Laying tracks to the future of cargo shipping
Last week, President Obama announced an ambitious goal to build a high-speed passenger rail line in ten regions across the country. But even if President Obama’s plans for passenger rail materialize,...
View ArticleEgypt's Labor Unions Galvanize Protest Movement, Spark Economic Fears
In a move that futher galvanized Egypt's protesters, thousands of Egyptian labors union members held sit-ins and strikes on Wednesday that were expected to continue through the week. Union members have...
View ArticleCargoland: Automation Threatens Human Dockworkers
It's an old story: A machine steps in and replaces the hardened hands of the human worker. In day two of our look at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, we take a glimpse at the future of an...
View ArticleShips Head East as West Coast Port Dispute Continues
The port dispute on the West Coast could be a boon for East Coast ports. With a widened Panama canal expected to open next year, and increasingly clogged rail lines crossing the country (all that...
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Niche Market | New York Nautical
New York is a city of specialists from foodies to academics, laborers to shopkeepers. Every Wednesday, Niche Marketwill take a peek inside a different specialty store and showcase the city's purists...
View ArticleCustoms Inspection Changes Could Hurt Red Hook Shipping
Area politicians warn that changes in customs inspections could decimate the shipping industry in Red Hook.Under the proposal, U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspections would end in Brooklyn....
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New York Officials Await Greenlight for Project to Allow for Bigger Ships
Bayonne Bridge (chrastoslalu/flickr)(New York, NY -- Janet Babin, WNYC) Port Authority officials are waiting to find out whether the federal government will allow a project involving the Bayonne Bridge...
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The Port of Houston Through the Voices of Workers
Father and son sailors wave to each other from their ships at the Port of Houston. (Photo by veteran Houston Ship Channel pilot Lou Vest)(Houston, TX -- Gail Delaughter, KUHF) The Port of Houston will...
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Craft Brewers Work Hard To Get Suds To Thirsty Masses in Sweltering Heat
Beer inside DC Brau's brewery in Washington, D.C. needs to keep cool. For small brewers in blistering heat, shipping becomes make or break for in the beer business. (Photo by Martin Di Caro)Hear this...
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U.S. Freight Rail Has Biggest June Ever
The Association for American Railroads released their weekly data-packed report on the rail freight industry and their numbers say, business is bouncing back big time.It was the biggest June on record,...
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NY/NJ Port Official: We Never Thought We'd See 13-Foot Storm Surge
(Bob Hennelly, WNYC -- New York) The New York City region’s cargo port system may have been up and running six days after Sandy struck, but the storm's unprecedented storm surge left its mark and is...
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Reimagining Package Delivery, WalMart Asks Customers to Play Courier
(Nancy Marshall-Genzer -- Marketplace) So, you’re at Walmart, getting ready to pay. The cashier says, 'Wait! You can get a few bucks off if you deliver some stuff your neighbor ordered.'Walmart is...
View ArticleListen to what Nelson Rockefeller said about Belgium in 1965
Back in happier, non-World-Cup-matches-between-Belgium-and-USA times, this is what the New York state governor said. Listen to the whole, happy broadcast here.
View ArticleWith Panama Expansion, East Coast Ports Struggle to Host Larger Ships
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Massive Chinese cargo ships carrying 18,000 containers and measuring 20 stories high and 1,300 feet long are passing through the Panama Canal...
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Column: This South Korean shipping company’s collapse could affect you
A tugboat passes Hanjin Hungary container ship at PSA’s Tanjong Pagar terminal in Singapore on Sept. 28, 2016. Photo by Edgar Su/ReutersLast week, I went to the BJ’s Wholesale Club near my house....
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