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Patrick Burnson
With more than 18 years of trade and transport media experience, Patrick brings a whole new dimension to LM editorial. He's based in our San Francisco office, enabling him to remain close to fast-breaking news and trends emerging from the Pacific Rim. "The highest concentration of global shipping is on North America's West Coast," he says, "and our readers are being provided with a tremendous commercial advantage by staying on top of developments here."
Critical CargoesLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Art of the deal for shoppers and shippersRetailers are about to embark on the holiday season of the serious bargain hunter. According to National Retail Federation’s 2009 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $682.74 on holiday-related shopping, a 3.2 percent drop from last year’s $705.01. According to NRF researchers, this... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Are You Listening, Senator?California State Senator Alan Lowenthal (D- Long Beach) may be sounding a bit more conciliatory these days, with the realization that his constituents care more about jobs than a quick fix for the environment. In a luncheon address before a select audience of The National Industrial Transportation League conference attendees last Sunday, the senator is said to have softened his rhetoric.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) Trade Protectionism Must GoLooking beyond recovery, say leaders of 21 economies comprising the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) demands “a new growth paradigm and an expanded trade and investment agenda that will strengthen regional economic integration in the region.” At its summit in Singapore, APEC announced that resisting trade protectionism would remain a key objective. “We reaffirm... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Scary StoryToday is Friday the 13 th , and coming on the heels of Halloween, gives us pause to consider some of the scarier aspects of the air cargo industry. Security will remain top of mind, of course, but the industry’s financial health, too, remains a real concern. Fortunately, we are not the only ones concentrating on this issue. The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Mending MaerskDespite dramatic workforce downsizing, scrapping tonnage and ending its ship-building, A.P. Moller-Maersk in on the ropes. That doesn’t mean that its stopped fighting, however. In a letter to shareholders, the Danish shipping giant said that it lost $706 million in the first nine months of 2009 on a 31.7 percent drop in container shipping revenue. Furthermore,... More |
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