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NWSA volume growth trend continues in August
The Northwest Seaport Alliance handled a total of 305,071 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), an increase of 10.4% compared to August 2020. Full imports grew 3.3%,…
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Swiss Hyperloop team achieves top position at Not-A-Boring Competition
Innovation award for the Swissloop Tunneling team sponsored by Gebrüder Weiss / Lothar Thoma: "We will continue to promote mobility concepts of the future."
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China competes with U.S. to revamp Sudan’s state shipping firm
Sudan’s state shipping company is considering a Chinese offer to revamp a fleet that’s shrunk to just one boat as the African nation targets a…
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California Propeller Clubs’ meeting focuses on railroads’ impact on California ports
The Propeller Clubs of Northern California and of Los Angeles and Long Beach convened a joint forum to discuss the impact of U.S. railroads on…
China neighbors worry Australia sub deal will destabilize region
France isn’t the only country upset about a new security pact between the U.S., U.K. and Australia: Some Southeast Asian nations are also worried the…
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Lufthansa to raise $2.5 billion to repay state bailout funds
Deutsche Lufthansa AG plans to raise 2.14 billion euros ($2.5 billion) through a heavily discounted share sale as it strives to repay a German government…
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Dubai’s Emirates to increase U.S. flights as restrictions ease
Emirates plans to ramp up flights to the United States as travel restrictions ease further and ahead of the World Expo event in Dubai that’s…
Gates raises $1 billion as corporate CEOs join race to scale clean tech
Bill Gates raised more than $1 billion in corporate funding for Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, drawing on BlackRock Inc.’s Larry Fink and Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella…
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Air France Boeing Jet makes emergency landing in Beijing
An Air France-KLM flight made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Beijing after the Boeing Co. 777 aircraft suffered a technical failure and…
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Outrider’s robotic yard trucks are taking on dangerous, dirty jobs
Automated and electric vehicles are finding uses in agricultural and industrial spaces, where they can don’t have to encounter passengers or pedestrians.