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Global transportation critical to pharmaceutical crisis mitigation

Tad Thompson | November 22, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

The healthcare supply chain is battling a public immunization effort that has attained previously-unimaginable complexities. The transportation of temperature-sensitive and precious vaccines is central to controlling the Coronavirus pandemic.

Industry stakeholders encouraged by current trends

Leo Ryan | November 22, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

In both western and eastern Canada, breakbulk activity is on the rise – as seen in strong shipments of steel, forest products and construction materials as well as wind energy components. The overall project cargo sector is re-bounding from production delays and other pandemic-related challenges.

Canadian softwood lumber: US tariffs, domestic capacity and supply-chain chaos

Peter Buxbaum | November 22, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

With the supply chain for building materials clogged, Canadian exporters and United States importers of softwood lumber want the Biden administration to do something about the U.S. tariffs imposed on that commodity.

Wood pellets – a growing industry along the Gulf of Mexico

Peter Buxbaum | November 22, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

Earlier this month, Enviva, a Maryland-based producer of wood pellets, announced its first industrial contract with an unnamed European customer.

Conference tackles big questions facing steel industry

Manik Mehta | November 22, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

From port congestion and infrastructure bill to “Green Steel” – SSS Conference in Miami tackles a myriad of issues affecting steel industry and trade

Planning, innovation help meet challenges in shipment of project, breakbulk cargos

Paul Scott Abbott | November 22, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift

As the world begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, third-party logistics leaders are turning to time-honored approaches entailing collaborative planning and innovative solutions to meet such present challenges as skyrocketing freight rates and tight truck capacity in keeping project and breakbulk cargo shipments moving.

WindAge – US East Coast ports prepare for the new age of offshore wind power

Matt Miller | November 22, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Bipartisan infrastructure bill – good for aluminum

Peter Buxbaum | November 22, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

The steel and aluminum tariffs deal – more politics than trade

Peter Buxbaum | November 22, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

The bottom line is that the traditional Atlantic allies are working together again on common interests.

Cold storage space is at a premium

George Lauriat | November 08, 2021 | Logistics

Cold storage space is at a premium in North America and there is little sign of a let up.

Port of LA’s Seroka: Sweeper ships will relieve terminal congestion and take empties back to Asia

Stas Margaronis | November 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

“Sweeper Ships”, ships deployed for the purpose of picking up empty containers for repositioning, have for years been an instrument in the ocean carriers’ tool box to balance container flows in extreme circumstances.

Refrigerated cargoes expected to continue growth into 2022

Peter Buxbaum | November 08, 2021 | Logistics

As will freight rates – but preferential treatment and technology deployment will help mitigate supply-chain problems.

Chassis-management innovations – providing a partial solution to supply-chain congestion

Peter Buxbaum | November 08, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Interoperable pools, grounded terminals and digital technologies can speed cargo cycles and promote more efficient utilization of chassis, trucks and terminals.

LB’s Cordero defends surcharges on carriers as “bold measures” needed to address congestion crisis

Stas Margaronis | November 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero defended surcharges that the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles propose to assess on ocean carriers, which he said were necessary to alleviate the congestion crisis at the two ports.

ContainerPort Group – weathering the supply-chain storm

Peter Buxbaum | November 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

National drayage carrier copes with congestion with technology and a focus on customers and drivers.

Port of NY/NJ: Proactive investments helped deal with COVID cargo spike

Peter Buxbaum | October 25, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

With dramatic volume increases, future infrastructure expenditures will need to be accelerated.

Auto supply chain under stress

Matt Miller | October 25, 2021 | Logistics

A confluence of supply chain snags have created shortages in vehicle inventory, but with EVs on the way, what is the future of the auto supply chain?

Cargo modernization at JFK: a long way off

Air Freight News | October 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Facilities reconfiguration and access road improvements are just getting under way.

LATAM pandemic recovery underway

George Lauriat | October 11, 2021 | International Trade

Damage Done. When COVID-19 hit Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, the region was already reeling with economic and political uncertainty threatening in some fashion nearly every nation from Mexico to Argentina.

South Carolina’s Port of Charleston delivering big-ship-handling capacity

Paul Scott Abbott | October 11, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

With this year’s opening of the first U.S. greenfield container terminal in more than a decade plus significant modernization of its venerable Wando Welch Terminal, the South Carolina Ports Authority’s Port of Charleston is exceptionally positioned to fluidly move burgeoning volumes on and off megacontainerships.

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