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New Items People on the Move • River Consulting announced the addition of Robert Anderson as Manager of Business Development, Salt Lake City. Mark Gilbreath was named Manager of Business Development, New Orleans. • Polaris Industries Inc. named Wes Barker Vice President of Operations. • Jim Beam joined EBE Technologies as a Senior Account Manager focusing on financial and logistics solutions in the Southeastern United States. • Miguel Estrella was promoted to Vice President of Operations at LMD Integrated Logistic Services Inc. and will oversee all 21 LMD facilities and port operations. • Kevin Ferguson took on the role of Finance Director for the Port of Olympia, and Kathleen White became the Communications Manager. • Hapag-Lloyd made Peter Ganz, formerly Director of Corporate Finance for the TUI Group, its Chief Financial Officer. n John Hummer was appointed by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to be the head of the Northern California Gateway Office in San Francisco. • J.A.D. (Ian) Hunter was selected to be the Senior Executive Consultant at Hudson Marine Management Services. • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the following appointments to the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bay of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun: Knute “Michael” Miller, Eric Osen, Steven Roberts, and David Wainwright. • NYK Logistics (Americas), Inc. appointed Timothy J. Nolan its Senior Vice President and General Manager of the NVOCC & CHB Division and named James Armstrong as SVP & General Manager, Warehouse Division • CMA CGM (America) LLC named Timothy Ring Director, Inbound Trade and Government Cargo, and Denise Steele joined the company as an Account Executive for the South Atlantic region. • Kevin Smith became Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services’ Senior Vice President of Strategic Programs. • NYK Line (North America), Inc. announced senior management changes: Gregory Tuthill is now Vice President of Trade Management; Melvina Wong-Zaza is Vice President of Customer Service; Richard Breffeilh is Vice President of Operations; and Chris Capodanno is Vice President of Sales. • RFID Global Solution, Inc. selected Joe White as its new Chief Operating Officer. Seattle Investing in Infrastructure Port of Seattle commissioners voted to invest an additional $17.2 million in the East Marginal Way grade separation project, a crucial freight mobility improvement in South Seattle, bringing the total port investment to $18.8 million. The grade separation project will provide three primary benefits: • Eliminate the congestion when trains are moving to and from terminals and rail yards. • Improve access between Port terminals, Union Pacific and BNSF rail yards, local manufacturers, and distribution warehouses. • Improve air quality by reducing congestion and idling times. “For the Port to move more cargo and create more jobs, we must have a transportation system that can handle the growth,” said Commission President Bill Bryant. RFID to Monitor Hazmat Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a unique tracking technology that also monitors the environmental and physical conditions of containers of nuclear materials in storage and transportation. “RFID technology is ideally suited for management of nuclear materials during both storage and transportation,” said Yung Liu, Argonne senior nuclear engineer and RFID project manager. “Key information about the nuclear materials is acquired in real-time.” Data on the status and history of each individual container are available with a click of the mouse and can be used to augment and modernize DOE’s existing management systems for nuclear materials. “The Argonne system,” Liu said, “can simultaneously monitor thousands of drums, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Any abnormal situation, such as a loss of seal, a sudden shock, a rise in temperature or humidity, can trigger an alarm for immediate action.” The monitoring of tens of thousands of radioactive and fissile material packages has been a challenge for DOE to ensure accountability, safety, security, and worker and public health. This new technology is expected to be patented and applied to other industries. Fewer Hurricanes in 2009 AccuWeather.com Chief Long-Range and Hurricane Forecaster Joe Bastardi released his hurricane season forecast for 2009. We can expect fewer landfalls in the U.S., as well as fewer named storms. He did state, however, that storms may be more likely to form in the Atlantic Basin closer to the coast, and the possibility of a major hurricane making landfall in the U.S. can’t be ruled out. Based on a variety of factors and considerations, Bastardi made the following specific forecasts for overall numbers and types of storms during the 2009 season. How to Pay for Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission offered its roadmap for sweeping reform of the nation’s transportation infrastructure funding approach with the release of its final report Paying Our Way: A New Framework for Transportation Finance. The report states that annual levels of federal highway and transit spending required to meet the “need to maintain” level under the Financing Commission’s Base Case Scenario is $78 billion. Estimated average annual revenues under current law generate approximately $32 billion, resulting in an annual revenue gap of $46 billion (in 2008 dollars). The annual level of federal highway and transit spending required to meet the “need to improve” level under the Base Case Scenario climbs to a total of $96 billion. This translates to an annual revenue gap of $64 billion (in 2008 dollars).	In This Issue News, Trends & Analysis New Items Glimmer of Recovery Supply Chain A Quick Primer on Site Selection Managing with the Supply Chain in Mind Compliance Corner: Trade Compliance Requires a Focus on Information Gathering How to Green Up Your Logistics Operation Supply Chain product review Trucking Software Special Section Creating the Extraordinary — the Prince Rupert Story Features Building a Future from Drayage Wreckage Gateway at a Glance Pacific Northwest Ports & infrastructure Stimulus Bill Has Cash for Ports . . . for the Right Projects What Shippers Need from Inland Ports Port Product Review Lift Trucks Commentary New Trends Driving Transpacific Trade Who, What, Where, When Final Say
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