by George Lauriat Jul 27, 2020
2020 - The “Lost Year” for the auto industry
2020 is likely to be remembered as The Lost Year for the auto industry. What will drive an auto industry comeback… and when?
Will offshore wind power be the next US energy boom?
For the Atlantic states, offshore wind power might be the next energy boom.
AJOT’s top 100 container ports
Twenty years ago, the largest container port in the world was the Port of Hong Kong which handled just over 18 million TEUs. In fact, there were only two double digit [in terms of million TEUs] ports in the world - Hong Kong and its city-state rival on the Straits of Malacca, the Port of Singapore, which tallied over 17 million TEUs. In the latest container port rankings, fifteen ports hit double figures with the Port of Shanghai leading the way notching an astounding 43 million TEUs.
Banana business facing crisis of pandemic proportions
In a strange coincidence with the Covid-19 pandemic, the banana is facing its own pandemic – the disease, Tropical Race 4 (TR4), which like COVID-19 has no known cure and is racing across the globe laying waste to banana plantations and threatening the banana’s very survival.
The Port of Baltimore – Open for business and looking to expand
The Port of Baltimore like every other port in the world has been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic but nevertheless the Port’s open for business and looking to expand.
For Baltimore’s Tradepoint Atlantic versatility is key
Tradepoint Atlantic has embarked on one of the most ambitious industrial transformations in the U.S. as it converts 3,300-acres of a former steel mill into a logistics cluster. And the key to making it all work is the versatility of the site.
Containership carriers entering uncharted waters
What’s the precedence for a “without precedence” situation? We’re about to find out.
Ports and trade in the time of Covid-19
The Northeast Corridor of the United States, running from Maine to Washington DC with a population of over 56 million and a GDP of approximately $5 trillion, is the largest economic region on the planet.
Railroads Post-PSR
Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) is an operating strategy, largely attributed to railroading legend the late Hunter Harrison, designed to make rail operations more efficient and thereby more profitable. But with new economic and technological challenges of the ‘20s, what’s next for railroads?
A new name - The American Journal of Transportation: Prelude To AJOT
It might be said that the first step of the evolution of the Boston Marine Guide becoming the American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) happened in 1981 when the title was changed to Boston Marine Guide and New England Transportation Review.
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