DHL temperature-control solutions key vaccine deliveries
| April 19, 2023 | Logistics | Integrators
Despite its self-described title as the “world’s largest air freight forwarder,” DHL doesn’t rely on self-promotional brute strength to dominate markets globally.
AFA’s Fried takes on air freight industry issues
| April 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters
Tackling the challenges to the air freight industry is Airforwarder Association’s (AFA) Executive Director Brandon Fried’s job — and he has a radar screen full of issues in his air space.
Ports in Eastern Canada maintain expansion plans amidst challenging times
| April 19, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Supply chain, capacity and decarbonization are key challenges being addressed.
Maritime renaissance
| April 19, 2023
There is a maritime renaissance building in the Northeast Corridor (NEC). A quick visit to any one of a more than a dozen small ports along the Corridor’s long coastline and even up the Hudson River, there is activity —activity that no one would have imagined a couple of decades ago.
Northeast expanding warehouse inventory in response to cargo surge
| April 19, 2023 | Logistics
A shift away from e-commerce sees more development at the periphery of metro areas; higher wages help attract workers to new facilities.
The Port of New York and New Jersey: Can it make it to number one?
| April 19, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Service reliability is more important, says port official; intermodal growth could get NYNJ to top spot
The Northeast Corridor – Money is the “M” in Megalopolis
| April 19, 2023 | International Trade
The NEC, or as French-Ukraine geographer Jean Gottmann dubbed the Northeast Atlantic coast region in his 1961 study “The Megalopolis”, is one of the world’s greatest economic zones.
FMC weighs in on reasonableness of ocean carrier chassis practices
| April 19, 2023 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
It’s against the Shipping Act, in some circumstances, for carriers to require shippers to use specific chassis providers.
Descartes’ Chris Jones explains what’s behind the numbers
| April 19, 2023 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | By The Numbers
Chris Jones is EVP of industry and services at Descartes-Datamyne, a company that produces high quality trade intelligence, particularly on international ocean container shipping. In an interview with the AJOT, Jones lends his interpretation to the data concerning some notable shipping trends.
Are containership operators nearing an inflection point?
| April 19, 2023 | Maritime | Liner Shipping
Are containership operators entering uncharted waters? With a heavy orderbook, new regulatory and environmental regimes and carriers looking to expand on the traditional business model, the future may not be business as usual.
Canadian breakbulk market poised for new developments
| March 22, 2023 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Two significant developments – one already announced and the other to come soon – will have an impact on a bustling breakbulk market in Canada.
Brazil steps into vacuum left by reduced steel exports from Russia and Ukraine
| March 22, 2023 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Increased domestic construction and infrastructure spending, and a positive economic outlook for 2023, could mean increased steel consumption at home.
Breakbulk Middle East highlights significance of the Gulf ports
| March 22, 2023 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Event underscored women’s empowerment, education, digitalization and connectivity.
Weather is bad but California’s trade numbers are sunny
| March 21, 2023 | International Trade
California’s 2023 export trade numbers are up…will they stay that way?
Hawaii port projects prepare for bigger ships and rising seas
| March 21, 2023 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Hawaii’s commercial harbor system operates as a hub-and-spoke system with Honolulu Harbor as the hub and primary entry point for freight. Congestion and sea level rise could put Hawaii’s hub-and-spoke system at risk. if not addressed.
Major new building blocks transforming Port of Prince Rupert
| March 21, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Situated in a remote location in northern British Columbia, there appears to be no stopping of the momentum driving the Port of Prince Rupert in recent years.
West Coast boxports face new challenges
| March 21, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
The big three boxports of California, the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland – the number one, three and seven boxports - are facing a new challenge or perhaps a new reality. They are losing market share to the East Coast and Gulf ports.
Northwest Seaport Alliance
| March 21, 2023 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
Back in 2015 when the two rival Puget Sound ports, Tacoma and Seattle, joined forces to form the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), the main focus was on the combined containerized throughput – and rightly so, as it is a top ten port in the United States.
Steelmakers continue decarbonization investments
| March 20, 2023 | Maritime | Breakbulk News
Green steel attracts investment. But clean electricity remains the key.
Miami International Airport set for major expansion
| March 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports
Miami International Airport is expanding and that is good news for perishable shippers.
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