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North Carolina’s Port of Wilmington expanding to meet regional demands

Paul Scott Abbott | October 14, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

With increasing volumes of inbound and outbound cargos shifting to its Port of Wilmington from other U.S. Southeast gateways, the North Carolina State Ports Authority is advancing wide-ranging enhancements while continuing its laser focus on unencumbered efficiencies.

The unfulfilled promise of the Latin American decade
International Trade
George Lauriat | Top Story | October 14, 2019

The unfulfilled promise of the Latin American decade

The Latin American Decade never quite took hold. The U.S.-China trade war is both an opportunity and a threat while the region’s trade pacts all face challenges that could mark their undoing. But a new decade is approaching, will the region be ready for another bid?
Paraguay’s Terport rising to global standards
International Trade
Robert L. Wallack | Top Story | October 14, 2019

Paraguay’s Terport rising to global standards

Terport Villeta, a new river container terminal, is positioned to become the transport hub of south-central South America and the main hub for international container commerce in Paraguay.
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Georgia-Pacific’s Oliver aims to thrill with mutually beneficial relationships

Paul Scott Abbott | September 23, 2019 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News | People | Industry Profiles

As a senior supply chain executive at forest products leader Georgia-Pacific, Bill Oliver is committed to applying latest technologies and forging mutually beneficial relationships with an objective of thrilling customers each day.

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Strait of Hormuz is a choke point that can cripple world trade

Manik Mehta | September 23, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

The Strait of Hormuz is arguably the most important “chokepoint” in the world. And the U.S. imbroglio with Iran and Iran’s deteriorating relationship with its neighbors - especially Saudi Arabia – threatens the Strait and global commerce.

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Stumped – Searching for trends in the global trade of forest products

George Lauriat | September 23, 2019 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News

There is nothing easy about searching out supply and demand trends in the global trade of forest products. With the U.S.-China tariff war, the global economic slowing, climate change and environmental challenges, looking for market trends can be like trying to read the tea leaves spinning in a stirred cup.

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Taiwan’s offshore wind industry ready for launch

Matt Miller | September 23, 2019 | Energy | Alternative

Next March, Taiwan is embarking on the construction of an 80 wind turbine, 640 MW wind farm - Asia-Pacific’s largest.

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New Bedford inks lease for Vineyard Wind project

Matt Miller | September 23, 2019 | Energy | Alternative | Project / Heavy Lift

A long time coming as New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal inks lease as the primary staging area for Vineyard Wind offshore wind far project.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister with high-powered delegation in US to court companies for business and investments

Manik Mehta | September 23, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift | Air Project

he chief minister of Tamil Nadu in southern India, accompanied by some ministers and high-ranking officials from the state, visited New York, San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles, from September 3 to 7, to attract business and investments to Tamil Nadu which is focusing on infrastructure development to propel the state’s economic growth trajectory.

Empowering the logistics for offshore wind power
Project / Heavy Lift
Matt Miller | Top Story | September 23, 2019

Empowering the logistics for offshore wind power

There’s a big promise in offshore wind power in the U.S. But it isn’t going to happen without a lot of logistics coordinating a brand-new supply chain.
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Importing LNG, despite US surplus

Peter Buxbaum | September 23, 2019 | Energy

During the winter of 2018, the LNG tanker Gaselys, laden with liquefied natural gas from overseas, was spotted in Boston harbor. The French energy company Engie bought the gas to meet demand during freezing weather in the northeast United States. The cargo being carried in the tanker came from a storage tank in the United Kingdom and contained a mix of gas that originated in Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Qatar.

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The natural-gas economy

Peter Buxbaum | September 23, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

In mid-June, the Philadelphia City Council approved a plan to build a $60 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Southwest Philadelphia. The Passyunk Energy Center will be a public-private partnership between city-owned Philadelphia Gas Works and Liberty Energy Trust.

Graphite One Mine could provide domestic sourcing of graphite

Anita Parlow | September 23, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

Pebble Mine runs high environmental risk

Anita Parlow | September 23, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

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Tradeoffs in mining in Alaska?

Anita Parlow | September 23, 2019 | International Trade

Mining is keystone to the Alaskan economy. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in developing more mining assets with export potential. But climate change, adverse weather conditions, environmental issues and the sheer remoteness of many of the sites complicate developing the State’s mining resources.

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Project cargo activity slows on St. Lawrence/Great Lakes waterway

Leo Ryan | September 20, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

In the past few years, project cargo has represented a steady growth business for Canadian ports on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence maritime corridor, led by wind farm components manufactured regionally or in Europe as well as industrial machinery for oil and forest sector developments.

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CenterPoint’s McKiernan confident in future of inland intermodal hubs

Paul Scott Abbott | September 11, 2019 | Logistics | People | Industry Profiles

Applying principles learned in the military, Brian McKiernan is advancing the role of inland intermodal facilities as key nodes of international and domestic freight transportation.

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Can freight data forecast a recession?

Peter Buxbaum | September 11, 2019

The assumption behind these projections is that movements in the levels of freight shipments are an indicator of broader economic activity, so that dips in cargo volumes signal an economic downturn.

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The infrastructure investment merry-go-round

Peter Buxbaum | September 09, 2019 | Intermodal

U.S. highways and bridges continue their decline, and there is no prospect for a federal program on the horizon.

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Is there a freight recession barreling our way?

Peter Buxbaum | September 09, 2019 | Intermodal

Economists are looking at whether there will be a freight recession and/or economic recession but indicators for each are moving in opposite directions.

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