Paul Scott Abbott

For more than a quarter of a century, Paul Scott Abbott has been writing and shooting images for the American Journal of Transportation, applying four decades of experience as an award-winning journalist.
A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, with a master’s magna cum laude from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Abbott has served as president of chapters of the Propeller Club of the United States, Florida Public Relations Association and Society of Professional Journalists.
Abbott honed his skills on several daily newspapers, including The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Richmond (Va.) News Leader, Albuquerque Journal and (South Florida) Sun-Sentinel, and was editor and publisher of The County Line, a weekly newspaper he founded in suburban Richmond, Va.
A native Chicagoan, he is a member of American Mensa and an ever-optimistic fan of the Chicago Cubs.

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Ports America sees opportunities for U.S. Gulf region operations

Executives of premier diversified port operator and supply chain logistics provider Ports America are eyeing significant opportunities at and around U.S. Gulf ports, including for refrigerated goods and for commerce with nearby countries.

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LOGISTEC launches service line while promoting benefits of FTZs

Throughout the U.S. Gulf region and beyond, leading marine terminal and logistics services provider LOGISTEC is touting benefits of Foreign-Trade Zones while advancing a new line of seamless solutions, dubbed LOGISTEC Direct.

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Diverse range of activities keeping ports of Florida’s Gulf Coast busy

Discover the activities at Florida's Gulf ports beginning where the Gulf of Mexico meets Tampa Bay and progressing north and then westward along the Gulf of Mexico

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Louisiana ports enhancing infrastructure to accommodate swelling cargo volumes

According to latest statistics from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana already is home to five of the busiest 12 of America’s ports as measured by total tonnage

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Alabama, Mississippi deepwater ports bolstering channels, intermodal links

Ports of Alabama and Mississippi are pursuing enhanced intermodal connections and deeper channels to ease efficient movement of fast-growing cargo volumes.

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Lone Star State seaports investing heavily in projects to support increasing activity

Learn more on what's happening at the Texas Gulf ports starting just west of the Louisiana-Texas line and heading generally southwestward along the Gulf of Mexico, toward the U.S.-Mexico border

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South Carolina’s Port of Charleston bolstering facilities while fluidly handling record volumes

With $2 billion in broad-ranging infrastructure investments over the past six years and numerous further enhancements under way, the South Carolina Ports Authority is fluidly moving record cargo volumes while putting in place facilities to accommodate future growth in mega-containership activity.

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North Carolina’s Port of Wilmington expanding capabilities as efficient U.S. Southeast gateway

With extensive public and private investments delivering enhanced on-and near-port infrastructure, the North Carolina State Ports Authority is building upon already enviable efficiencies, including furthering the attractiveness of its Port of Wilmington as an uncongested gateway to U.S. Southeast markets and beyond.

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West Coast shippers going nuts over Virginia intermodal link

When The Port of Virginia, Hapag-Lloyd and Norfolk Southern teamed this year to launch a leading-edge intermodal service to reliably deliver imported containers to the U.S. West Coast, they might not have imagined their new twist on landbridging would be serving California exporters in a nutty way.

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Wayfair’s Mento applies comic energy to leading e-commerce supply chain

A former stand-up comedian with three decades of logistics experience, Pete Mento stands out as weirdly unique among top global supply chain executives.

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