9/11

‘It was a nightmare’: A trucker’s cross-border hazmat run on 9/11

Trucks drive on the Ambassador Bridge, between Detroit and Windsor, at the U.S.-Canada border, which closed on Sept. 11, 2001.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Canadian trucker Robert Mitchell picked up a load in Toronto bound for Laredo, Texas. Mitchell, a company driver for C.A.T., expected a routine run to the U.S., though he didn’t haul hazardous material often. His trailer was loaded with steel drums filled with paint thinner, ultimately destined for an auto plant in Mexico.

Mitchell, now 70, didn’t follow the news much back then. He generally listened to CDs in his rig. But when he made a quick stop to join his...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/it-was-a-nightmare-a-truckers-cross-border-hazmat-run-on-911

FreightWaves Classics/Extra: 20 years after 9/11, recounting more stories of heroism

The 9/11 "boatlift" seen from the New York harbor. (Photo: INSH.world)

The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) had retired the fireboat John J. Harvey. But the boat and its crew went back into action when “she assisted in the large-scale relief and evacuation efforts at the World Trade Center following the deadly terrorist attacks” on September 11, 2001. 

The Twin Towers under attack. (Photo: ASCE)The Twin Towers under attack. (Photo: ASCE)

The history of the John J. Harvey

The FDNY Fireboat John J. Harvey was built and launched in 1931. It was named for FDNY pilot John J. Harvey, “who was killed aboard...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsextra-20-years-after-911-recounting-another-story-of-heroism

For air cargo security, the past is prologue

Air cargo security has come far since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks turned the tools of transportation and trade into weapons of mass destruction. Until 9/11, the lone form of security in the U.S. was an unregulated program in which airlines vetted shippers to ensure they and their products were legitimate. The so-called known shipper program was enhanced following 9/11 and remains in effect. Today, a shipper must be known to the carrier in order to load cargo aboard a passenger flight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/for-air-cargo-security-the-past-is-prologue

Where were you?

Truck driver hauls load of WTC steel back to its foundry in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Truck driver Tim Philmon, along with millions of Americans, marked the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Friday by remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.

Philmon says he recalls exactly where he was on Sept. 11, 2001, when he heard the news that planes had crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another plane had hit the Pentagon, and a fourth aircraft had crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.

“I was with several drivers, who were staged in...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/where-were-you

Remembering the bravery of 9/11 maritime evacuation

This Friday will mark the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the maritime community is planning a special event to recall the role that the Coast Guard and civilian mariners played in saving nearly 500,000 people who were trapped in Lower Manhattan.

Presented by the Transportation Institute and hosted by Turnstile Tours and the New York Council of the Navy League, the virtual event will bring together many of those involved in what became the largest maritime evacuation in...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/remembering-the-bravery-of-9-11-maritime-evacuation/

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey performance worst ever

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) did not sugarcoat the news. The headline on its press release read: “COVID-19-RELATED VOLUME DECLINE CAUSES SINGLE WORST QUARTER ON RECORD.”

Between March, when the full force of the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York area, and the end of June, the port authority’s revenue miss totaled nearly $800 million — about $200 million per month below budget. 

PANYNJ Chairman Kevin O’Toole called it “an unprecedented number.” 

“This region has been...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/port-authority-of-new-york-and-new-jersey-performance-worst-ever

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