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The Future Of Shipping - Wind Power - 0 views

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    The Ever Given incident--the cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for several days, pirmarily due to its size--has invoked new ideas about shipping--in this instance, it is wind powered ships. The ships would need to be smaller, but a zero emissions ship would be ideal. Can the increase in demand and port throughput still be accomdated with smaller ships? Is there a trade off for zero emissions and efficiency?
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Automate The Freight: Autonomous Ships Look For Their Niche | Hackaday - 0 views

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    Just as there is talk of automated self driving cars, the same is for cargo ships. Only the reality is that autonomy will start with smaller ships, whith shorter hauls.
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Biden aides weighed National Guard to address supply chain backlog - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    Article about the administration mobilizing some national guard troops to help with the supply chain issues. The idea is that truck drivers and others could be used to help free up some of the bottlenecks. The idea probably won't go far, but reflects the how important the current supply problems are to the current administratioin.
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Opinion | What the Supply Chain Crisis Reveals About American Infrastructure - POLITICO - 0 views

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    The article addresses some of the problems the supply chain infrastructure is facing today. It brings up some interesting points: US ports lag far behind ports around the world in their efficiency of loading and unloading cargo. The labor unions that control the ports are extremely reluctant to automation that might improve efficiencies and speed up processes.
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Climate change impacts on seaports: A growing threat to sustainable trade and developme... - 1 views

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    More on the impact of climate change and sea ports and the cascading effect on the economy. Nature of ports makes them more susceptible to environment changes as a result of climate change--increased intense events and rising sea levels. Author calls for change now .
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Top 30 U.S. Ports 2019: Trade tensions determine where cargo goes next - Logistics Mana... - 0 views

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    Article centers on trade relations and its effects on different ports. It mentions west coast ports dominating US ports in volume, but other ports are continuing to grow. Talk of investment now for the future. This article is pre COVID, so it's interesting to see the ideas before the effects of the pandemic were realized.
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