Port of Virginia boosting efficiencies while handling burgeoning volumes
| March 11, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
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
| March 11, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
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.
Storm clouds on the horizon for global steel
| March 11, 2019 | Maritime News | Breakbulk News
But for now, continued growth is foreseen
Red flag raised on Canada’s west coast port breakbulk capabilities
| March 11, 2019 | Maritime News | Breakbulk News
Jan-Ludwig Beringer, CEO of Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc., says Canada’s west coast ports aren’t up to the task of handling project cargos.
China’s efforts to remove steel capacity hasn’t reduced production
| March 11, 2019 | Maritime News | Breakbulk News
But a downturn may represent a turning point
Soybeans – the special sauce
| March 11, 2019 | Maritime News | Bulk
Soybeans are a special commodity in the tariff war between the US and China.
Regulatory logjam has cost C$100 billion in cancelled resource projects
| March 11, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift News
A freshly-released think-tank report shows billions of dollars in planned spending on resource projects in Canada has rapidly evaporated, and a further drop should be expected unless there are substantial amendments to the federal government’s planned regulatory overhaul in controversial legislation presently being considered by parliament.
North America’s railroads post strong performances in 2018
| March 11, 2019 | Intermodal News | Rail
2018 was a good year to be in the railroad business. But was it a spike or the beginning of a long trend?
China and US play out Let’s Make A Deal
| February 26, 2019 | International Trade
At this writing (February 19th) a Chinese delegation has come to Washington to meet with U.S. trade representatives with the hopes of making a deal to end the trade war between China and the United States.
Tampa forum attendees urged to push for infrastructure, free trade and innovation
| February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Ports must champion infrastructure revitalization and unshackled global trade while collaborating on innovative approaches to keeping rising cargo volumes moving efficiently.
Bridgestone Americas’ Blizzard sees Jacksonville enabling logistics gains
| February 26, 2019 | Logistics
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.
Expanded Panama Canal is surpassing expectations
| February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
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.
Florida Gulf Coast ports benefit from diverse range of activities
| February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
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.
Florida’s Atlantic Coast ports boosting infrastructure to handle cargo growth
| February 26, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
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.
Retailers: Thinking outside the box to address driver and equipment shortages
| February 11, 2019 | Logistics
Cargo theft: Watch for the pilferers
| February 11, 2019 | International Trade
Pallets more likely to be stolen than entire truckloads
IP disputes key to Sino-US trade clash
| February 11, 2019 | International Trade
Intellectual Property (IP) is the key to the Sino-U.S. trade clash. Over the past two decades China has gone from an IP consumer to an IP producer. And the question now is whether China will take the next step towards becoming part of the global IP enforcement mechanism?
What is a nail?
| February 11, 2019 | International Trade
In the byzantine world of tariffs and duties, the obvious is often at odds with the rules and regulations – a circumstance exacerbated by a trade war whose main munitions are tariffs and duties.
The challenge of tracking shipments from start to finish
| February 11, 2019 | Logistics
Tracking a shipment from factory to final destination is a complex affair full of technological traps and logistic pitfalls. But realtime shipment visibility is the key to managing a successful supply chain and Chicago-based FourKites has made a business out of pioneering realtime tracking.
GT USA Wilmington advancing long-term Delaware port vision
| February 11, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
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.
