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Vessels presently described as post-panamax will be the new panamax class three years from now when the works are finished in Panama.

In the world of port logistics, one consistent “four letter word” is D-R-A-Y, which refers to trucking of containers between a yard facility and a link to railways where boxes can move…

Port security is full of challenges. The Port of Everett is set to install lighting, courtesy of a $1.3m free ride, fully funded by US port security grants covered within ARRA -…

An important piece of legislation, the Realize America’s Maritime Promise proposal that could free up money for harbor maintenance, is kicking around Washington, DC.

Maritime issues, by their nature, always cross boundaries - geographical, economic, or other.

Even without explicit ties to port funding, highway projects throw off enormous benefits to ports.

In this season of Labor Day, job creation and the inchoate 2012 Presidential campaign trail - now an eighteen month affair - ports continue to be a bit player in the larger…

Pulling in Federal money to fund infrastructure projects got a little bit harder, as the US credit rating was downgraded.

There is a cliché to the effect that ...cargo does not vote - but people do. Usually the context is the funding of infrastructure.

The long talked about “Infrastructure Bank” is back in discussion-mode, albeit with a much different visage than originally proposed during the campaign season three years ago.

With attention focused on the ongoing sagas of the Highway Trust Fund, it’s clear that Obama advisor’s advisors (keenly aware of the old adage, “Cargo does not vote”) are not looking carefully…

In these days of hyper-connected supply chains, we sometimes forget about the human factor, good old fashioned labour on the docks, in the warehouses, and around the port.

In the logistics business, you can’t always believe the plans and projects that are announced through press releases and conferences, which are, in turn, dutifully reported in the trade press and through…

It’s impossible to pick up any maritime newspaper or magazine, or surf the myriad excellent websites offering business news, without reading about the oil spill.

These days, the 200-year old challenge of Federal government involvement, versus actions at the local level, is alive and well when it comes to port operations.

Heres a call lto arms: everybody across the port industry should send media clips to the US 534 Senators and Congressmen.

When I was a young commodity analyst, one of my mentors told me “if you torture the data long enough, it will say what you want it to.