Commentary: The drive for fair treatment

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Recent police killings of black men have spawned protests, calls for legislative change, debate over policing, and outrage from every corner of the globe. One of the most valuable consequences may well be the soul-searching that’s taking place in my company, in other logistics firms and in businesses everywhere.

As logistics leaders, we are influencers whose...

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U.S. maritime workforce grows to 650,000, group says

Industry now employs nearly 650,0000 Americans across all 50 states and contributes $154 billion to the nation’s economic growth annually. Ken Hocke photo

Following last month’s news of 304,000 U.S. jobs created in January, Transportation Institute (TI), a maritime association which advocates and works for sound national maritime policy in the U.S., announced a 30% increase in domestic maritime job creation enabled by the Jones Act. Thanks to the law, the industry now employs nearly 650,0000 Americans across all 50 states and contributes $154 billion to the nation’s economic growth annually.

The Jones Act, an anchor for U.S. economic and national...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/u-s-maritime-workforce-grows-to-650000-group-says/

Auxo Investment Partners acquires marine transportation company

Aerial photo of the barge Endeavour and the tug Karen Andrie on Lake Michigan. Auxo Investment Partners photo

Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners, Muskegon, Mich., announced today that it is acquiring Andrie LLC, a Michigan-based Jones Act bulk transporter of specialty products.

Those products include liquid asphalt, cement, light oil petroleum products, and calcium chloride. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, marks Auxo’s sixth acquisition in 16 months, and builds on the firm’s December 2017 acquisition of M/G Transport Services, a dry-bulk transportation and logistics company...

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/auxo-investment-partners-acquires-marine-transportation-company/

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