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Publisher John C. O’Malley @ShipNews [email protected]

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Greg Trauthwein [email protected] intermodal chain.

Ports and Shipping consumes the bulk of

Vice President, Sales

Rob Howard this October 2020 edition, a leap inside

I was wrong. [email protected] the technology, the ports and the policy that Ruda noted that the pandemic has ef-

Editorial Contributors are instrumental to deliver commodities and fectively forced the port to become more

Tom Mulligan - UK

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil ? nished product from point of origin to ? nal ef? cient, with the systemwide adoption of

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia destination. Having served in the publish- e-Signatures in lieu of pushing paper! Ruda

Production

Irina Vasilets ing business for more than three decades, I provided some great insight into the port’s [email protected] certainly can attest to more than a few times plans for 2021 and ahead, including the

Nicole Ventimiglia that a word or catch phrase has become trite, prospect of dredging the shipping channels [email protected] and I know that the shelf life on the word again to accommodate containerships in the

Corporate Staff

Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager ‘digitalization’ has long ago expired. But 18,000 TEU range. His interview starts on

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting in looking at the maritime, shipping and page 44.

Information Technology

Vladimir Bibik logistics industry, there simply is no better, The Ports and Shipping coverage spans

Subscriptions comprehensive word to accurately describe 30 pages starting on page 21, and we are

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] what’s happening on the street, in your grateful for some exclusive insights from

Sales of? ces – or more accurately, your home the likes of Michael Khouri, Chairman,

Lucia Annunziata [email protected] of? ces Federal Maritime Commission, who writes

Terry Breese

I had a great conversation last month on ocean shipping challenges; Christo- [email protected]; +1 561 732 1185 with Sam Ruda, Director, Port of NY/ pher Connor, President and CEO of the

John Cagni [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715

NJ, a ZOOM video interview from my American Association of Port Authorities,

Frank Covella home of? ce to his, to discuss activities and who writes on challenges to U.S. ports, [email protected]; +1 561 732 1659 outlook for the port and facilities under his the 30.8 million jobs and $5.4 trillion in

Mike Kozlowski guise, a regional hub that serves 46 million annual economic activity it cumulatively [email protected]; +1 561 733 2477 people in a four-hour radius, an economic supports; and David Patterson and Rod engine for the region packing a cumulative MacLennan, both from North P&I, who

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany economic wallop of $135 billion in personal discuss COVID-19 and challenges to bulk

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 and business income. It’s funny to me to and liquid cargo markets, respectively. I’d

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 think that this was the ? rst interview that also like to welcome back a familiar face,

Ruda and I had, despite the fact that during Joe Keefe, who I cajoled out of retirement

Germany, Austria & Switzerland

Tony Stein normal times, our of? ces sit only about two for one article on a topic and style he has [email protected] +44 1892 512777 miles apart in Manhattan. The interview was mastered, the deep dive into a company and

United Kingdom telling in that I assumed that a port of this technology that has promise to transform

Paul Barrett

Hallmark House, 25 Downham Road, Ramsden size – moving 7.5 million TEU of contain- the shipping business.

Health, Essex CM11 1PU UK [email protected]; +44 7778 357722 ers, 578,00 vehicles, 50 million tons of bulk cargo and nearly one million cruise passen-

Classi? ed Sales +1 212 477 6700 gers annually – would be plugged in on the leading edge of digitalization as it applies to ef? ciently moving cargo through the

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Gregory R. Trauthwein

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Editor & Associate Publisher

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000]

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