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Coast | United shifting ticket
counter at Seattle-Tacoma Airport Maersk Line looks for
delivery |
US rail freight
traffic posts gains during week |
United shifting ticket counter
at Seattle-Tacoma Airport
SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle reports one of the last major moves of airline realignment takes place next week as one of the longest tenured airlines will move from one end to the other of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. United Airline’s ticket counter will shift from the north end of the terminal to the south end and aircraft gates will move from the North Satellite to concourse A. Signage will direct customers to the new counters and no flight or operational delays are expected with the move. The ticket counter and gate moves are part of overall airline realignment, causing a domino effect on eight airlines at Sea-Tac. United is the largest carrier to move its ticket counters and will go the farthest distance in the terminal from its current location. Ticket counter moves with other airlines began in January and gate changes started at the end of April. United, which made the first official landing at Sea-Tac in 1944, is the airport’s third largest airline. Air Canada will also move next week from the North Satellite to concourse A. Airlines affected by the move include Alaska, United, Air Canada, Hawaiian, American, jetBlue, Virgin America and Frontier. The final gate moves will include Virgin America and Frontier, scheduled for May 30-31.
US rail freight traffic
posts gains during week
WASHINGTON, DC — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported an increase in traffic for the week ending May 4, 2013, with total U.S. weekly carloads of 283,916 carloads, up 2.8 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal volume for the week totaled 245,678 units, up 2.8 percent compared with the same week last year. Total U.S. traffic for the week was 529,594 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.8 percent compared with the same week last year. For the first 18 weeks of 2013, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 4,963,512 carloads, down 2.1 percent from the same point last year, and 4,292,613 intermodal units, up 4.3 percent from last year. Total U.S. traffic for the first 18 weeks of 2013 was 9,256,125 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.8 percent from last year. Combined North American rail volume for the 18 weeks of 2013 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 6,647,821 carloads, down 0.8 percent compared with the same point last year, and 5,386,789 trailers and containers, up 4.1 percent compared with last year.
Maersk Line looks for
delivery
of new 18,000 TEU Triple -E ships
COPENHAGEN — Starting next month, Maersk Line reports it will begin taking delivery of its 18,000 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) capacity Triple-E vessels. According to Maersk, the Triple-E vessels will consume approximately 35 percent less fuel per container than the 13,100 TEU vessels being delivered to other container shipping lines in these years. It will also reduce CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent per container moved, compared to the industry average CO2 performance on the Asia-Europe trade. Five Triple-E ships will be delivered in 2013 on the existing AE10 service starting in Korea. The AE10 service calls ports between Asia and Europe. The remaining 15 vessels will be delivered over 2014 and 2015, and will be phased in to avoid excess capacity in the market.
Kinder Morgan
subsidiary
inks LNG deal with Mitsubishi
TOKYO — Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP), a unit of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., has signed a binding, 20-year firm transportation precedent agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) of Japan to ship 600,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas earmarked for the proposed Cameron LNG liquefaction facility in Hackberry, La., which is slated to begin LNG exports in the second half of 2017. MC will serve as the foundation shipper for TGP’s Southwest Louisiana Supply Project, which is designed to provide transportation from various supply basins in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Louisiana to Cameron Interstate Pipeline, which connects directly to the Cameron LNG Terminal. Kinder Morgan does not own Cameron Interstate Pipeline or the Cameron LNG facility. The Southwest Louisiana Supply Project is designed to provide transportation to the growing southwest Louisiana market. The project includes additional interconnections with shale supply, new pipeline laterals and enhancements to TGP’s existing pipeline system to allow for bi-directional flow to the region. TGP will hold a binding open season for additional interest in its project at a later date. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.is a pipeline transportation and energy storage company and one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in America. It owns an interest in or operates approximately 51,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals.
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Memorial Day service
set for
Charleston fisherman's garden
CHARLESTON, OR — The Port of Coos Bay reports that Memorial Day activities in Charleston, Oregon, will focus on the annual Blessing of the Fleet and Memorial Service at the Charleston Fisherman’s Memorial Garden, near the launch ramp at the Charleston Marina, at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 27. The service will honor the local men and women involved in commercial fishing and the fishing industry who have died since 1941. This year the Charleston community will add six names to the “In Memory of Charleston Fisherman” Plaque: Dennis O. Cutting, Stephen “Stevie” Joseph Brandis II, Carl D. Harrington, Vincent Hensey, Bryan Wayne Stores and Jimmie W. Sugg. In addition, one name will be added to the “In Memory of Fishing Industry” plaque, Bill Chard Sr. No names will be added to the “Lost at Sea” plaque. Following the blessing and memorial service, there will be a coffee and cake reception at the Porter Hall Activity Center behind the Charleston Community Church on Boat Basin Drive. A Charleston-based fishing boat will load floral arrangements to take to sea and lay on the water in a brief ceremony. The boat is scheduled to get under way immediately after the blessing and memorial service, weather permitting. The community is encouraged to provide floral arrangements or memorial wreaths, but they must contain only biodegradable materials. Local floral businesses can readily accommodate requests for this type of arrangement. Wreaths will be accepted at the Fishermen’s Memorial and then delivered to the boat.