b"18American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(UNCERTAINTY continued from page 16)SPONSORED CONTENT companies to bring more of their manufacturing back to the United States by challenging the viability of low-IMC Logistics cost sourcing options from Mexico, Canada or China.But does history show that tariffs accomplish the goal of increasing U.S. domestic manufacturing?When the first Trump administration implemented IMCLogisticsisaleaderinmanyrespects.are challenged to meet the zero-emissions deadlinestariffs, it didnt result in a U.S. manufacturing renais-Fromitsbeginningsasaregionalfamily-ownedsetbytheEnvironmentalProtectionAgencyandsance, Wood responds. Companies didnt start to drayage provider in 1982, IMC Logistics has grownCalifornia, IMC is leading the way. build new manufacturing facilities all of a sudden. to become the largest marine drayage company inOne needs only to drive around the communitiesThere was a little bit of that, but mostly it just shifted the United States. The company now has a nationalnear the California ports to know that we must strivewhere products were coming from and where they footprintofferinginnovativesolutionstoawideto do better to protect our environment and thosewere going to. So, I think that is the most likely out-range of customers. who work and live there, said Jim Gillis, Pacificcome, at least in the short term.RegionPresidentforIMC.ThissameattitudeisAnd S&P Global Ratings economic team echoed s ustainablee quiPMent evident throughout the IMC network. the feeling stating, in our first high level estimates-IMC is an early adopter of alternate fuel sourcesSimply deploying these zero-emission vehicles-found the potential effects of the tariffs proposed for its trucks. The company was one of the first toisnotenough,saidGillis.Tobesuccessful,bytheTrumpadministrationareoverwhelmingly purchase electric trucks and has the largest fleet ofplanning for charging electric vehicles is crucial.negative,saidareporttitledMacroEffectsOf hydrogen trucks in North America.To that end, IMC installed a system of chargers forProposed U.S. Tariffs Are Negative All-Around. IMC also operates electric yard hostlers. Theseelectric tractors and internal battery storage. Adding the potential effects include slower GDP zero-emission units have extended batteries and canThis allows our team to charge the tractors atgrowth,higherunemploymentandinflation,and charge in two hours or less. The yard equipment isany time, regardless of electrical grid status. Thea stronger U.S. dollar. The effects on the U.S. are efficient, with a capacity for 81,000 containers. charging stations then replenish themselves whensmaller than for trading partners.While some transportation and logistics companies(IMCcontinued on page 40)i fy ouc antb eatt heM.Ontheotherhand,overseascompaniesmay respond to tariffs by opening their own manufac-turing facilities in the U.S., which would align with the new administrations goals. At the World Eco-nomic Forum (WEF) in January, President Trump said, My message to every business in the world is very simple: come make your product in America and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. But if you dont make your product in America . you will have to pay a tariff.Thats a pretty direct comment and I think its likely that some companies are considering it, Wood says. Maybe that approach will be reflected in the types of investment decisions that business leaders (UNCERTAINTY continued on page 24)Building what yourcustomers need.Port Houston is investing in infrastructure to increase capacity and improve efciency. Our Bayport Container Terminal now accommodates 15,000 - 17,000 TEU ships, we are constructing wharves and container yard space, and continuing expansion of the Houston Ship Channel to improve safety and navigation in the nation's busiest waterway. Get your cargo to your customers faster by choosing Port Houston.www.porthouston.com"