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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Measured growth spurt for reefers?

Greg Tuthill, Senior VP CCO of SeaCube Containers discusses the current reefer market and the potential impact of new technologies on the business.

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Commentary: AJOT’s top 100 container ports

This year’s “Top 100 Container Ports” annual edition again surveys the world’s largest box ports. While some of the results are as expected — Shanghai is still world’s largest container port — there are a number of up and coming ports that reflect new trends in the container trades.

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The supply chain’s digital transformation

Moving freight, especially moving freight internationally, has always engendered complexities that demanded technological solutions.

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Celico delivers masterclass in US-China trade relations at CONECT Conference

Amy Celico, principal at the Albright Stonebridge Group [part of Dentons Global Advisors] was a featured speaker at the annual CONECT (Coalition of New England Companies for Trade) Trade & Transportation Conference in Newport, Rhode Island April 11-13, 2023.

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Growing pain: Latin American economies struggling to find growth

Can “nearshoring” help relieve the continual growth struggles in Latin America?

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The Northeast Corridor – Money is the “M” in Megalopolis

The NEC, or as French-Ukraine geographer Jean Gottmann dubbed the Northeast Atlantic coast region in his 1961 study “The Megalopolis”, is one of the world’s greatest economic zones.

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Descartes’ Chris Jones explains what’s behind the numbers

Chris Jones is EVP of industry and services at Descartes-Datamyne, a company that produces high quality trade intelligence, particularly on international ocean container shipping. In an interview with the AJOT, Jones lends his interpretation to the data concerning some notable shipping trends.

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Are containership operators nearing an inflection point?

Are containership operators entering uncharted waters? With a heavy orderbook, new regulatory and environmental regimes and carriers looking to expand on the traditional business model, the future may not be business as usual.

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2023 – The year of the auto industry comeback?

Is 2023 the Comeback Year for the Auto Industry? Is it the real deal or a post-pandemic teaser?

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AJOT’s 2023 Top 100 Importers

The AJOT’s Top 100 Importers chart featured annually for over two decades in the “Top North American Importers and Exporters” edition highlights the largest “importers” in terms of TEUs (Twenty-foot-equivalent units).

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