Wind energy components dominate Texas port project cargo
| September 23, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project
Texas’ seaports enjoy a variety of project cargo. That’s a broad industry category. Along Texas’ Gulf Coast, though, there are a couple dominant trades.
China’s steel industry under pressure from failing property sector
| September 23, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity
Government stimulus and lower interest rates are designed to boost demand, but a recovery is not on the horizon.
AAL’s Morland “bullish” on project investment
| September 23, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project
Mike Morland, General Manager AAL Shipping Americas, is bullish on the expansion of the “project” sector and elaborates on the outlook for MPPs in a Q&A with AJOT.
Great Lakes wind power: Will a saga of lost chances change?
| September 23, 2022 | Energy | Alternative | Project / Heavy Lift
Bringing wind power to the Great Lakes has thus far been a saga of missed opportunities with more time spent on legal challenges than engineering complexities. But is that changing?
Germany’s burgeoning “halal” niche market forges new link in supply chain
| August 29, 2022 | International Trade
“Halal Logistics” caters to the growing demand for halal products among the Muslim population in Germany.
Port Milwaukee works on present, plans for future
| August 29, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Resiliency and reinvestment are key to Port Milwaukee’s operating strategy.
For global automakers regionalism is the new trend for supply chains
| August 29, 2022 | International Trade
Few supply chains rival those of global automakers, both in terms of complexity and efficiency, with China taking a lead role in the production of thousands of different vehicle components for use worldwide.
China-centric supply chain changing
| August 29, 2022 | International Trade
The China-centric supply chain may be giving way to sourcing alternatives but is still the biggest game in town.
West Coast shippers going nuts over Virginia intermodal link
| August 29, 2022 | Intermodal
When The Port of Virginia, Hapag-Lloyd and Norfolk Southern teamed this year to launch a leading-edge intermodal service to reliably deliver imported containers to the U.S. West Coast, they might not have imagined their new twist on landbridging would be serving California exporters in a nutty way.
Foote note
| August 29, 2022 | Intermodal
In July, the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS) held its summer meeting in Lake Geneva, WI and the conference’s headliner was James “Jim” Foote, President and CEO of CSX Transportation.
Bromley, VP of Rail Client Services, Tideworks Technology talks intermodal
| August 29, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail
Tideworks’ Mark Bromley in an interview with AJOT talks about both the challenges and benefits derived by intermodal operations.
STB to weigh CP/KCS merger in September hearing
| August 29, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail
Opposition to the combination has emerged; board must also consider conditions requested by railroads, shippers.
St. Lawrence Seaway building on green corridor goals
| July 25, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
The bi-national St. Lawrence Seaway, which links the Atlantic Ocean to the industrial heartland of North America, showed considerable resiliency in facing the pandemic challenges of 2020 and 2021.
Three-port strategic alliance to bolster the St. Lawrence trade corridor
| July 25, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
As a continental gateway, the St. Lawrence River has been the scene of many developments in the past few years.
MPP sector in seasonal slowdown… but will it bounce back in the fall?
| July 25, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift
The multipurpose fleet with the breakbulk sector has had a good run and a seasonal slowdown might be just that. But with COVID impacts and a multitude of other disruptive factors, nothing is a given now.
China, COVID and iron-ore prices
| July 25, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity
Virus-related shutdowns have negatively impacted steel demand and future uncertainty is depressing ore prices, for now.
Breakbulk lumber is booming at the Port of Lake Charles
| July 25, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Louisiana port is also considering development of an offshore wind facility.
Texas booming with ‘NAFTA 2.0’
| July 25, 2022 | International Trade
South Texas’ economic growth is booming in large part because of the NAFTA treaty, in Dante Galeazzi’s view.
Port of Brownsville gets boost from USMCA
| July 25, 2022 | International Trade
International trade through the Port of Brownsville, TX, is booming.
Wayfair’s Mento applies comic energy to leading e-commerce supply chain
| June 20, 2022 | International Trade | People | Industry Profiles
A former stand-up comedian with three decades of logistics experience, Pete Mento stands out as weirdly unique among top global supply chain executives.
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