b'20American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(TARIFFScontinued fromtriesintheregionandevenUSmaritimeportsforwater- (DEALcontinued fromuninhibited steel inflow. page 18) toEuropewhichhadseenborne cargo, according to thepage 18) Askedtocommenton I believe there is a realstrong LNG demand follow- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. weneedtoexpandproduc- fearsofsteeltariffsunleash-chance that if things go theingtheRussia-Ukrainewar,Another port representedtion volume, he was quotedinginflation,Bellexplained way theyre going (we could)drivingEuropeanstoseekattheGSDFwasCorpusassaying.NipponSteelisthatsteeltariffsalonedonot re-fenceNorthAmerica.alternative LNG sources. Christi.ThePresident/CEOexpected to start investing indrive inflation but other factors And then you can have a realWeimportaboutfourofCorpusChristiRegionalthenewU.S.millby2028.such as supply chain, transpor-USMCAthatsfunctionalmilliontonsofcargofromEconomicDevelopmentCorp.,Japansleadingsteelmakertation costs, etc. contribute to withmeltedandpouredBrazil,mainlysteelslabs,Mike Culbertson, promoted hiswas the worlds largest crudeinflationary pressures. Domes-rules in place, and not as aandwillbehandlingthreeregionsuniquestrengths,steel producer from the 1970sticsteelproducersbecome transshipmentground,themillion tons of iron ore fromhighlightingtheadvantagesto 1990s; it was ranked fourthmorecompetitivewhenthey Cleveland-Cliffs CEO said.thatcountryinthefuture.(TARIFFScontinued onin2024withaproductionhave a level-playing field cre-However,somebuyersDiscerning a sense of opti- page 22) volume of 44 million tons.atedthroughtariffs.Chinas weresayingthatwhilethemisminthesteelindustry,sma p resIdent : t hIs Is productionhasconsiderably goal of Trumps tariffs washe said that protectionism wasincreased because its economy toprotecttheUSdomesticseen by many as a defenseav eryd ynamICt Ime fOr does not operate on the same industry and jobs, they per- againstabuses.Themes- theusandg lOBals teel principle as ours, he said. ceived tariffs as a bargainingsage being sent is that this isI ndustryOn the Nippon Steel/US chip in negotiating the newdone to protect the domesticPhilip K. Bell, PresidentSteel partnership, Bell noted tradeagreementswithsup- steel industry.oftheSteelManufactur- thatPresidentTrumphad plying countries.ThePortofBrownsville,ersAssociation,saidinanendorsedtheNipponSteel theonlydeep-waterseaportinterview with theAmericandealandnowsupportedit p OrtsC OurtI ndustry at directlyontheU.S.-MexicoJournalofTransportationbecause he feels it is good not gsdf border,handlesmoresteelthat this is a very dynamiconly for the steel industry but ThePortofBrownsvilletransshipments than any othertimefortheUSandglobalalso for the economy, adding in Texas, located near the riverUS port; the region is home tosteelindustry.Steeltariffs,that the global steel industry, mouth of the Rio Grande andenergy, shipbuilding, and ship- President/CEO of Corpus Christihe noted, had been in placewhich was very resilient, can Lower Rio Grande Valley plain,recyclingindustries,andisRegional Economic Developmentforsevenyearsandservedsurmountcrisesandgeopo-justeightmilesnorthoftheranked 41 stamong the top 150Corp., Mike Culbertson remarkably well to curb thelitical tensions. Mexico-U.S.border,handles large volumes of steel, whose cargo comprises, mainly, steel, liquidbulkproducts,aggre-gates, and project cargo.AccordingtotheU.S. ArmyCorpsofEngineers annualreport,thePortof Brownsvillehandledmore than11.2milliontonsof cargo in 2023, up 23% from 9.1 million tons in 2022.ThePortrecorded2,561 vesselcallsin2023,a46% increase in vessel traffic from 1,754 the previous year. MajorCLOSERcommoditiesdrivinggrowth at the port include steel, liquid bulkproducts,aggregates, projectcargo,andwindtur-binecomponentsimported from various countries. Indeed, we have several infrastructure projects, includ-ingthelargestliquidnaturalON THE COLUMBIA RIVER IN WASHINGTON STATEgas project at the port itself FASTERwhile all the West Coast ports are Asia-centric, we are Mex-ico-centric,ArturoGomez, deputy port director of opera-tionsatthePortofBrowns-ville,saidinaninterview with the American Journal of Transportation.DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO MAINLINE RAIL & INTERSTATE HIGHWAYSSMARTERSTORAGE OPTIONS & FOREIGN TRADE ZONE SPACEArturo Gomez,byBETTERdeputy port director of operations at the Port of BrownsvilleAsked if the Port had expe-rienced any disruptions in steel shipments,asexperiencedON-DOCK RAIL & DUAL-SERVED BY BNSF & UPWest Coast ports, Gomez said that there had been some dis-ruptions, but not to the extent we had feared. ThePortis,meanwhile,CONTACT US AT [email protected] | PORTOFLONGVIEW.COMplanning to expand its ship-ping activities to other coun-'