Tideworks Technology®, a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, announced that BNSF Railway (BNSF), one of US largest freight railroad and one of North America’s Class I railroads, has gone live with Tideworks Intermodal Pro® intermodal TOS and Traffic Control™ equipment dispatch system at BNSF’s Memphis facility. Intermodal Pro and Traffic Control will provide BNSF with centralized visibility into…
The US government has decided to invest US$553 million in building a new deep-water container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo. The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), America’s development finance institution, will provide the financial support for the development of the West Container Terminal. DFC CEO, Scott Nathan said the new terminal will expand the container capacity…
South Korean feeder operator Namsung Shipping this week launched an Internet of Things (IoT)-based service to monitor and track refrigerated containers. The basic service enables shippers to check the movement of reefers and is targeted at customers with refrigerated cargoes passing through China and Indonesia, due to the vast hinterland in the former and the many islands in the latter.…
Celebrity Cruises has taken the successful delivery of the 141,420 GT Celebrity Ascent, constructed by the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard based in France’s St. Nazaire. Celebrity Ascent, the fourth ship in the line’s Edge Series, is 1,073 feet long with a 128-foot beam, a 27-foot draft, and seating for up to 3,260 guests. The yacht cruises at reported…