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Ports of Louisiana weather storms, bolstering facilities to meet demand

Paul Scott Abbott | March 22, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Responding to rising demand, ports of Louisiana are expanding facilities while looking to benefit in several instances from deeper channels.

Can railroads count on intermodal?

Peter Buxbaum | March 22, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

The COVID comeback is supporting volumes for now, but service competitiveness will tell the story longer term.

Delaware River Valley leads charge for US fruit imports

AJOT | March 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

With televised cooking shows steaming and a genuine new interest in health and expanded cuisine, American consumers have finally moved beyond an apple a day.

Global steel industry in major decarbonization push

Peter Buxbaum | March 08, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

Technology makes clean production processes available and steelmakers are deploying them.

Multipurpose vessels: a comeback in 2021?

Peter Buxbaum | March 08, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

With container vessels stuffed to capacity, breakbulk cargoes are returning to breakbulk carriers.

New logistics’ technology emerges from COVID vaccine distribution’s complexities

Matt Miller | March 08, 2021 | Logistics

A company based in Iceland has developed a data-logger solution for monitoring temperature standards for COVID-19 vaccines across the globe.

Chile presents model of efficiency in vaccine logistics effort

Matt Miller | March 08, 2021 | Logistics

How Chile’s cool logistics efficiency met the vaccination challenge.

Will Biden bring US back into TPP?

Peter Buxbaum | February 22, 2021 | International Trade

Diverse ports of Florida’s Atlantic Coast carry on with infrastructure enhancements

Paul Scott Abbott | February 22, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Ports along Florida’s Atlantic Coast are advancing billions of dollars of infrastructure enhancements to increase capabilities for efficiently handling everything from a broad spectrum of containerized and breakbulk goods to artificial reef modules and recovered rocket boosters.

Florida Gulf Coast ports host array of traditional and atypical activities

Paul Scott Abbott | February 22, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

From moving containerized produce imports and wood pellet exports to hosting operations supporting space exploration and ocean floor pipe-laying, ports on the Gulf Coast of Florida are home to a broad array of activities.

Will CPTPP welcome US back?

Peter Buxbaum | February 22, 2021 | International Trade

In April 2018, 15 months after he pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, former President Donald Trump reportedly ordered the U.S. Trade Representative to look into the possibility of rejoining the accord.

PhilaPort serving US Northeast with velocity, proximity, flexibility

Paul Scott Abbott | February 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Those three words are chosen by PhilaPort’s longtime director of marketing, Sean Mahoney, to sum up what Philadelphia’s seaport has to offer shippers seeking to efficiently reach U.S. Northeast markets.

South Jersey Ports: Coming back from COVID-19

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

Interruptions in international trade thanks to Trump administration policies and the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic took their toll on the volumes of some commodities handled at the facilities of South Jersey Port Corporation in 2020.

SJPC looking for 50% steel jump in early 2021

The South Jersey Port Corporation anticipates steel volumes, savaged by the COVID-19 global recession and punishing Trump tariffs, will increase significantly this winter as manufacturers replenish inventories to gear up production and as COVID-19 vaccines come online, signaling an anticipated control of the pandemic.

Wilmington delivering as

Paul Scott Abbott | February 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Wilmington, Delaware, not only has just delivered the nation’s “Top Banana” to the White House in the person of Joe Biden, but it is continuing to lead the way as the No. 1 U.S. gateway for banana imports and more as the Port of Wilmington enters its third year of operation under a division of United Arab Emirates-based Gulftainer.

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