| July 25, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
The bi-national St. Lawrence Seaway, which links the Atlantic Ocean to the industrial heartland of North America, showed considerable resiliency in facing the pandemic challenges of 2020 and 2021.
| July 25, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
As a continental gateway, the St. Lawrence River has been the scene of many developments in the past few years.
| July 25, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift
The multipurpose fleet with the breakbulk sector has had a good run and a seasonal slowdown might be just that. But with COVID impacts and a multitude of other disruptive factors, nothing is a given now.
| July 25, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity
Virus-related shutdowns have negatively impacted steel demand and future uncertainty is depressing ore prices, for now.
| July 25, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Louisiana port is also considering development of an offshore wind facility.
| July 25, 2022 | International Trade
South Texas’ economic growth is booming in large part because of the NAFTA treaty, in Dante Galeazzi’s view.
| July 25, 2022 | International Trade
International trade through the Port of Brownsville, TX, is booming.
| June 20, 2022 | People | Industry Profiles | International Trade
A former stand-up comedian with three decades of logistics experience, Pete Mento stands out as weirdly unique among top global supply chain executives.
| June 20, 2022 | Logistics
Americold, the largest player, managed to recover increased costs, but food production has yet to return to normal.
| June 20, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
This year’s AJOT’s Top 100 Containerports A–Z is notable for a number of reasons. It is clear from the numbers that volumes are up at ports around the world. It is also obvious that supply chain disruptions have hit the ports hard and containerships sitting at anchor awaiting berths have become a regular feature of port operations.
| June 20, 2022 | Logistics
Whatever the facts and figures surrounding ongoing COVID-19 infections, the public discourse suggests that many political leaders and their voters are over, or want to be over, the pandemic.
| June 20, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
With expanded global service offerings and completion of a second 50-foot-draft berth, plus commencement of the much-anticipated Howard Street Tunnel project, the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore is enhancing its position as a favored East Coast hub for e-commerce and other trade.
| June 20, 2022 | Shipping Technology
The list, which easily could have contained two hundred Tech companies, was whittled down in part with the object of looking forward to a different supply chain than exists today.
| June 20, 2022 | Logistics
With supply change issues continuing to prevail in Canada, transportation providers are paying increasing attention to offering warehouse space through distribution centers to boost resiliency and competitiveness.
| June 20, 2022 | Shipping Technology
The news hype about AI (artificial intelligence) and the big money investments flowing into the freight and logistics technology space seem to indicate that the industry is making great strides in adopting digitalization and using the latest forms of technology, such as AI.
| June 17, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports
Driven in large part by burgeoning volumes of fresh cut flower imports, the Miami International Airport has plans to expand air cargo warehousing space.
| May 19, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Canadian and U.S. Great Lake ports are upbeat about cargo prospects in 2022.
| May 18, 2022 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
It looks like 2022 is another bump in the road for global automakers as lockdowns, chip shortages, inflation, rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine and anti-globalization sentiments have combined to dampen automakers’ forecasts for the year. But now, nearly halfway through 2022, what about 2023?
| May 18, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity
Supply-chain problems compromise rail service; shortage of industrial space hampers port operations.
| May 18, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Last year we saw the effects of pent-up demand as we moved into the post pandemic phase which overwhelmed the global container fleet and the spillover effect it had on the multipurpose vessels/heavylift (MPV/HL) sector. While the surge has seen some pullback during 2022 there remains some flashing red lights as we move into the summer.
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