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Georgia Ports Authority has eight new neo-panamax cranes on order. It will have a total of 30 ship-to-shore cranes by 2018. It also added 30 rubber-tired gantry cranes to handle containers on terminal. Oakland Near-Dock Facility Receives First Train A100-car train carrying agricultural products inaugurated a new, $100 million near-dock rail facility at the Port of Oakland. The new tracks are located in the Port's Outer Harbor Intermodal Terminal area, site of a former U.S. Army base, and are part of a phased rail expansion. They consist of five manifest yard tracks and eight support yard tracks. The Asia-bound cargo will be transferred from the rail cars directly into containers and delivered to the terminals for export. The Port of Oakland has seen a growing market for agricultural products, especially from California's Central and Salinas Valleys and the Midwest. The rail yard was built using California state Trade Corridor Improvement Funds and federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants. Maritime Alliances Continue to Grow Mediterranean Shipping Company confirmed that the 2M partners, MSC and Maersk, have signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Merchant Marine. HMM will join the 2M vessel-sharing agreement when its current agreement with the G6 alliance ends in April 2017. Separately, Hapag-Lloyd, a member of THE Alliance, has signed a merger agreement with United Arab Shipping Company. Subject to regulatory and other approvals, the merged carrier would have 237 vessels representing 1.6 million TEUs of capacity and annual volumes of 10 million TEUs. THE Alliance also includes Hanjin, K-Line, MOL, NYK and Yang-Ming. People in the News RoadOne IntermodaLogistics announced that Adam Amorose has joined the company as vice president of safety. Luc Jobin became the new CEO of CN on July 1st, replacing Claude Mongeau. Doug Ryhorchuk has been Jobin promoted to vice president operations western region, replacing Mike Cory, the new executive vice president & chief operating officer. Alexandre Brisson will hold the newly created position of vice president multimodal innovation. People - continued on page 16 COFC Has Capacity for Your Ramp-toRamp Needs! With services designed exclusively for small-to-mid-sized IMCs, Lanes Serviced by COFC S EAT TL E PO RTL AND MINNEAPO L IS CHIC AG O G ran d R api ds D et roi t I n di an ap ol i s LOS ANG EL ES 3PLs, brokers, freight forwarders and other intermediaries who MEMPHIS ATL ANTA S an D i ego require a ramp-to-ramp service, COFC Logistics specializes in 53' double-stack containers moving on the BNSF Railway network. S IL AO Move containers on a transactional basis, manage a fleet of containers and lock in longer term pricing with COFC Logistics! COFC Logistics currently has a fleet of new and used containers. COFC Logistics is prohibited from working directly with beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) allowing its customers to sell our service with confidence and peace-of-mind. Call: ©2015 COFC Logistics, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COFC Logistics is a trademark of COFC Logistics, LLC. All other brand and product names are registered trademarks, trademarks or servicemarks of their respective holders and are gratefully acknowledged. All specifications subject to change without notice. 419-725-0700 or email: info@cofclogistics.com Independent supplier of intermodal equipment and services COFC Logistics, LLC 405 Madison Avenue, Suite 850 Toledo, OH 43604 1 419-725-0700 info@cofclogistics.com cofclogistics.com August 2016 | Intermodal Insights 13 http://www.cofclogistics.com

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Insights - August 2016
DOT FASTLANE Grants Benefi t Intermodal
FECR’s Hertwig to Receive Silver Kingpin Award
IANA Committee Meetings at EXPO
National Truck Driver Awareness Week Request
Nominees Sought for IANA Board
A Conversation with Former IANA chairman David Wedaman
Thom Albrecht Shares His Views on Intermodal Growth and M&A
Freight Reports
Port News
Sustainability News
People in the News
Speakers Announced for Intermodal EXPO 2016
Commerce Affirms Duty on Chinese Tires
In Brief
2016 Sponsors
Welcome New Members
Intermodal Calendar

Insights - August 2016