Gulf Coast

Transportation, logistics sector braces for Hurricane Laura

Hurricane Laura is headed toward the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts, with significant potential to disrupt freight flows in the region.

Trucking fleets, ports and airports in the region are preparing for the storm, which could make landfall late Wednesday night.

“This has been a very difficult storm to predict,” said Brian Fielkow, CEO of Houston-based motor carrier Jetco Delivery. “We’ve not rerouted any trucks yet. We’ve had clients wanting to accelerate shipments ahead of the storm and have...

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Laura expected to become major hurricane upon US landfall (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Laura in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Laura could become a major Category 3 hurricane just before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later this week.

SONAR Critical Events: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Tropical Storm Laura forecast tracks

The National Hurricane Center updated its forecast early Tuesday morning, issuing a hurricane watch from San Luis Pass, Texas, to just west of Morgan City, Louisiana, a stretch of approximately 320 miles. This is where the worst damage could occur.

Tuesday morning Laura was centered...

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Class I railroads brace for tropical storms Marco and Laura

A photograph of a Union Pacific train behind a train of tank cars. They are at a rail yard.

Class I railroads with operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast are bracing for potential impacts from tropical storms Marco and Laura.

The timing of the storms’ approach to the Gulf Coast states is packing a one-two punch for area ports and transportation providers. Another concern is flooding as the storms travel northward. Marco is expected to make landfall Monday night, while Laura is forecast to hit on Wednesday and into Thursday. 

“Our command center has been activated to monitor the storms...

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Ports closed as tropical cyclones approach US (with forecast video)

Napoleon intermodal railyard at the Port of New Orleans.

For the first time in more than 60 years, two named tropical cyclones could be spinning in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time.

SONAR Critical Events and radar: Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Tropical Storm Marco

Tropical Storm Marco, which was a Category 1 hurricane for a brief time, ran into some wind shear Sunday night. It’s back to a tropical storm, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph as of 8 a.m. EDT Monday.

Marco probably won’t become a hurricane again, making landfall as a tropical...

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Port restrictions set as potential hurricanes approach US

Satellite animation of tropical storms Laura and Marco.

Tropical storms Laura and Marco will both likely become hurricanes as they hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in the coming days. The U.S. Coast Guard is restricting vessel movement at the Port of Key West. All vessels greater than 300 gross tons must depart unless the Captain of the Port (COTP) has approved a request to remain in port. Terminals and facilities must cease all cargo operations and secure handling of equipment. Bulk liquid terminals must ensure that all transfer hoses and loading arms are...

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Potential hurricanes still on track for US landfall next week

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Depression Fourteen.

For the first time in almost 90 years, two hurricanes could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on the same day (or at least within 24 hours of each other). The last time this happened was on Sept. 5, 1933, according to Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University who specializes in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

Storm number one

Tropical Depression Thirteen (TD13) became Tropical Storm Laura late Friday morning and is churning in the Atlantic about 200 miles east-southeast of...

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Two hurricanes could hit US next week (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of tropical depressions 13 and 14 in the Atlantic basin.

For the first time in almost 90 years, two hurricanes could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on the same day (or at least within 24 hours of each other). The last time this happened was on Sept. 5, 1933, according to Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University who specializes in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

Storm number one

Tropical Depression Thirteen (TD13) is churning in the Atlantic, about 250 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands as of 8 a.m. EDT Friday.

SONAR...

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US Gulf Coast bracing for Tropical Storm Cristobal (with forecast video)

Sand bags piled up along a U.S. beach to prevent flooding.

Leaders along the Gulf Coast of the United States are urging residents to prepare for Cristobal now. The depression, which will likely strengthen back to a tropical storm this weekend, is still forecast to make landfall in Louisiana late Sunday into early Monday.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Friday, June 5, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT; Tropical Storm Cristobal forecast

“In Livingston Parish [Louisiana], we’re pretty prepared year-round for things,” Parish President Layton Ricks told WAFB-TV....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-gulf-coast-bracing-for-tropical-storm-cristobal-with-forecast-video

Third tropical storm this season could soon hit US Gulf Coast (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Depression Three in the Bay of Campeche.

The second landfall of a tropical cyclone this season could hit the Gulf Coast of the United States near the end of the week. The first was Tropical Storm Bertha in late May, making landfall on the South Carolina coast after flooding parts of Florida for three days.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT; Tropical Depression Three

The remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda, which formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean last week, moved across Central America last weekend....

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