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Port Milwaukee welcoming ‘history-making’ investment

Paul Scott Abbott | September 14, 2020 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Situated on the western shore of Lake Michigan 75 miles north of Chicago, Port Milwaukee is looking to enhance its position as a Midwest transportation hub with development of a new agricultural export facility.

Kroger’s transcontinental ship-to-home turns out to be no simple ‘can of corn’

Paul Scott Abbott | September 14, 2020 | Logistics

For The Kroger Co., the largest U.S. grocery retailer, catering to the booming ship-to-home business in the COVID-19-impacted marketplace is obviously not quite as simple as a “can of corn” – the slang baseball term for an easy-to-catch fly ball.

Ports of Indiana enhancing facilities at US crossroads

Paul Scott Abbott | September 14, 2020 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

With cargo-handling enhancements at all three of its waterfront facilities – one on the Great Lakes and two on the Ohio River – the Ports of Indiana is building upon its half-century of fuel-efficiently, cost-effectively serving shippers at America’s crossroads.

Omni TRAX Savannah facility encapsulates new possibilities for “intermodal”

Matt Miller | September 14, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Later this year, OmniTRAX is scheduled to inaugurate an innovative facility it is constructing some 12 miles from the Port of Savannah. It’s the focal point of a mammoth industrial park development’s first phase, tethered to a proximity to the port and two Class One railroads that traverse the property.

Midwest intermodal hubs offer shippers eco-friendly savings via host of railroads

Paul Scott Abbott | September 14, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

With supply chains continuing to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, intermodal hubs in the Midwest and beyond are offering shippers enduring opportunities for environmentally friendly cost efficiencies via the full spectrum of rail carriers, from Class Is to regional railroads to short lines.

Can the US Midwest ag business re-emerge from the rubble of the economic “Derecho”?

George Lauriat | September 14, 2020 | International Trade | Commodity

In early August, a derecho – a storm with winds upwards to a 100-miles per hour – cut a 250-mile long swath wreaking destruction through Midwest states. Miles of flattened crops, crushed grain bins, downed power lines, damaged residences and toppled trees were left in the derecho’s wake.

The battle for dominance over the last 5,280 feet

Peter Buxbaum | September 14, 2020

The most costly portion of a delivery is the last 5,280 feet – the last mile and maybe the most difficult portion of the supply chain is the last fifty feet.

Did someone just hit the pause button?

George Lauriat | August 24, 2020 | International Trade

After a considerable lead-up to the August 15th “initial review” of Phase 1 of the “greatest and biggest” trade deal between China and the U.S., the review was postponed just like someone hit the pause button on the remote.

Port technology marches ahead despite pandemic

George Lauriat | August 24, 2020 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on ports as blank sailings and new routings cut ship calls. Nevertheless, the pace for integrating new technologies and equipment has quickened as the march toward maritime terminal digitalization and the greening of port operations is being embraced as an operational imperative.

Can a trans-Atlantic trade war be averted?

George Lauriat | July 27, 2020 | International Trade

Since Trump’s election the Atlantic trench has gotten wider as the differences between Brussels and Washington have grown more contentious. And trade is at the heart of the matter. With relations nearing a breaking point, can a U.S.-Europe trade war be averted…or is it already too late?

City of LB Power Authority could accelerate port wind power development

Stas Margaronis | July 27, 2020 | Energy | Alternative

The City of Long Beach is nearing a decision on adopting a power authority model that could reduce utility rates for residents and support new investment and jobs in renewable energy that accelerate the Port of Long Beach’s Clean Air Action Plan for zero emissions.

2020 - The “Lost Year” for the auto industry

George Lauriat | July 27, 2020 | Project / Heavy Lift

2020 is likely to be remembered as The Lost Year for the auto industry. What will drive an auto industry comeback… and when?

Will offshore wind power be the next US energy boom?

George Lauriat | July 27, 2020 | Energy | Alternative

For the Atlantic states, offshore wind power might be the next energy boom.

Ports & Terminals

George Lauriat | Top Story | June 22, 2020

AJOT’s top 100 container ports

Twenty years ago, the largest container port in the world was the Port of Hong Kong which handled just over 18 million TEUs. In fact, there were only two double digit [in terms of million TEUs] ports in the world - Hong Kong and its city-state rival on the Straits of Malacca, the Port of Singapore, which tallied over 17 million TEUs. In the latest container port rankings, fifteen ports hit double figures with the Port of Shanghai leading the way notching an astounding 43 million TEUs.

For temperature-controlled logistics, uncertainty rules in pandemic’s wake

Peter Buxbaum | June 22, 2020 | Logistics

Reopening’s success, post-lockdown consumer behavior is a wild card.

Logistics

George Lauriat | Top Story | June 22, 2020

Banana business facing crisis of pandemic proportions

In a strange coincidence with the Covid-19 pandemic, the banana is facing its own pandemic – the disease, Tropical Race 4 (TR4), which like COVID-19 has no known cure and is racing across the globe laying waste to banana plantations and threatening the banana’s very survival.

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