Coming up in April is one of the biggest events on our calendar: the 2010 North American Marine Highways and Logistics Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Not only will U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and other key legislative and industry leaders be speaking, HML CEO Stephen Pepper will be part of a panel on sustainable shipping.


“This conference is filled with some fantastic sessions about the future of America’s transportation system,” Pepper says. “I feel lucky that I’ve been asked to speak about one of the biggest passions in my life: how the Marine Highway can benefit shippers, customers and the environment.” [...]

The International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics had an interesting piece last month on how managing empty containers is an integral part of creating a short sea shipping and regional ports infrastructure.


“Short sea shipping represents a viable tactic in the implementation of a regional port system development strategy on the West Coast of the USA and should be considered as a possible method for alleviating landside congestion stemming from commercial traffic in major urban corridors.”[...]