| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| September 23, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift
| September 23, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| September 09, 2019 | Intermodal
U.S. highways and bridges continue their decline, and there is no prospect for a federal program on the horizon.
| 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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