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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NITL, IANA, TIA to collocate events one more time November 16-20 in Houston

When some 2,000 freight transportation leaders meet in Houston in mid-November, it will mark the end of an era of three-way collaboration among a triumvirate of top industry associations that dates back to the beginning of this millennium.

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Port Canaveral CEO looks to build cargo hub with 55-foot-deep harbor

John Walsh, chief executive officer of Port Canaveral, has a new dictum for the port on Central Florida’s Atlantic Coast: “55 or bust.”

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Louis Dreyfus Commodities dedicates export grain hub at Baton Rouge port

Billed as Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC’s flagship Mississippi River export facility, a state-of-the-industry grain and oilseed elevator has been dedicated at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge.

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​Four new cranes to help PortMiami ready for Panama Canal expansion
​At 69, Smith isn’t ready to hang up fun working on Charleston Harbor
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Academy Sports + Outdoors’ Davis sees evolving role for e-commerce logistics
IANA, NITL draw industry leaders to Anaheim exhibit hall
Shipping executives extol benefits of intermodal in changing world

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