North Florida Warehouse FTZ expands Jacksonville capabilities
With its recent Jacksonville facility expansion, adding 20 acres and a high-capacity reachstacker, North Florida Warehouse FTZ is augmenting capabilities for near-port stevedoring, including handling of overweight, oversized cargos.
JAXPORT launches rebrand in opening logistics conference
Northeast Florida’s Jacksonville Port Authority has a fresh brand identity, launched today [Tuesday, April 30] in the opening general session of the 2019 JAXPORT Logistics & Intermodal Conference.
Energy, petrochemicals stimulating increased activity at Louisiana ports
Driven largely by energy and petrochemical interests, from offshore production to the booming plastic resin industry, ports of Louisiana are assertively expanding capabilities.
Infrastructure projects advancing at ports of Alabama, Mississippi
Ports of Alabama and Mississippi are enjoying advancement of significant infrastructure initiatives, including with the help of federal funding.
Texas ports aggressively bolstering abilities to handle growing volumes
It’s long been said that everything is bigger in Texas, and ports of the Lone Star State seem to be applying this trope to their facilities as they aggressively pursue bigger and better facilities for handling greater volumes of diverse cargos, from liquid bulk to containerized goods.
Port leader Cernak, 63, dies
U.S. port industry leader Steven M. Cernak is dead at age 63. Cernak died Saturday (March 16) following a courageous battle against cancer.
Gulf region drayage grappling with exciting, complex times
A retail supply chain shift following Panama Canal expansion and the emergence of production of petrochemical resins for export are among factors presenting challenges for the container drayage business in the Gulf region, according to the head of a major Houston-based drayage provider.
Port of Virginia boosting efficiencies while handling burgeoning volumes
As the Port of Virginia moves toward surpassing the 3 million 20-foot-equivalent container unit throughput milestone this year, the head of the Virginia Port Authority is most encouraged that vast infrastructure enhancements not only are supporting record activity but, moreover, that these historic volumes are moving with greater efficiency.
Richmond container-on-barge service thriving as it enters its second decade
Among the Virginia Port Authority’s greatest achievements over the past decade has been successful implementation of container-on-barge service linking Norfolk Harbor terminals with an inland facility in Richmond.
‘Woke’ retailers glean supply chain benefits
Concisely stated, that was a recurring theme as more than 1,800 leaders of retail companies and logistics providers gathered Feb. 24-27 in the Disney suburbia outside Orlando, Florida.
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