The recently proposed Bi-Partisan Ships for America Act or Ships Act could lead to a major new shipbuilding mobilization in the United States, if Congress moves expeditiously to enact the measure and ensures sufficient funding, according to Charles Papavizas, a maritime attorney with the firm of Winston and Strawn based in Washington, D.C.

Transport infrastructure mega-projects invariably capture the headlines, given their monumental size, scale and cost and more so when they are announced as being ultra-innovative, even revolutionary in design and make full use of emerging and disruptive technologies, such as AI and robotics.

Avocado fervor could face some challenges in 2025 but exports likely to continue to grow.

Clearing skies with a chance of showers. Businesses can look forward to a gradually improving operating environment in 2025, thanks to lower interest rates, moderating inflation, and steady if unspectacular growth in the nation’s overall economic activity.

The scenes could have well been from a sci-fi movie, with ant-like robots crawling around or humanoid figures greeting visitors, but these were played out at the AI Summit in New York

Cross-border e-commerce has indisputably become air cargo’s golden egg in recent years to a point where it is no exaggeration to suggest that it is fast-becoming the sector’s leading commodity surpassing general cargo.

The take-off of French cargo airship startup Flying Whales is proving neither smooth nor simple despite being vaunted as a prime example of the low-carbon transport of the future.

In her December 20th interview with AJOT, Carpenter addressed numerous concerns with the industry including the Jones Act and the decline in maritime employment interest.

U.S. port operations have seen record-breaking volumes while demonstrating remarkable resilience — despite serious structural challenges that could reshape maritime trade patterns in 2025.

The Port of Los Angeles processed 884,315 TEUs in November, a 16% increase over the previous year and so far in 2024 has moved 9,375,735 TEUs, 19% ahead of its 2023 pace: