Infrastructure

Boston’s freight move thru New York? No suh, because the Hub is best served by its own.

Brexit-driven scramble for supply chain properties continues as Tristan plans $165 million investment in Dutch logistics platform.

Trump administration divvies up 55 BUILD grants among 35 states

Growth from last year’s front loading makes for tough comps, as trade war upsets seasonal patterns.

Florida’s largest seaport will use federal funds as part of expansion of its largest marine terminal.

Ballot initiatives included a tax on ride-sharing companies in San Francisco.

Saudi Aramco, believed to be the world’s largest integrated oil and gas company, has announced it will undergo an IPO on the Saudi Arabian stock exchange.

Growing source of U.S. containerized goods imposes navigation restrictions due to sunken boxship.

Engines in Australian trucks may have been modified to allow them to break speed limits. Australian police have been reading premises across the country. In other Down Under News: APE eats up AHG; new boss for Orcoda; mobile phone driving surveillance laws; broken bridges; accident black spots; corporate debt.

Logistics in Alaska can be both amazing and frustrating. Alaska is the most expansive and diverse logistics laboratory in the United States. Take the largest state in the nation, yet the third least-populated, spread the people throughout the state, support them with only basic infrastructure having little to no redundancies, separate them from the rest […]

Off-site facility aims to give terminal more room to operate and make chassis moves more fluid.d

Industry veteran picked to head one of the largest U.S. East Coast terminals, which is undergoing upgrade.

Port of Oakland has seen an uptick in volumes this year and is optimistic about remainder of 2019.

Although Super Typhoon Hagibis has caused catastrophic floods, mudslides and at least 68 tragic deaths in Japan, FreightWaves understands from local sources that Tokyo’s critical freight infrastructure – seaports and airports – are undamaged. Japan’s wider logistics network is suffering from a miscellany of damage such as flooding.

Market Voice Darren Prokop writes about automation at ports and the progress – and disruption – that will bring.

Maersk subsidiary looks to fix congestion that had been widely cited in 2018 front-loading.

European logistics giant could bring its famed, eco-friendly distribution centers to North America as its global expansion continues

Körber Logistics, the investment and logistics arm of tech conglomerate Körber of Hamburg, Germany, has acquired a majority stake in the warehouse autonomous logistics robot installer and consultancy Cohesio.

New third-party logistics firm to take over yard and warehouse that handles ‘considerable’ freight.

The Motley Fool discovers last-mile logistics. IMO 2020 will impact logistics warehousing footprint, JLL says