The St. Lawrence Seaway section migrated

I am particularly fond of this section since it was part of the first material I developed online in 1997. Back then, it was part of a web site named “The St. Lawrence: Maritime Seaway and Economic Centre of Canada”, developed under contract by Industry Canada, Digitized Collections Program. This project

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Port Technology Container Terminal Automation Conference

I will take part in the Port Technology Container Terminal Automation Conference in London as one of the keynote speakers (March 14-15). https://www.porttechnology.org/news/pti_reveal_first_session_of_event   

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Free PDF of the first edition of the Geography of Transport Systems available

The textbook is currently in its fourth edition. Although the first edition is outdated it can be useful for introduction classes, particularly for students who have limited financial resources. Media

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Transportation and Pandemics section migrated

If there was a global pandemic today, the largest amount of damage would likely not be from the disease itself but from the disruptions on key supply chains such as food, energy and medical supplies. For instance, the current acute shortage of saline solutions in the United States is the

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Added a new page: Major steps in intermodal integration

Trying to articulate the key events and technologies that have permitted the setting of intermodal transport systems. Is a multimodal future possible? Major Steps in Intermodal Integration

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