April 2018
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Contents
Breakbulk & Project Cargo
8 Thumbs down for tariffs
US ports fear unintended consequences from
President Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs.
12 Water world
Demand for drinking water generates cargo
for breakbulk shippers and carriers,
but the market is changing.
14 Puerto Rico's long slog
Don't expect a quick surge in project shipments
to improve the hurricane-ravaged island's
infrastructure.
17 Destination Bangladesh
Clearing congestion at the Port of Chittagong
required help from a project cargo solution.
18 Antonov gains altitude
Ukraine-based heavy-li airline hopes to build
on strong first year aer breakup with Volga-Dnepr.
21 New year, familiar debate
Great Lakes ship pilots, industry bicker over rates
as 2018 shipping season begins.
22 Southern exposure
Canada's Logistec expands its US Gulf footprint
with acquisition of stevedore and
terminal operator Gulf Stream Marine.
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Advertisers
Cosco Shipping
www.cosco-usa.com ........................ 5
Jaxport,
www.jaxport.com/breakbulk ........ 19
North Carolina Ports
www.ncports.com ........................... 23
Port of Baltimore
www.marylandports.com ................. 2
Port of Brownsville
www.portofbrownsville.com .......... 11
Port of Pascagoula
www.portofpascagoula.com ............ 9
Port of Virginia
www.portofvirginia.com ................. 24
RTM Lines
www.rtmlines.com .......................... 15
Columns
4 Tariffs' collateral damage
By Joseph Bonney
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A special supplement of The Journal of Commerce
April 2018
Not another
mirage?
Aer several
false starts, the
beleaguered
breakbulk and
project cargo
sector may finally
be moving toward
recovery.
