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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Presented by Penske Logistics and authored by transportation consultant, Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Parsons Corporation, the report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 Costs for water transportation rose 8.9

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Home Stretch

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Here’s a quick update on some of the high-profile efforts to welcome them: The Port Authority of New York-New Jersey has nearly finished deepening it harbor to 50 feet (the Post-Panamax ships require clearance of at least 45 feet). Ready or not, it looks like the big ships will be coming this year.

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Seaports Safe Harbors for U.S. Industrial Real Estate Sector

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This year’s Index, for the first time in its four year history, has rated the Port of New York and New Jersey at the top of the list, followed closely by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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The state’s transportation network can move products easily and efficiently by air, rail, road and water to all points globally. Connecting lines enable transport to every major U.S. Lawrence Seaway System, it is part of over 2,300 miles of water transportation from Duluth, Minnesota to the Atlantic Ocean.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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It also protects public assets, ensures a strong workforce, requires competitive bidding for all projects and allows the private sector to submit new “unsolicited” concepts to address Maryland’s infrastructure needs. In May 2013, CSX Transportation Inc. Army Corps of Engineers Artificial Island disposal site in New Jersey.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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will produce high quality transportation fuels, including GTL diesel, as well as other value-adding chemical products. The wind power installed in Nebraska also will avoid over 950,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the equivalent of taking more than 165,000 cars off the road. TEXAS RULES THE ROOST.

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Locations For The Food Processing Industry: The Food Puzzle

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Founded in 2012, Blue Apron, a meal kit delivery company, said in February that it plans to bring more than 2,000 jobs to New Jersey with the construction and opening of a 495,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Linden. The company will invest $76 million in the facility and create up to 55 new jobs. New York City and beyond.