World Trade Magazine, February 2008

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World Trade Magazine, February 2008

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World Trade magazine: The trusted source of information and analysis for executives at the highest level of midsized to large U.S. manufacturers engaged in domestic and international trade.

Monthly, World Trade Magazine examines each sector of world trade - transportation, logistics and supply chain management, technology, finance and trade services, and domestic and international economic development. Emphasis is on executive interviews and in-depth company profiles designed to assist our readers in making their businesses more profitable.

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Publisher: BNP Media

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Cover Story: America's Ports Take on the Challenge of Trade Growth
by Mark Bernstein

As an overview of the state of American ports in 2008, a report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is spot-on: “Maritime ports are getting busier, ships are getting larger, and the mix of cargo being transported is becoming more diverse. These increased demands for port infrastructure and services are also causing ports to run out of land, requiring them to dredge deeper harbors and waterways and to invest in expensive shipment-handling technology. As ships are being built larger and sailing greater distances and carriers are entering into more alliances, maritime arrivals at ports are increasingly bunched. Ports that are unable to adapt to these changing demands for port infrastructure and services will lose out to competitor ports for cargo throughput.”

What’s scary, is that this was written in 1998! And it’s just as accurate today.

Meanwhile two additional factors weigh heavily on planning at the nation’s ports. The first is the universal expectation that container trade between Asia and North America will continue to increase, with the bulk of the additional growth heading toward the east coast. The second is that once the widening of the Panama Canal is completed in 2014, a greater number of larger container vessels will be lured to America.

What follows is a survey of many of North America’s leading ports, looking at the steps each is taking to prepare for increased demands as trade volumes grow and public concern about the environmental quality of ports becomes more strident.

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• America's Ports Take on the Challenge of Trade Growth
• Inland Ports Gear Up for Even More Business
• Collaborative Logistics
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This magazine is owned by BNP Media.

BNP Media publishes more than 40 business-to-business publications. Industries served include manufacturing, security systems, architecture and construction. Founded in 1926, BNP Media is a fourth-generation, family-run business headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

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World Trade Magazine is today’s most relevant U.S. logistics journal delivering news and information to 100% U.S. subscribers* active in domestic and international trade. Today businesses are sourcing abroad so they need information on how to operate overseas. 82% of our subscribers plan to enter foreign markets within the next year.+ World Trade reflects the priorities and diverse interests of its senior level and management subscribers to help them navigate today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive global marketplace.

World Trade covers every aspect of the global supply chain from the movement of products across the U.S. to the procurement from delivery to international markets: