Logistics
June 20, 2022
Written by Laura Miller
Austal USA has won another contract with the US Navy. This latest design and construction contract is valued at $128 million.
Austal will build a medium auxiliary floating dry dock for the US Navy at its shipbuilding facility in Mobile, Ala. The dry dock will have an overall length of 694 feet, an overall pontoon breadth of 157 feet, and a height of 65 feet from baseline to wing deck.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has agreed to rescind the Open Top Loading Rule (OTLR), according to a notice issued by the Recycled Material Association (ReMA).
Canadian steel producers will get new help moving material across the country under a federal freight rebate plan launched on Aug. 10.
Gregg Troian, industry veteran and president of both PGT Trucking and the Board of Directors at the American Transportation Research Institute, cautions that the trucking industry continues to face mounting obstacles.
Steel trade groups have come out in support of the Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act)
The Iran war and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have sent oil and aluminum prices soaring higher. The impact on steel has been mostly indirect but hardly insignificant – especially when it comes to the costs of moving metal.