 5th, in the newly created position as Head of Partnerships. Reporting to HBC’s CEO Jerry Storch, Burstell will develop and lead partnerships to drive innovative and exclusive offerings across all …
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COCO ROCHA GIVES BACK, HOSTING DKMS X JIMMY CHOO SHOPPING EVENT
Coca Rocha is best known for being an international supermodel, but another title she holds is an Ambassador for DKMS, a nonprofit dedicated to the fight against blood cancer. Last week, she popped by the Jimmy Choo store on Madison Avenue for an exclu…
Panalpina’s airfreight volumes rise amid lower ocean freight volumes
Gross profits for the first nine months of 2016 remained practically unchanged from the same period last year, since the growth in air freight volumes offset the drop in ocean freight volumes, Panalpina CEO Stefan Karlen explained.
U.S. Class I railway employment slips in September
Major freight railroads in the United States employed 152,486 workers as of the middle of September 2016, down 0.17 percent from the previous month and 8.7 percent year-over-year, according to data from the Surface Transportation Board.
RoadOne purchases fellow intermodal logistics provider
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics has acquired Milford, Conn.-based C & V Transportation in an effort to expand its operations in southern New England and the Port of New York and New Jersey, the company said in a statement.
Forward Air Q3 profits slip from prior year
The deferred airfreight transportation services and drayage provider’s third quarter 2016 net income fell 24.2 percent to $11.9 million compared with the same 2015 period, according to the company’s most recent financial statements.
Special Coverage: CBP becomes less lenient on trade law violations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection auditors are becoming less lenient regarding trade law violations and are widening their enforcement net, partly due to pressure from Congress, which has repeatedly expressed concern about protecting domestic industry.
Maryland, CSX recommit to intermodal infrastructure project
The public-private partnership is aimed at increasing the height of the Howard St. Tunnel so two containers can be loaded onto intermodal cars, making it more efficient for traffic moving to and from the Port of Baltimore.