by George Lauriat Apr 18, 2016
NVOs – In the middle of the supply chain
Stuck in the middle – between the ocean carriers and the forwarders and their client shippers - is the NVO (Non-Vessel Owning Common Carrier).
Top 50 Containership Carriers
A snippet from AJOT's Ocean Carrier Review 2016 coming in this weeks edition!
A memorable WCA Conference week
The WCA’s conference week March 10-16 in Abu Dhabi in the UAE was a most memorable event, beginning with an unexpected turn in the weather. Over 2,500 members representing nearly 1,400 companies from over 100 countries attended this key industry event.
The Port of Boston - calling 617
New England is one of the nation’s most affluent regions. A strong consumer driven economy keeps ships calling Boston’s 617 area code. The port is the region’s hub and annually handles over 200,000 TEUs. It has become a model for mid-sized ports nationally – a most remarkable improvement from two decades ago. But as is the case of many U.S. niche ports, dredging is the single most important challenge and will Washington, DC answer the call?
Anchors aweigh - FedEx Ground to build a distribution center at Tradepoint Atlantic’s Sparrows Point
Fedex Ground inks deal as anchor tenant at Tradepoint Atlantic’s new tri-modal logistics site in Sparrows Point, Baltimore.
Port of Davisville RI posts sixth consecutive record-breaking year
The Port of Davisville is one of the top ten auto ports in the US and has posted six consecutive years of “record breaking” effort. Nothing new for a port with a posting of 547% growth rate over the past two decades, and with infrastructure improvements in the works, the best may be yet to come.
SeaLand Atlantico service: Philadelphia-Mexico an ideal solution
Almost exactly sixty years ago the SS Ideal-X loaded with 58 containers left Port Newark, New Jersey for Texas. It was the beginning of the containerization era, and an ideal solution to using a ship’s economies of scale to move freight handled by trucks.
Baltic reboot: Is Baltic 2.0 around the corner?
In the six years leading up to the Great Recession of 2007/8, the Baltic states along with Nordic neighbors were the leading performers in Europe.
“Long Haul Legacy” delivers
The book, Long Haul Legacy by F. Martin Harmon (Atlantic Book Printing), tells the tale of long haul trucking in the U.S. This is a story that has been told more than once, but Harmon fills in some important details left out of many accounts on the unique evolution of trucking in the U.S. The subtitle “SMC3 and the Evolution of Motor Freight” is frequently missing from most accounts, and frankly the omission is as big as Superman without his cape.
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