Gulf Coast
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Weather and Critical Events
US Gulf Coast bracing for Tropical Storm Cristobal (with forecast video)
Tropical Depression Cristobal strengthening to tropical storm prior to U.S. landfall.
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Weather and Critical Events
Third tropical storm this season could soon hit US Gulf Coast (with forecast video)
Carriers should secure freight from Gulf Coast markets before potential tropical storm approaches late-week.
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Weather and Critical Events
Tropical storm could hit US Gulf Coast by weekend (with forecast video)
Eighty percent chance of Tropical Storm Cristobal developing in Gulf of Mexico later this week. Could hit U.S. Gulf Coast.
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American Shipper
Gulf Coast shipping wins big in federal project funding
$360 million allotted to deepen the Port of Mobile and the Lower Mississippi River.
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News
Single-use plastics bans: a risk for the petchem industry
BP imagines a scenario where a plastics ban crushes demand for petchem feedstocks.
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News
Today’s Pickup: Barclays predicts oil price to reach $70 next year
Barclays forecasts a drop in oil price; China is witnessing a historic fall in auto sales over stock market crash and U.S.-China trade war; banks…
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Intermodal
Today’s Pickup: Panama City braces for Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael is forecast to make landfall as a strengthening Category 4; Sears may go bankrupt; retailers struggle to fill the hole left by Toys…
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Canada
Today’s Pickup: Tropical Storm Gordon hits Gulf
Across the region, governments are making preparations. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency, activating members of the National Guard.
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