The New Yorker

COMMENT: Road congestion, and its deleterious environmental impacts, could be driving change in supply chains around New York, writes Barry Parker.

COMMENT: As this is being written, there are roughly 270 days until IMO 2020 — the day that tighter restrictions on sulphur content in marine fuels come into effect, writes Barry Parker

COMMENT: Politics looms large, again. Infrastructure-spending is a recurring theme in my articles, as is the importance of ports making a lot of noise on this subject, writes Barry Parker.

COMMENT: The political climate has been more divisive than ever lately, or at least it seems that way. The good news through all the political manoeuvring, skirmishing and, some days, outright war…

COMMENT: Because of New York’s vastness, when the talks turns to the seaport aspects the maritime and shipping angle tends to be drowned out by airports, tunnels and property — where the…

COMMENT: Every year, by the end of summer time, clear themes have emerged in the maritime business, writes Barry Parker.

COMMENT: At one time, before todays mega ships and mega rail links, the harbour at New York was the entrepot for vessels moving cargo between Americas heartland and the US East Coast,…

COMMENT: It’s hard to keep one’s eyes off the newsfeeds, whether it be Brexit, tariffs, uncertain financial markets, or feeds poisoned by clients of Facebook, writes Barry Parker.