News & Notes 

Port News

SC Ports Welcome New RTGs as Part of Terminal Expansion (Port Tech)

US Ports ask for $3.9 Billion in Covid-19 Relief as Cargo Plummets (Port Tech)

SC Ports Continues to Set Records as Global Trade Rebounds (Chas Bus)

South Carolina Ports: Southeast Market Booming (Freightwaves)

Steamship/Tug

Maersk-Owner to Buy Food Packaging Firm Faerch (Financial Post)

Maersk and ONE have to Decline Bookings in Asia Due to Overheated Market (Shipping Watch)

Three Chinese Yards to Share $900M MSC Orders (TradeWinds)

Hapag Lloyd Upgrades its 2020 Earnings Forecast Due to Strong Market (Shipping Watch)

Rail/Truck

Mnuchin Defends Coronavirus Relief Loan to Troubled Trucking Firm YRC (WSJ)

Sizing up the Future of Contract Freight in Uncertain Times (Freightwaves)

New Tools for Competitive Railroad Intel (Freightwaves)

Logistics/Supply Chain

Vaccine Transport Leans on Tight Network of Refrigerated Truck Operators (WSJ)

Box Shortage to Last Until at Least February (Lloyd’s List)

Digitizing the Supply Chain is a collaborative Effort (Freightwaves)

CBRE: Holiday Sales Expected to Generate $70.5B in Returns (Supply Chain)

Commerce

Peabody Engineering and Supply Establishing Operations in Pickens County (SC Commerce)

EUWe Eugen Wexler US Plastics, Inc Expanding Operations in Anderson County (SC Commerce)

Armada Analytics Relocating Headquarters and Expanding Operations in Greenville County (SC Commerce)