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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Port of Davisville - question 5 answers the question about the Port’s future

Question Answered. In November 2016, Rhode Island voters approved “Question 5”, a $50 million bond measure for infrastructure projects at the Port of Davisville.

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CPA launches new chapter for Connecticut’s ports

The launch of Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) looks to open up new opportunities for the State’s ports.

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City-port - Port of Boston 2017

Boston is a pattern of neighborhoods. The airport and port itself are all merged in close proximity, linked by a bewildering collage of streets and alleys that has made the local saying “you can’t get there from here” seem very real.

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Hope springs eternal as dry bulk market shows life

“Late February, and the air’s so balmy snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming. Then, the inevitable blizzard will come, blighting our harbingers of spring…”

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Will Japan get a mulligan on trade with US?

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in the midst of an economic reset.

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Globalization and trade

Global trade is entering uncertain times. A new industrial age is afoot and there is a question of whether we’ll stumble.

US importers epitomize diversity of products
Optimism growing in the oil patch
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Civilization Ends at the Waterline: 2016 IMB Piracy Report

“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always on top.” Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ‘80s.

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Welcome to the Revolution

On 22nd of December, 2016, Maersk, arguably the world’s largest ocean containership carrier (the argument coming from similar-sized 2M alliance partner MSC [Mediterranean Shipping Company]), began offering Chinese shippers the option of using Alibaba’s (arguably the world’s largest retail commerce company in gross revenue terms) OneTouch system. This move could well be as revolutionary as Malcom McLean’s launch of the containership industry just over sixty years ago.

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