As the U.S-China trade war continues, there has been a 3% decline in Chinese imports to the United States over the past 12 months; it now accounts for 66% of all Asia-North America imports to the U.S. It is crucial to understand how even seemingly small […]
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In addition to a pod of dolphins, attendees were treated to numerous impressive sights during the boat tour of the Port of Long Beach today at I.CON West 2019, in Long Beach, California. The port has made progress on several major projects since I.CON attendees toured […]
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The Hudson Tunnel, through which 450 trains carry 200,000 passengers every day, was constructed before the Titanic first sailed and soon after the Wright Brothers first flew. It’s time for an upgrade. The Portal North Bridge, which takes trains over the Passaic River in that same […]
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Large and ongoing increases in freight traffic to the U.S. are driving the development of a different kind of industrial property: the inland port. Intermodal traffic is up 400 percent since the 1980s. Containerized traffic has grown 290 percent since 2010. And the U.S. Department of […]
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Brownfield redevelopment is not for the faint of heart. Attendees got to see why at I.CON: The Industrial Conference this week. Jeff Milanaik, principal at Bridge Development Partners LLC, and Michael Murphy, chief development officer for CenterPoint Properties, shared the nitty-gritty details from the companies’ recent […]
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“A good economist should tell you what could go wrong,” started K.C. Conway, SunTrust Banks, to industrial commercial real estate’s leaders at I.CON: Impact Projects. On the top of his list? The Fed and monetary policy, security and terrorism, of course, but also millennials’ slow entry […]
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Located on the Northeast coast of the United States, the Port of New York and New Jersey is a perfect shipping origin/destination for imports and exports to and from Europe and Canada. The port has 10 terminals: six that handle container cargo, three reserved for cruise […]
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Centrally located in the southern United States, the Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long port is located just east of downtown Houston. It offers great distribution to both the East and West coasts, and customers and terminal operators enjoy efficient distribution by railroad, multiple highways and […]
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By the numbers, the Post of Jacksonville really stacks up. It’s the largest container port in Florida, with its three ports handling 8.2 million tons of cargo – that’s a record-high 926,000 TEUs and 630,000 vehicles annually. Consider these port facts and make the call. Is […]
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