News & Notes

Port News

Unprecedented Container Demand Represents Largest Consumer Shift in 50 Years (Port Tech)

Leatherman Terminal Receives Final Cargo Handling Equipment (CBJ)

JaxPort Unveils New Strategic Plan (AJOT)

House Leaders Press Biden for Ports Funding (TT News)

Steamship/Tug

Kuehne & Nagel Set to Buy Asian Forwarded Apex (Loadstar)

Hapag Lloyd CEO Now Says Container Boom Could Continue into 3rd Quarter (Shipping Watch)

MSC Toplles Maersk at the Top of the Box Rankings (Splash 247)

COVID, Congestion, Container Shortage Form Perfect Storm (Freightwaves)

Hapag Lloyd Expects Q1 Operating Profit to Triple (Loadstar)

Rail/Truck

Norfolk Southern Calls Off Atlanta Rail Transfer Project (Railway Age)

Consumer Goods Group Lobbies for Federal “Air Traffic Control” for Trucks (Freightwaves)

Logistics/Supply Chain

Consumers Demand Snaps Back.  Factories Can’t Keep Up (WSJ)

Shipping Container Shortages Gives Commodity Prices Extra Boost (WSJ)

Lumber Prices Notch Records on Building, Remodeling Boom (WSJ)

Commerce

How the Lowcountry Attracts Developers and Residents (Forbes)

Scentsy Establishing Operations in York County (SC Commerce)

PALL Corporation Establishing Operations in Spartanburg County (SC Commerce)

Goodyear Acquires Cooper in All American Tire Deal (TT News)