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Loadsmart Raises $19 Million to Improve Container Movement
Loadsmart, a New York-based digital freight technology company, has raised $19 million to improve the flow of its freight through American ports.
September 6, 2019Turnover at Port Tampa Bay: Conflicts or Coincidence?
A dredging ship works to widen and deepen Port Tampa Bay’s Big Bend Channel in January. (Port of Tampa Bay)
TAMPA — In three months this spring, Port Tampa Bay saw four members of its leadership team resign. Normal turnover, port officials say. But two of those departing employees hinted or said outright they felt not all was well.
August 23, 2019Expansion Needed to Keep up With Growth at Port Manatee
Port Manatee
PORT MANATEE, Fla. — It may cost as much as $127 million over the next five years, and $500 million over the next 20 years, to build the facilities to keep up with growth at Port Manatee.
August 16, 2019Earthquake Damage Adds to Infrastructure Woes at Port of Alaska
The Port of Alaska (Mark Thiessen/Associated Press)
The primary users of Anchorage’s beleaguered port want city officials to delay the first major rehabilitation work at the port in years while port leaders continue to discover earthquake damage to critical infrastructure.
July 18, 2019Ports Report Strong TEU Numbers at Halfway Mark of 2019
Port of Los Angeles by Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News
Most of the nation’s seaports reached the halfway point of 2019 reporting increased volume in 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) compared with a year ago, which was a banner year for moving cargo.
July 17, 2019Port Officials Look to Keep Giant Cranes off Trump Administration Tariff List
In May, Triton became the largest cargo ship to visit the expanded Port of Baltimore. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
As America’s ports handle larger amounts of cargo from bigger container ships, the ports are in a building boom. But the cost of expanding could get more expensive if a Trump administration plan to impose 25% tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes manufactured only in China are implemented.
June 25, 2019Ports Off to a Strong 2019 Start, but Concern Looms Over Trump Tariffs
A Cosco Shipping container ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge on May 14, bound for the Port of Oakland. (Eric Risberg/AP)
Many of the nation’s ports have reported record monthly and quarterly container volumes so far in 2019, but port executives are expressing concern that steeper tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by President Donald Trump could hurt the economy — and their facilities.
May 15, 2019Ports Offer Ample Opportunity for P3s, Experts Say
Kerry Cartwright, director of the Port of Los Angeles’ Goods Movement Division, by Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics
WASHINGTON — Ports, which incorporate various modes of transportation, can serve as testing grounds for public-private partnerships, according to experts gathered during Infrastructure Week.
May 14, 2019Iceland Builds Arctic Port as Global Shipping Routes Get Redrawn
A national flag is seen on the hull of a commercial fishing vessel moored in the harbor in Reykjavik, Iceland (Arnaldur Halldorsson/Bloomberg News)
As global warming creates shipping routes that can cut across the northern tip of the planet, a new port is being built on the fringe of the Arctic circle.
April 11, 2019Ports, Shipping Industry Responsible for 26% of US GDP, Study Says
A containership at the Port of Los Angeles. (Tim Rue/Bloomberg News)
The bustling activity at America’s seaports added $5.4 trillion to the economy in 2018 by way of revenue to businesses, personal income and economic output by exporters and importers.
April 10, 2019