It’s fair to say at this point that South Carolina’s objections to the Georgia Ports Authority’s plan to deepen the Savannah River to 48 feet have become a full-blown political controversy. How that will affect the Southeast’s readiness for larger ships set to be unleashed on the East Coast by the 2014 expansion of the Panama Canal is a core question facing the region’s future as a trade gateway. This month, a resolution “to oppose any plan to expand the Savannah River that does not provide mutual economic benefits to the people of South Carolina” passed 46-0 in the...

It&rsquo;s fair to say at this point that South Carolina&rsquo;s objections to the Georgia Ports Authority&rsquo;s plan to deepen the Savannah River to 48 feet have become a full-blown political contr

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Southern California agency to unilaterally develop emissions cut rules at rail yards 

Maersk to invest $500 million in Southeast Asia logistics even as integrator model struggles

Europe’s ocean trades may see overlapping CO2 charges: DNV 

Carriers weigh options after Red Sea route threatened by missile attacks 

Fast-approaching green goals pose uncomfortable question for shipping: analyst

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The South Coast Air Quality Management District says it will create rules to reduce emissions at Southern California rail yards because Union Pacific insists on including public financing as a precondition for participating in the more collaborative MOU process.

The spending program will target the company’s logistics and services arm with a “substantial amount of investment” earmarked for its ocean and terminals infrastructure in the region.

The IMO’s global market-based emissions-cutting measure will be introduced in 2027 when it will clash with Europe’s ETS and could force shippers to comply —  and pay for —  two CO2-reducing systems at the same time, classification societies believe.

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