Utah’s Inland Port Authority has made a major deal they hope will help solve some of the supply chain crisis. Executive Director Jack Hedge joins Boyd to talk about how they’re working with the big ports in California and what that means for Utah…

Only 10% of cargo in intermountain west moves by rail now Step will remove blocks of containers from clogged port area Port authorities in California and Utah have partnered with Union Pacific Corp. to move more cargo by rail, a step toward alleviating record supply-chain logjams plaguing the U.S.’s biggest maritime hubs on the West Coast…

Containers will be moved to inland facility by Union Pacific for regional truck distribution The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday launched a modified inland port project with the state of Utah to help convert containers normally headed to the Mountain West region by truck to rail in an effort to push out cargo faster and reduce backlogs that have

The Utah Inland Port Authority announced a partnership Wednesday it says will help reduce supply chain congestion…

SALT LAKE CITY — Store shelves are emptying, ports are backed up, the holiday shopping season is approaching. The global supply-chain mess is likely to get messier before it gets better, says a Utah import/export specialist, Miles Hansen, president and CEO of World Trade Center Utah. He added the global supply-chain crisis highlights the importance of Utah’s inland port and

SALT LAKE CITY — Businesses across the country, including here in Utah, are looking for ways to bypass the ongoing global supply chain problems.  Is there an easy solution? The simple answer is there is not an easy solution to this complicated series of complex problems. Clear as mud, right?  Groups like the World Trade Center Utah, the Salt Lake Chamber, and Utah Inland

SALT LAKE CITY — As a trailer holding a hydrogen-power generator remained open parked next to the steps of the Utah Capitol, an attendee of a Utah event highlighting the future of the alternative fuel sources peered in to see how it worked. “This is impressive,” he muttered, staring at one of the hydrogen storage devices inside the trailer…

Lori Ann LaRocco sits down with Andrew Scott, CEO of QuayChain and Jack Hedge, executive director for the Utah Inland Port Authority on their partnership in building out the first private supply chain LTE/5G network.

‘Black holes’ inhibit real-time tracking of goods DETAILS: Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts. These dead spots not only leave a nation open to trade terrorism, they also inhibit the real-time tracking of trade, lost containers and damaged containers.  SPEAKERS: Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC senior editor of guests and a FreightWaves contributor; Jack Hedge, executive director of the

Leaders of the Utah Inland Port Authority say their proposed $150 million bonds may go toward about a half-dozen transportation projects aimed at increasing production of the growing inland port…

The dirty little secret is that dead spots are plaguing the flow of trade The fight for a slice of the transportation bill pie is as fierce as a Florentine gladiator match. Lobbyists are doing their best to grab a nibble of this behemoth bill. The drama by some members of Congress wringing their hands and pounding their fists that

The global supply chain is in the midst of “a perfect storm,” according to one local expert, with delays in the movement of goods causing headaches for both importers and exporters and, ultimately, consumers. “We continue to have unprecedented levels of goods moving, particularly in the trans-Pacific routes but also the rest of the world, and the system continues to