Florida poised to enhance leadership as ports benefit from collaboration
Having just become the third-most-populous U.S. state, positioned as the nation’s logical gateway to the expanding Panama Canal and with billions of public and private dollars in port-related investments, Florida is uniquely poised to build upon its maritime transportation leadership – and the federal government should get a clue and take a cue.
American Coffee Corp.’s Pisano takes pleasure in the daily grind
In his job as vice president of Jersey City, N.J.-based American Coffee Corp., Don Pisano never tires of the daily grind.
Walmart’s Rosser sees company culture as driving force for top retailer’s logistics success
As senior vice president of transportation for the world’s biggest retailer, Tracy Rosser relies on the company’s three basic beliefs to achieve supply chain success for Bentonville, AK-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
NSA offers project cargo link between Houston, Puerto Rico
Project cargo moving from Houston and other U.S. West and Midwest origins now has an option for getting to Puerto Rico that does not include passing over docks in Jacksonville, FL.
FedEx executive urges vision for future in opening IANA, NITL, TIA gathering
To overcome barriers including lagging infrastructure and restrictive governmental mandates, the future of freight transportation depends upon fresh thinking and a willingness to change.
Texas’ Port Freeport looking forward to arrival of two post-Panamax cranes
Port Freeport, on the Texas Gulf about 60 miles south of Houston, is soon to get its first post-Panamax cranes.
Port of Mobile looks to benefit from dedicated steel-coil-handling facility
As the Port of Mobile gears up to as much as double its already impressive throughput of rolled steel products, the Alabama State Port Authority is engaged in a public-private partnership for development of a dedicated facility for handling steel coil.
Florida to be No. 1 US shipping state, governor tells AAPA convention-goers
Florida Gov. Rick Scott believes the Sunshine State is on its way to becoming the top shipping state in the nation, and he’s backing that notion with hundreds of millions of dollars. Scott’s latest announcement of planned port funding came Oct. 16 as he addressed the 102nd annual convention of the American Association of Port Authorities at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Convention Center in Orlando.
Burgoyne tackles terminal operator challenges in heading Ceres, Yusen
Armed with an undergraduate degree in organizational behavior and a master’s in business administration and more than two decades of industry experience, W. Patrick Burgoyne is well-equipped to take on the challenges facing the two terminal operating companies he leads.
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