MTC Logistics, Baltimore, Md., broke ground on a 12 million-cubic-foot international temperature-controlled distribution center at the Port of Mobile, Mobile, Ala.

Del Monte Fresh Produce, Coral Gables, Fla., announced plans to build six container ships to service its ocean transportation lanes between Central/South American and U.S. ports.

MTC Logistics, Baltimore, Md., purchased property located immediately adjacent to the Alabama State Port Authority’s (ASPA) container terminal.

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), Savannah, Ga., welcomed the container ship, Stork.

JAXPORT partner North Florida Warehouse FTZ, a division of JZ Expedited Logistics, Jacksonville, Fla., received permission to operate what is said to be Foreign Trade Zone No. 64’s first outdoor storage facility.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), Darien, Conn., and its subsidiary, GWI UK Acquisition Co. Ltd., entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of APM Terminals (a subsidiary of A P Møller-Maersk A/S) to purchase Pentalver Transport Ltd.

The Port Authority Board of Commissioners, New York, approved a major re-development of the Greenville Yard that will include a new ExpressRail facility to support the adjacent Global Marine Terminal and allow the terminal to ship and receive containerized cargo by rail, a capability that it lacks today.

Baker Commodities, Inc., Vernon, Calif., and Lineage Logistics, Colton, Calif., broke ground on what is said to be the largest-of-its-kind cold storage facility.