inland ports

Ports of Indiana launches new venture: Indiana River & Rail Terminals

Ports of Indiana has launched a new business venture called “Indiana River & Rail Terminals,” the largest general cargo operation on the Ohio River. The business will manage all the general cargo facilities at the Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon ports, including six docks, six warehouses, multiple rail transload facilities, and logistics services for more than 40 existing customers within the ports’ 2,200 acres of land.

Operating in the greater Louisville and Evansville metropolitan areas, the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-of-indiana-launches-new-venture-indiana-river-rail-terminals/

DOT pumping more truck capacity into US ports

WASHINGTON — About $290 million of $653 million in new federal grants awarded by the Biden administration will be used to improve truck capacity at U.S. ports.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Friday the winners of the latest annual round of funding under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), administered by DOT’s Maritime Administration.

Of the 41 port projects receiving money through the program in 2023, 11 feature significant improvements aimed at speeding truck...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-pumping-more-truck-capacity-into-us-ports

Cathay Pacific cargo boosted by rehabilitation of passenger network

Cathay Pacific Airways was the first airline to succumb to coronavirus flying restrictions in 2020 and one of the last ones to come out. Finally unshackled, the Hong Kong-based airline is quickly ramping up operations and restoring international passenger destinations, which is providing a big boost to the cargo business.

Until late October, Cathay Pacific was operating with 3% of its pre-pandemic passenger capacity. Major U.S. carriers, by comparison, had more than 90% of seats restored then...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cathay-pacific-cargo-boosted-by-rehabilitation-of-passenger-network

Collaboration must be key for railroads to thrive, experts say

WASHINGTON — The near-term future of freight rail might be one marked by collaboration, whether that’s through private or public partnerships among other supply chain stakeholders or between the railroads themselves as they compete against the trucking industry, according to panelists at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting this week.

One idea that continues to be discussed is that infrastructure investors are interested in developing giant rail industrial parks in North America,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/collaboration-must-be-key-for-railroads-to-thrive-experts-say

Port projects pull in nearly $57M in infrastructure grants

Increasing intermodal rail capacity at select ports and developing inland ports are among the goals of projects receiving millions in federal grant money.

The funding came from the RAISE grant program, which stands for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity. The program, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded more than $2.2 billion to projects nationwide to “modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports and intermodal transportation and make...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-projects-pull-in-nearly-57m-in-infrastructure-grants

Developers eager to establish inland port network on Mississippi River

A coastal marsh at sunset.

A major multiyear effort to develop a container facility network in as many as five states along the Mississippi River is well underway, with initial cargo anticipated to move through the network in 2024.

The effort has many moving pieces, which is why it has taken nearly a decade to develop the network, organizers say. The pieces include a terminal and rail expansion in Plaquemines Parish in southern Louisiana; the development of container terminal facilities in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Louis,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/developers-eager-to-establish-inland-port-network-on-mississippi-river

Summer construction of rail park slated at sprawling Winnipeg inland port

A rail park serving an inland port in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been fast-tracked for development in light of the potential Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger and Canada’s efforts to expand its global trade presence. 

Construction of the $2.5 billion CentrePort Canada Rail Park will begin this summer, and the first phase could be completed as early as next year. The rail park will be the third freight transportation serving the inland port, which is served by truck, air and rail. 

CentrePo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/summer-construction-of-rail-park-slated-at-sprawling-winnipeg-inland-port

One solution to the congestion problem: More inland ports

One of the lessons that supply chain stakeholders have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic is the vital role inland ports play in fighting congestion. 

But what measures should be taken to fully utilize existing ports? Can — and should — new inland ports be developed? And what role can the railroads play in that?

FreightWaves spoke with three supply chain experts to get their thoughts.

Why the US needs to invest in intermodal ports

Congestion not only at the West Coast ports but also at inland...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/one-solution-to-the-congestion-problem-more-inland-ports

What North American freight rail can learn from Europe

The European Union has an ambitious goal to increase rail’s share in freight transportation to 30% by 2030 in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To do this, the Europeans are seeking to integrate technological advances and develop inland port infrastructure that would support more freight rail volumes. 

As the Europeans undergo these efforts, the North American freight rail system will have lots of opportunities to learn from their European counterparts, according to two partners with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-north-american-freight-rail-can-learn-from-europe

Supply chain desperation: Georgia airport to store ocean containers

Giant container ships ring the harbor at a port.

Cargo congestion at the Port of Savannah is so severe that officials plan to use a small airport in Georgia as a temporary overflow yard, one of several locations being rushed into emergency service to relieve port infrastructure buckling under the strain of record volumes.

The Georgia Ports Authority on Friday said it is setting up multiple inland locations as temporary container yards to expedite the flow of imports and exports at Savannah, the fourth largest container port in the nation....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-desperation-georgia-airport-to-store-ocean-containers

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