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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SEKO Logistics partnering to spur growth in cross-border e-commerce

​With its newly launched partnership with technology leader Easyship, SEKO Logistics is supporting the ability of e-commerce merchants to grow in cross-border markets.

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Tampa forum attendees urged to push for infrastructure, free trade and innovation

Ports must champion infrastructure revitalization and unshackled global trade while collaborating on innovative approaches to keeping rising cargo volumes moving efficiently.

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Bridgestone Americas’ Blizzard sees Jacksonville enabling logistics gains

For Bridgestone Americas logistics executive Brad Blizzard, Jacksonville provides a key supply chain cog supporting business goals that keep the world’s largest tire and rubber company on the road to success.

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Expanded Panama Canal is surpassing expectations

The recent Panama Canal expansion project is delivering better-than-anticipated benefits, according to an official with a third of a century of experience with the Central American isthmus waterway.

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Florida Gulf Coast ports benefit from diverse range of activities

Continuing a tradition of supporting a broad spectrum of functions, ports along the Gulf Coast of Florida are reaping benefits of increasing cargo activity in containerized, breakbulk and bulk sectors while serving as home base for such unusual activities as training of sailing crews and future landings of reusable space rockets.

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Florida’s Atlantic Coast ports boosting infrastructure to handle cargo growth

Already handling record cargo volumes, ports along the Atlantic Coast of Florida are making extensive investments, including in deeper channels and larger cranes, to support efficient movement of even more business.

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Size matters when it comes to boxes, DHL Supply Chain proves to RILA

When it comes to shipping cartons, size clearly matters, according to DHL Supply Chain design team executives exhibiting this week at the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s LINK 2019 supply chain conference in Kissimmee, Florida.

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Foot Locker to make strides with mini-hubs,  CEO says in kicking off RILA conference

Foot Locker Inc. is looking to make supply chain strides by opening a network of “mini-hub” distribution centers, according to the athletic shoe leader’s top executive speaking today [Feb. 25] at the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s LINK 2019 conference.

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GT USA Wilmington advancing long-term Delaware port vision

GT USA Wilmington, a unit of United Arab Emirates-based Gulftainer, has begun advancing a half-century-long commitment to make the most out of existing Port of Wilmington facilities while moving forward with a diverse development plan that includes building a new container terminal a few miles up the Delaware River.

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South Jersey Port Corp. continuing growth in face of steel tariff impacts

Enjoying the first full year of operations at the initial phase of its Paulsboro Marine Terminal and weathering tariff-related impacts on steel volumes, the South Jersey Port Corp. is continuing to move breakbulk cargos at a record pace at its facilities along the New Jersey side of the Delaware River.

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