Green Shipping Line was the first to transport Mustangs in containers across the Atlantic and unload them in Bremen. In 2016, Green Shipping Line entered into negotiations with Ford Motor Company to transport Mustangs from the U.S. to Europe in containers. See the photo gallery below.
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Green Shipping Line (GSL) and Moran Iron Works (MIW) have signed a teaming agreement to pursue marine construction projects in the United States. GSL is headquartered in New York, NY and is in the process of facilitating the construction of a fleet of modern, fuel efficient Jones Act feeder vessels that offer shippers reliable, economic
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Written by ELIZABETH RHODES Alarmed by a record 17 accidents involving METRORail trains, pedestrian and automobile drivers in one month, officials have reemphasized a safety campaign to help prevent future incidents. The agency’s “See Tracks? Think Train!” initiative includes a rail safety video from the U.S. Department of Transportation illustrating risky actions some pedestrians and drivers take along the rails that
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Shortly before reopening Interstate 10 on Friday, officials announced that it will take about two months and $5 million to rebuild a fallen bridge near Desert Center. “Our goal is to expedite the design and construction, open and operational by the end of September,” Caltrans Interim District Director John Bulinski. Despite the ambitious two month
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The shoddy state of the nation’s roads cost the average driver $515 in extra operation and maintenance costs on their car, according to the latest analysis from TRIP, a national transportation research group. Meanwhile, the Highway Trust Fund is about to become insolvent, and congressional lawmakers can’t agree on a temporary fix that experts say
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Less than a week after federal regulators announced strict new rules for the tank car trains that hauled more than 490,000 loads of oil last year. A train derailed and burst into flames Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of a North Dakota town. “The town of Heimdal is being evacuated,” said Sarah Feinberg, acting administrator of
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SWANTON, Md. (AP) — CSX Corp. says it’s investigating the cause of train derailment near the western Maryland community of Swanton. Spokesman Rob Doolittle says 11 of the 88 cars on a train traveling from Cumberland to Russell, Kentucky, derailed at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. He says no injuries or spills of hazardous materials were
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A lack of sufficient road and rail infrastructure, and insufficient port capacity will place stress on the global economy, creating the “perfect storm” for shipping according to the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF). At the Eurocoke Summit in Amsterdam, Chris Welsh, secretary-general of the GSF, said: “Increasing international trade will set unprecedented challenges to the transport
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The Ambassador Bridge has been reopened following a vehicle fire that stopped traffic on the busy international crossing today. Ambassador Bridge spokesman Mickey Blashfield said traffic was restored after the fire, which was caused by a pickup hauling a trailer and headed to Canada. He said what caused the vehicle fire is unknown. He said
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Freight Volume Moving Through the U. S.’s Transportation Infrastructure Access the pdf below for the current statistics on the volume of freight being transported via the U.S.’ Transportation Infrastructure. Estimates are World Shipping Council calculations based on source data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration and Federal Highway Administration.
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