Union Pacific to open an intermodal terminal in Southern California, Port of South Louisiana completes rail yard, plus two appointments: Michael McCarthy to become SMBC Rail Services president and CEO, and Karen Carriere joins Transportation Technology Center Inc. as executive director of technical services.
U.S. ports have seen “month-over-month strength across multiple business segments.”
Project will increase available ship capacity within two years.
Fifteen projects net funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
$360 million allotted to deepen the Port of Mobile and the Lower Mississippi River.
Tonnage of grains, number of grain barges increasing up and down the Mississippi.
In the wake of Hurricane Barry, Brian Aoaeh writes about the disruption to supply chains that hurricanes and flooding can do. In particular, the state of Louisiana and its ports are critical to the U.S. agriculture and energy industries.
Hundreds of barges carrying grains still waiting to be exported
