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NWRA urges Biden administration to support projects that ease supply chain challenges

April 27, 2022
The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, West Virginia, joined more than 50 other associations in a letter urging U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to invest grant money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in projects aimed at easing supply chain challenges.

This is how the Russia-Ukraine war is affecting business in Southern Utah

March 27, 2022
“Part of not depending upon others is to have Utah become an inland port versus depending upon cities worldwide that have ocean ports…”

One solution to the congestion problem: More inland ports

March 23, 2022
One of the lessons that supply chain stakeholders have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic is the vital role inland ports play in fighting congestion. 

Cordero says Port of Long Beach processed 9.4 million TEUs In 2021

February 10, 2022
Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach said in his “State of the Port of Long Beach” address that the Port “had its busiest year ever” in 2021…

Inland Port Authority brainstorms solutions to supply chain problems

January 25, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY — As the country’s supply chain continues to have problems, members of the Utah Inland Port Authority brainstormed possible solutions.  They say the COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed how international shipping companies do business, and American companies need to make serious adjustments if things are to improve…

How Utah can be the model for fixing the nation’s supply chain

January 25, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY – Leaders from major shipyards and rail yards from around the country visited Utah Monday to find solutions for the nation’s broken supply chain. They looked to Utah’s Inland Port. Solutions were already in motion as about 100 shipping containers arrived by train in Utah Friday. That’s just the beginning…

Trade Winds Ahead: U.S. Ports Face the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow

December 31, 2021
Port managers have tried, mightily, to cope with the pandemic’s shockwaves. They have been simultaneously caught up in an avalanche of challenges: trade wars, the pandemic, port congestion and labor and shipping container shortages… For improvements with an eye toward sustainability, we look to the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA), whose board of directors recently approved the creation of a

Utah Inland Port Authority secures $150 million for public infrastructure

December 30, 2021
The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) has sold its Crossroads Public Infrastructure District Tax Differential bonds, securing $150 million in funding for public infrastructure, the agency said today…

Utah Inland Port Authority secures $150 million for public infrastructure

December 30, 2021
The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) has sold its Crossroads Public Infrastructure District Tax Differential bonds, securing $150 million in funding for public infrastructure, the agency said today…

Crossroads Public Infrastructure District successfully closes bond sale

December 30, 2021
The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) successfully sold its Crossroads Public Infrastructure District Tax Differential bonds, securing $150 million in funding for public infrastructure…

UIPA hopes Oakland pact will help supply chain

December 12, 2021
Hoping to repeat success of an initiative with the Port of Long Beach, the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) is working to forge a similar agreement with the Port of Oakland in hopes of untangling the knots in supply chains…

Opinion: Can Utah help solve the supply chain crisis?

December 10, 2021
The controversial but needed Utah Inland Port can enhance manufacturing in Utah and other Western states, promising to handle exports and imports more efficiently The nation faces a serious supply chain problem just as the holiday shopping season starts. Can Utah provide some help to solve this and other economic problems?