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Import unpredictability continues in 2025 with tariff uncertainty

Pete Goldin | February 18, 2025 | International Trade | Trade Regulation

An interview with Jackson Wood, Descartes Director of Industry Strategy

Port Everglades: Making history one project at a time

Brenda Silva, AJOT | February 18, 2025 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Improved infrastructure and expansion projects remain key to future growth.

Trucking Trends 2025

Debra N. Phillips | January 27, 2025 | Trucking

The trucking industry is in a better position entering 2025 than it was for the past two years. But the trucking economy still faces some great unknowns as to operational costs and how the US economy will perform in 2025

Warehousing Trends for 2025

Debra N. Phillips | January 27, 2025 | Logistics

Warehouses are undergoing rapid change with the introduction of new technologies pushed by customer demands.

US ports 2024: Behind the volume surge

Mike DeAngelis, Senior Dir. of International Solutions, FourKites | January 27, 2025 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

U.S. port operations have seen record-breaking volumes while demonstrating remarkable resilience — despite serious structural challenges that could reshape maritime trade patterns in 2025.

Will Congress repeal The Jones Act?

Stas Margaronis | December 16, 2024 | Maritime

The “Jones Act” legislation [Merchant Marine Act, 1921 requires that ships calling between U.S. ports be U.S. owned, built, and manned] has long been a target of groups like the Heritage Foundation. With the Trump Administration soon to take office, will 2025 be the final year of the Jones Act?

The rail industry to focus on customer service and digital transformation in 2025

Debra N. Phillips | December 16, 2024 | Intermodal | Rail

Can a digital transformation leverage growth in the future for rail?

Trucking industry readying for 2025

Debra N. Phillips | December 16, 2024 | Trucking

The trucking Industry prepares for 2025 by focusing on service and yield management.

Rail short-lines long on service

Debra N. Phillips | December 16, 2024 | Intermodal | Rail

Short-line railroads are small businesses, delivering large benefits to the economy

The coming “digital transformation” of logistics

George Lauriat | December 16, 2024 | Logistics

A conversation with Trade Tech’s Bryn Heimbeck on the challenges and solutions for the “digital transformation” of the logistics sector.

Houston’s Bush and Hobby airports setting records – and the best is yet to come

Chris Barnett | December 16, 2024 | Air Cargo | Airports

Houston’s Bush and Hobby airports poised to set air cargo tonnage records in 2024 with greater growth projected next year.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen to end 2024 on a high

Luke King, AJOT | December 03, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

Ro/Ro shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen expects to end 2024 with profitability higher than last year, as it reports strong demand for all its services.

CMA CGM’s project division leverages parent’s logistic reach

Stuart Todd | December 02, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

An interview with Stéphane Berninet, head of CMA CGM’s Project Cargo division

Port of Everett: Small port that’s going global

Boeing strike makes a dent, but the port is diversifying.

GEODIS project work compliments other business sectors

George Lauriat | November 25, 2024 | Project / Heavy Lift | People | Interviews

In an interview Luke Mace, Senior Vice President Global Freight Forwarding/Project Logistics for GEODIS, outlines the business of project logistics and how it fits within the GEODIS corporate ecosystem.

Breakbulk making a comeback in Pacific Northwest

Pete Goldin | November 25, 2024 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | By The Numbers

Despite the expectation that 2024 break bulk volumes will be lower than 2023, Washington state ports have a positive outlook for break bulk in the next few years.