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Texas offshore wind launch doesn’t fly

Tad Thompson | September 25, 2023 | Energy | Alternative | Project / Heavy Lift

But Corpus Christi continues rolling in project cargo

Canada’s Atlantic region targets offshore wind markets

Leo Ryan | September 25, 2023 | Project / Heavy Lift

On Canada’s Atlantic Coast, recent initiatives at several ports in combination with international partners are responding to the fast-growing global expansion of offshore wind energy projects to meet both domestic and international demand.

Nuclear days ahead

Gary Burrows, AJOT | September 25, 2023 | Energy | Alternative | Project / Heavy Lift

Is completion of Vogtle just the beginning for U.S. nuclear energy?

DSV Global and Huntsville International Airport

Chris Barnett | September 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

For DSV Global, Alabama’s uncongested and efficient Huntsville International Airport (HIA) offers a solution to cargo routing that is hard to match.

Chicago’s Rockford International Airport – Air freight friendly

Chris Barnett | September 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

While not a well-known airport to air travelers, Rockford International Airport (RFD) has a well-deserved reputation for being air freight friendly that has contributed to the airport’s rapid rise as an air cargo hub.

Perishables lift airport business

Chris Barnett | September 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Perishables underpin airfreight movements in the US and airports know they must give this time–critical freight first class service or lose the traffic it commands.

The Utah Inland Port Authority is building the nation’s most comprehensive intermodal network

The Utah Inland Port Authority, better known as the UIPA, is engaged in building a unique and ambitious intermodal network that could restructure freight movements for nearly a quarter of the country.

Is there a track to net zero for US railroads?

Railroads might be the most energy-efficient way to move freight in North America, but it isn’t green.

Intermodal’s near-term future – wild cards abound

Peter Buxbaum | August 21, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Import volumes, trucking market conditions, and a West Coast recovery are all factors.

Truckload – taking a bite out of intermodal volumes

Peter Buxbaum | August 21, 2023 | Trucking

J.B. Hunt Intermodal –turnaround expected

Peter Buxbaum | August 21, 2023 | Trucking

Carrier is adding capacity in anticipation of freight rebound.

Wabtec’s path to greener rail

Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive engines might be the beginning of an answer on how railroads can reduce their carbon footprint.

CG Railway’s unique intermodal service

Bill DiBenedetto and AJOT staff | August 21, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

When it comes to “intermodal” or “transloading”, the immediate thought is truck to rail or vice versa.

A new premium intermodal option for Ohio shippers

Peter Buxbaum | August 21, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

UWL adds Cleveland and Columbus to its Sun Chief Express service.

Chassis: An overlooked aspect of intermodalism

George Lauriat | August 21, 2023 | Trucking

Transitions. Often the chassis, like the equipment itself, is the piece in the story left behind when talking about trucking, particularly intermodal trucking.

Appraising the US – China trade shifts

George Lauriat | August 21, 2023 | International Trade

US-China trade is shifting – but is the rate closer to a torrent or a trickle?

Labor Day 2023: What a difference a year makes

George Lauriat | August 21, 2023 | Logistics | Integrators

Last September the American Journal of Transportation released a Labor Day Special report entitled Recruiting, Retraining and Retaining Supply Chain Professionals.

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System – an engine of environmental stewardship and supply chain resiliency

The Seaway System is committed to reducing emissions and investing in infrastructure to provide more options for North American shippers.

The highly specialized business of transporting yachts

George Lauriat | July 24, 2023 | Project / Heavy Lift

Miami-based Florida Maritime Transport (FMT) moves yachts all over the world. And as Founder and CEO Dmitry Faber explains in an exclusive interview with AJOT, it is a highly specialized niche of the heavy lift/project cargo market.