b'may 25 - june 21, 2020MaritiMe Section 27MEXPRESS& S200 MYSTIC AVENUEMEDFORD, MA 02155(781) 395-8772/87Fax (781) 395-7319Container-LTL Bonded U.S. Customs CarrierPiggyback Coverage Radio DispatchedConsolidation-Distribution Bonded Container Freight StationPrivate Chassis FleetFully Insured Overwidth/Overheight LoadsDaily Service Port of BostonServing: Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., Rhode Island, VermontAlso Serving Logan International Airport(CONTROVERSYcontinued(RECOVERYcontinued from Inland Port Greer, SC from page 22) page 26)interviewwithAJOT.SomeisthatImighteliminatestop-cargoisdefinedasdivisibleping in Xiamen (located along SC Ports welcomes American solarload to be broken down to gettheSouthernChinesecoast) tounder80,000poundsmaxi- and my competitor might offer module maker to SC mumweight.Hisfrustrationthat stopWe also see that the extends not just between states,actualnumberofsailingspro-but within states.Illinois hasvidesmoreflexibilitywiththe S.C. Ports Authority has announced that FirstGreer,cargowillbetransportedtoFirstSolarsstatepermit,citypermitandsmaller vessels.Solar, Inc., Americas largest solar manufacturer,nearby distribution hub in Greenville. county permit or three permits to has selected Greenville, S.C., for its new distribu- WearethrilledtoannounceFirstSolarsmove containers.Permits are aa voiDing thes uezC anaLtion hub on the East Coast. decision to invest in South Carolina, and we extendsourceofrevenueforgovern- As a result of lower fuel costs, Headquarteredin Arizona,FirstSolaroper- a warm welcome to them as a customer of S.C.ments which are used for roadsome carriers sailing between Asia ates the Western Hemispheres largest photovoltaicPorts,S.C.Ports AuthorityPresidentandCEOmaintenance and repairs causedandNorthernEuropearesail-(PV) module manufacturing footprint in NorthwestJim Newsome said. S.C. Ports offers access toby overweight cargoes. ing around the Southern coast of Ohio, as well as factories in Malaysia and Vietnam.global markets, efficiently run terminals and rail- ApossiblesolutiontotheAfrica to avoid paying $500,000 The company plans to open a 450,000-square-footsupportedinlandportstomeetourcustomersoverweightshippingcontainerto $750,000 in fees to transit the distributionhubinGreenvilleitsfirstintheneeds. We look forward to supporting First Solarscontroversy is from Oversize.ioSuez Canal:Southeastto warehouse and stage deliveries forefforts to deliver American-designed solar modulesplatform.We currently have theIn an echo of 2016, we are its customers in the United States. to their customers in the United States. first part of a solution ready toseeingtheimpactofloweroil As Americas solar company, First Solar is proudThe facility sits near Inland Port Greer, whichgo. Its a maximum axle weightpricesandoneoftheimpacts to power communities, innovation and prosperity withis located along Interstate 85 in Upstate South Car- calculator that can apply the fed- hadbeenonsomecarriers our solar module technology, said Bart Verbeke, Firstolina between Atlanta and Charlotte. Inland Porteral bridge formula to any loadgoingbetweenAsiaandNorth-SolarsSeniorManagerofGlobalLogistics.OurGreer extends the Port of Charlestons reach 212under80,000pounds.ThisisernEuropebypassingtheSuez investment in this distribution hub will help enablemiles inland by providing overnight rail service viaimportant as over 80,000 poundsCanal.TheSuezCanalcharges our commitments to deliver modules where theyreNorfolk Southern. The inland terminal reaches 90each state dictates its own rules,$500-$700,000perpassage. The needed when theyre needed, thanks to the connectiv- million consumers within a 500-mile radius, whichregulations,andpricing,saidpassage around Africa is cheaper ity that S.C. Ports is able to offer. can be reached in a one-day truck trip. Drew Jahnke, founder and direc- with the lower fuel costs to sail to First Solar will benefit from both the Port ofS.C.PortsAuthorityopenedInlandPorttor of sales of Oversize.io. TheNorthern Europe from Asia even Charlestons access to international markets, suchGreer in 2013 with BMW Manufacturing Co. ascalculatoralsohasaninterac- though the distance is greater and as Vietnam, and its overnight rail connection fromits launch customer. The inland operation has seentive map that can determine thethefuelconsumptionishigher. the Port of Charleston to Inland Port Greer, S.C.consistent growth since then as more companiesmaximum permitted weight onTheloweroilpricesnowmake Ports inland operation in Upstate South Carolina. use it to move cargo overseas and to handle importsnon-divisibleloadsthroughoutthis voyage more economical. In FirstSolaranticipatesbringingupto7,000for a quickly growing Southeast population. Inlandthe United States. This will beaddition, as a result of the reces-containers per year through the Port of Charleston,Port Greer handled a record 157,000 rail moves inavailable as a mobile applicationsion, importers can afford an addi-beginning in late May. Upon arrival at Inland Portcalendar year 2019, up 29% year-over-year. in the next couple of weeks.tional week in sailing time because the demand is not high enough to pay for faster deliveries.TheSuezCanalauthority hasoffereda5%discounton shipstransitingbetweenAsia andnorthernEurope,hesays but that may not be enough: as we see more carriers are opting to take the African route.AccordingtoJensen,The SuezCanalAuthoritiesnow trying to strike back against the competition from low oil prices.(SAGAcontinued from page 26)groupsonthepotentialenvi-ronmentalassessmentcondi-tionsthattheproponentmust comply with, should the project be authorized to proceed.Whicheverwayonelooks at it, the jury remains out. Bar-ring some sort of diplomatic solutionbetweenthecontend-ing visions of the GCT and the VFPA,theoddsappeartobe customs brokers&freight forwarders lengtheningagainsttheRBT2 project in its current form. More-over,spiralingcostsandthe www . jfmoran.com: 800.944.1041 short-to-medium term impact of COVID-19 could soon be deter-mining factors.'