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14 August 2018
New York-New Jersey barge projects get federal boost
A grant, for two projects, reflects the ongoing effort by the Port of New York and New Jersey, the East Coast’s largest port, to boost the use of barges and reduce the volume of trucks on roads in and around the port area, curbing pollution. (Above: The Port of New...
13 August 2018
Skepticism of Maersk-IBM’s TradeLens hit bigger blockchain questions
A LinkedIn discussion served as a microcosm for how shippers and the broader logistics industry are wrestling with a few key questions regarding blockchain. Are blockchain’s proponents inordinately and/or prematurely boosting the new technology — including its appropriateness and efficiency-enhancing capabilities? Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Last week’s launch of Maersk’s and IBM’s...
10 August 2018
Brazil’s Wilport doubles Lake of Ducks feeder capacity on rising demand
Brazil's Wilport Operadores Portuarias, part of the diversified Wilson, Sons shipping group, has already handled more than 20,000 TEU this year, thanks in great deal to its popular feeder service between Porto Alegre/Triunfo and Tecon Rio Grande (TRG). And there are strong indications that a substantial volume increase is achievable...
10 August 2018
US import slot scarcity grants trans-Pac carriers pricing control
Space is so tight today in the eastbound Pacific some beneficial cargo owners are paying higher than spot rates to get their shipments on vessels leaving Asia. However, there is a qualifier to that trend shippers should know about. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Ocean carriers today are in total control in the...
9 August 2018
US retailer report warns of tighter eastbound trans-Pac capacity
The uptrend in US imports, in line with the US/global expansions, continued in June, but shippers remain cautious, and there are objective, geopolitical reasons why they are not celebrating. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. A report by US retailers tracking monthly record imports since June and through August sends a stark warning to...
9 August 2018
US chem sector jockeys for trucking capacity
US chemical producers knew a sector boom would create logistics challenges. But what they did not anticipate was other growing sectors putting extreme pressure on US trucking as well, with a huge spillover to intermodal rail. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. US chemical producers have always understood that the current investment boom would...
9 August 2018
Large US warehouse rent rise fails to blunt demand
Demand from e-commerce is outstripping warehouse supply, forcing rental rates substantially higher in many cites/US metro regions. (Above: Warehouses and facilities in northern New Jersey, just west of Manhattan.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Rents for warehouse space increased 7.2 percent in the second quarter compared with 2017, but that did not put...
9 August 2018
IBM-Maersk blockchain effort builds with nearly 100 users
Maersk and IBM have fleshed out their designs for an industrywide blockchain solution — an open-source platform called TradeLens. There are a host of other blockchain initiatives in development, but as one stakeholder noted, they joined the Maersk-IBM venture based on Maersk’s history of innovation and IBM’s technological prowess, which...
4 August 2018
Why the shipping industry’s stakeholders should use blockchain to fight disruption
Digital platforms are a growing feature of digital competition and are the typical operating model of most of the largest internet companies that show a strong payoff in revenue and growth. Digital platforms piggyback on the incumbents’ huge investment in assets and are creating new revenue sources and disrupting the...
2 August 2018
Shrugging off Brexit fears, Unifeeder launches new UK-Europe mainland service
The new loop will be operated with one ship with an effective capacity of 350 to 400 TEU and complement Unifeeder’s existing services from Rotterdam to UK ports. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Unfazed by concerns over a possible 'hard' Brexit, Danish container feeder and shortsea carrier Unifeeder will launch a new service connecting...

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Journal of Commerce | Port News

New York-New Jersey barge projects get federal boost

Skepticism of Maersk-IBM’s TradeLens hit bigger blockchain questions

Brazil’s Wilport doubles Lake of Ducks feeder capacity on rising demand

US import slot scarcity grants trans-Pac carriers pricing control

US retailer report warns of tighter eastbound trans-Pac capacity

US chem sector jockeys for trucking capacity

Large US warehouse rent rise fails to blunt demand

IBM-Maersk blockchain effort builds with nearly 100 users

Why the shipping industry’s stakeholders should use blockchain to fight disruption

Shrugging off Brexit fears, Unifeeder launches new UK-Europe mainland service

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