George Lauriat

George Lauriat is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) and a veteran journalist with more than 50 years of experience covering global shipping, ports, trucking, logistics, energy, and supply chain economics. He has reported from more than 50 countries throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, publishing approximately 4,000 bylined articles, a book, numerous book chapters, and research for television specials. Before joining AJOT, Lauriat was a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong, contributing to leading international publications covering maritime trade and global commerce. He is a recipient of the Jefferson Fellowship for his reporting on maritime policy and international affairs.

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Lanetix LxRoadFreight fills critical niche in freight market

Lanetix recently launched the software suite LxRoadFreight, which is specifically designed for domestic freight brokers and trucking firms. The suite offers out-of-the-box solutions that stand to place the smaller domestic freight brokers and trucking firms on a digital par with industry powerhouses.

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Trump’s trade war squeezes perishables’ market

Although only in early stages, the tit-for-tat exchange of retaliatory tariffs is setting up a food fight of epic proportions that will impact businesses large and small around the globe.

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Happy 4th of July - Your freight has been stolen!

Happy Fourth of July, your freight has been stolen. It could happen and does with greater frequency on holidays and weekends all across America. That’s the message – or more accurately part of the message - Scott Cornell, head of the SIG (Special Investigations Group) at Travelers Insurance has been dispensing to the freighting community over the past 25 years.

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Latin America’s trade blocs – crumbling edifices or economic building blocks?

Will interest in Latin America’s trade blocs help solidify the region’s economies? “Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.” Argentine poet, Jorge Luis Borges

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The trade war almost no one wants…

There are few manufacturing sectors as international in nature as the automotive industry. And as nearly everyone knows, a trade war isn’t good for a business whose supply chains griddle the globe like a roll of yarn. But…

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Agri-business: China plays its trump card

Beijing’s assault on US agricultural exports is blatantly designed to get the Trump Administration’s attention.Tit for Tat. In early April, the USTR (United States Trade Representative) released a list of $50 billion worth of Chinese electronics, machinery and aerospace products for a recommended 25% import tariff. On April 2nd, immediately after the US steel and aluminum tariffs went into effect, China responded with tariffs on imports of 128 US product lines.

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ONE brand new company

Ocean Network Express Pte., Ltd, better known as ONE, is a brand new company. Jeremy Nixon, the CEO of the container ship operator, stressed the point in an interview with the American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) at their brand new headquarters in One East Tower in Singapore.

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Prosperous Northeast and New England

The Northeast is one of the world’s great economic regions. The region’s GDP is climbing. And a trend is emerging – corporations moving from the suburbs back to the city. Will this trend be a generational change or challenge?

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Port of Boston continues remarkable run

New England’s Port. The Port of Boston, specifically Massport’s container facility at Conley Terminal, is New England’s port. For years, it might have been debatable whether the Port of Montreal in Canada or the Port of New York/New Jersey was really New England’s port but not now. That day has passed.

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CPA looks for new opportunities for Connecticut ports

Table setting. The Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) is relatively new. The authority wasn’t formed until 2015 and didn’t hire the new port director, Evan Mathews, until September of 2016.

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