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China’s efforts to remove steel capacity hasn’t reduced production

Peter Buxbaum | March 11, 2019 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

But a downturn may represent a turning point

Soybeans – the special sauce

George Lauriat | March 11, 2019 | Maritime | Bulk

Soybeans are a special commodity in the tariff war between the US and China.

Regulatory logjam has cost C$100 billion in cancelled resource projects

Leo Ryan | March 11, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

A freshly-released think-tank report shows billions of dollars in planned spending on resource projects in Canada has rapidly evaporated, and a further drop should be expected unless there are substantial amendments to the federal government’s planned regulatory overhaul in controversial legislation presently being considered by parliament.

North America’s railroads post strong performances in 2018

George Lauriat | March 11, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

2018 was a good year to be in the railroad business. But was it a spike or the beginning of a long trend?

China and US play out Let’s Make A Deal

George Lauriat | February 26, 2019 | International Trade

At this writing (February 19th) a Chinese delegation has come to Washington to meet with U.S. trade representatives with the hopes of making a deal to end the trade war between China and the United States.

Tampa forum attendees urged to push for infrastructure, free trade and innovation

Paul Scott Abbott | February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Ports must champion infrastructure revitalization and unshackled global trade while collaborating on innovative approaches to keeping rising cargo volumes moving efficiently.

Bridgestone Americas’ Blizzard sees Jacksonville enabling logistics gains

Paul Scott Abbott | February 26, 2019 | Logistics

For Bridgestone Americas logistics executive Brad Blizzard, Jacksonville provides a key supply chain cog supporting business goals that keep the world’s largest tire and rubber company on the road to success.

Expanded Panama Canal is surpassing expectations

Paul Scott Abbott | February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway

The recent Panama Canal expansion project is delivering better-than-anticipated benefits, according to an official with a third of a century of experience with the Central American isthmus waterway.

Florida Gulf Coast ports benefit from diverse range of activities

Paul Scott Abbott | February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Continuing a tradition of supporting a broad spectrum of functions, ports along the Gulf Coast of Florida are reaping benefits of increasing cargo activity in containerized, breakbulk and bulk sectors while serving as home base for such unusual activities as training of sailing crews and future landings of reusable space rockets.

Florida’s Atlantic Coast ports boosting infrastructure to handle cargo growth

Paul Scott Abbott | February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Already handling record cargo volumes, ports along the Atlantic Coast of Florida are making extensive investments, including in deeper channels and larger cranes, to support efficient movement of even more business.

Retailers: Thinking outside the box to address driver and equipment shortages

AJOT Staff | February 11, 2019 | Logistics

Cargo theft: Watch for the pilferers

Peter Buxbaum | February 11, 2019 | International Trade

Pallets more likely to be stolen than entire truckloads

IP disputes key to Sino-US trade clash

AJOT Staff | February 11, 2019 | International Trade

Intellectual Property (IP) is the key to the Sino-U.S. trade clash. Over the past two decades China has gone from an IP consumer to an IP producer. And the question now is whether China will take the next step towards becoming part of the global IP enforcement mechanism?

What is a nail?

George Lauriat | February 11, 2019 | International Trade

In the byzantine world of tariffs and duties, the obvious is often at odds with the rules and regulations – a circumstance exacerbated by a trade war whose main munitions are tariffs and duties.

The challenge of tracking shipments from start to finish

Matt Miller | February 11, 2019 | Logistics

Tracking a shipment from factory to final destination is a complex affair full of technological traps and logistic pitfalls. But realtime shipment visibility is the key to managing a successful supply chain and Chicago-based FourKites has made a business out of pioneering realtime tracking.

GT USA Wilmington advancing long-term Delaware port vision

Paul Scott Abbott | February 11, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

GT USA Wilmington, a unit of United Arab Emirates-based Gulftainer, has begun advancing a half-century-long commitment to make the most out of existing Port of Wilmington facilities while moving forward with a diverse development plan that includes building a new container terminal a few miles up the Delaware River.

South Jersey Port Corp. continuing growth in face of steel tariff impacts

Paul Scott Abbott | February 11, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Enjoying the first full year of operations at the initial phase of its Paulsboro Marine Terminal and weathering tariff-related impacts on steel volumes, the South Jersey Port Corp. is continuing to move breakbulk cargos at a record pace at its facilities along the New Jersey side of the Delaware River.

PhilaPort poised to keep booming with deeper Delaware River channel

Paul Scott Abbott | February 11, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

With the more-than-quarter-century-long effort to deepen its river channel nearing completion, new super-post-Panamax cranes continuing to arrive, terminal enhancements advancing and additional carrier services calling, the Port of Philadelphia is perfectly positioned to keep breaking cargo records.

Holiday returns challenge supply chain flexibility

Matt Guasco | January 28, 2019 | Logistics | Integrators

Millions of packages that flowed one-way through the supply chain to the consumer must now be turned and move back through the supply chain to the appropriate destination. No easy task for a logistics system largely built to deliver.