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lumber from Europe “very
successful” since launching last March.
On the Atlantic side of the Sunshine State, JAXPORT has also seen “steady or slightly up” business in forest products. Rick Schiappacasse, the
Jacksonville port’s Director of Forest Products and Specialty Cargo Sales, echoes headlines from the earliest months of the pandemic.
Consumption of
tissue and paper products has exploded. That has sustained, “what was already strong demand for pulp,” he
(The port is also close to tissue- manufacturing facilities.) Sure,
the price of
playbook. “We are also focused on
says. lumber
has jumped nearly 70%, as Bloomberg reported in February, but toilet paper? You’re talking about a price increase of nearly 900%. JAXPORT’s paper and pulp
business into the US Southeast from Europe is rising,
too,
Schiappacasse says, with global demand driving growth especially in imported Brazilian Eucalyptus pulp and exported fluff pulp. Another bonus: “We are
experiencing shorter than usual dwell times at the warehouses because of high demand,” he says. Back in Tampa, Alfonso
credits the port’s brisk business, in part, to Florida’s population explosion, second only to Texas’ boom from July 2019 to July 2020, he says. “That is what is driving this
growth and fueling demand for breakbulk and bulk cargoes, as well as other commodities, such as containers, which have increased by 43% during the last quarter,” he adds, calling the port’s diversification one of its “greatest strengths.” Harris says Virginia ports are working from the same
diversifying our cargo mix and are aggressively targeting breakbulk cargo,” he says, noting that, “As the infrastructure projects begin to ramp back- up, the breakbulk business will return, and we’ll be ready for it.”
Smoother Sailing
Shippers on the high seas are hopeful for smoother sailing, too,
While ACL’s Willman says
the North Atlantic’s mature market is maintaining stability throughout the year with no major shiſt in east- or westbound trade lanes, farther south, Universal Africa Lines sees business seas that have been roiling—but navigable. “Last year started with the
an upward trend until
pandemic hit,” says Dianna Knight, president of UAL America. “Since then, volumes have been very volatile.
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An MPA vessel unloads breakbulk cargo at Port of Baltimore. (Photo by Bill McAllen.)
sailing from Northwest Europe to East Africa. “Hopefully, we can expand on that from the US,” she says. Despite challenges and rising
costs, UAL is a “niche carrier with a loyal client base,” she says.
“Our priority right now
is our clients and maintaining the high level of service they
expect.” C-suiters
13 agree the
pandemic has hit close to home — especially when the coronavirus rains on everyone’s parade, as it did for mid-February’s
Fat Tuesday
celebrations. As Ragusa puts it: “COVID
exposed weakness in manufacturing onshore, as well the vulnerability in the supply chains and the dependency on the human touch.”
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