Coastal port congestion making inland container service more appealing

Coastal port congestion making inland container service more appealing

  Supply chains are stressed. The biggest United States ports struggle to process container after container of imported goods. Given this challenging environment, some shippers believe container-on-barge (COB) service on the inland waterways might be a long-term solution.  Building out that service, however, remains the challenge. There is general agreement that there is great potential to increase container movement by…
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‘Blow the Man Down’: A salty take on maritime music

‘Blow the Man Down’: A salty take on maritime music

  As someone who grew up listening to Supertramp, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, it was a different experience coming up for breakfast one autumn morning to the sounds of “As I was a walking down Paradise Street, way, hey, blow the man down” reverberating through the kitchen.  There was my dad, who sailed for years as an able…
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LOOKING BACK

LOOKING BACK

The Washington State Ferries vessel  Puyallup gets underway from Pier 52 in Seattle in 2020. The Jumbo Mark II class-ferry is slated for a hybrid conversion in the coming years. 
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