George Lauriat

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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The big picture – Climate change and the supply chain

By George Lauriat | December 18, 2023 | Energy | Alternative | Green Shipping | International Trade

Can the supply chain change fast enough to halt climate change?

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Reefers and decarbonization

By George Lauriat | November 20, 2023 | Logistics

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world needs to decrease emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to the baseline year of 2010 to avoid a climate change calamity.

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Is a new chassis business model emerging from the launch of SACP 3.0?

By George Lauriat | November 20, 2023 | Trucking

The chassis pool SACP 3.0 was launched in the beginning of October. Does this mark a new approach to managing chassis pools in the future?

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Marine chassis providers tackling post-COVID era challenges

By George Lauriat | November 20, 2023 | Trucking

A new era has begun for chassis providers but it is still a work in progress.

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Chassis: An overlooked aspect of intermodalism

By 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.

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Appraising the US – China trade shifts

By George Lauriat | August 21, 2023 | International Trade

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

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Labor Day 2023: What a difference a year makes

By 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.

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The highly specialized business of transporting yachts

By 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.

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Logistics real estate: High demand, multiple roles and scarcity of property

By George Lauriat | July 24, 2023 | Logistics

The logistics real estate niche is still simmering in an otherwise tepid real estate market. The logic defying mystery of the market begs the question, if it is still simmering in today’s economic environment, what will it do in ’24?

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Nearshoring boosts logistics real estate market

By George Lauriat | July 24, 2023 | Logistics

Nearshoring in Mexico is booming but a Prologis study suggest this is only the beginning.

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