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Past, Present, and Future of the Trucking Industry

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PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY https://www.ajrtrucking.com/past-present-and-future-of-the-trucking-industry/ The shipping industry is not only efficient but necessary. To better understand how necessary it truly is, it might be helpful to understand the trucking industry.  80% of American businesses depend on trucking companies for the everyday delivery of goods. As the business of online shopping and other shipped goods continues to expand, the need for trucking and for drivers will expand along with it.  The trucking industry in the US transports the majority of domestic overload freight. The sector was valued at $791.7 billion in 2019 alone. Furthermore, according to the data gathered in 2022, the number of truck drivers in the country is around 902,000. These metrics truly showcase how big the trucking market is already. However, the growth of the industry has not slowed down since 2019. 80% of American businesses depend on trucking companies for the ev...

Infrastructure: Solutions to the Issues you face daily

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Landside infrastructure is clearly critical to our national economy. Have you ever wondered about its condition? Or how to maximize its efficiency? Watch the below video to find out what is broken and how we can fix it. It is our responsibility to do everything that we can to prevent gridlock, create jobs for hard-working Americans and so much more. Be part of the solution, and do everything that you can to put it into action. Read the below article to better understand America’s Infrastructure Score. https://infrastructurereportcard.org/ Infrastructure is essential to all aspects of life. To drive, you need roads, in order to travel over water, you need a bridge, to utilize the full breadth of the American Maritime Highway, you need ships to travel these open waterways. #transportation #GreenShippingLine #GSL #AmericanMaritimeHwy #GreenFleet #CreateJobs #LimitlessBenefits #PursuetheFuture #AlleviateGridlock #ReducePollution #GSLBlog #Blogger #ReadMore #Read #Understandth...

The Hard Working Women of GSL

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US Jones Act Shipbuilding

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America, we have a problem!!!!! 50 years ago James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, made a similar call to Houston that tested a Nation on the edge of its chairs until the successful landing of our astronauts. What is the challenge today? Our critical Jones Act and RRF fleets are aging and we are not rebuilding new assets quickly enough to maintain the critical mass needed to stay competitive. We estimate that we will have to replace and/or build over 10,000 new modern assets by 2035 to support domestic container trades or the burgeoning U.S.Offshore Wind business. That being the case we have to re-energize and engage our commercial ship-building industry like we did during WW II when the Nation as a whole built over 5,000 marine assets in less than 3.5 years. Look it up, that’s a fact. How did we do it, we assembled standardized series of vessels from Kits at every large and small yard available. Mass manufacturing was invented by Mr. Ford. To those who advocate that we manufacture...

TOEPFER TRANSPORT GMBH

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The following three lines from a recent Toepfer Transport GMBH presentation say it all!!!! In 2020 more than 60% of all cargo shipped from or to the EU was short-sea cargo. In some States (countries) this ratio is far above 70%. Short-sea shipping is the backbone of the European economy. Startling and stunning. How can the EU take advantage of its extensive waterways and coastal ports? They have short sea ships (feeders) that make their transportation systems and distribution networks function. They have thousands of feeders and are building more. What do they have that we don’t? Feeders,  How many do we have? 000000000000000.0000000. Exactly none. How many are we building? 000000000000.0000000. Exactly none. Are the Europeans smarter than we are?  I guess so. In this they sure are. Come on people!!!!!! Take your heads out of the sand and look around and learn.  Others have what we need.  Can we build small ships? Absolutely, so we better start yesterday instead of b...

The History of Thanksgiving : History.com

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Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2022 occurs on Thursday, November 24. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War , that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. Thanksgiving at Plymouth  In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the "New World." After a treacherous and uncomfortable crossing that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, far nort...