Webinar: Washington 55 Day Update – Seaport Outlook, Legislative & Budget Update/Outlook

GLDPartners will again host a webinar in its Washington Outlook Series about topics that are timely & pertinent to the firm's client's and friends about market trends, policy and project finance concerning transportation, logistics, supply chain, infrastructure finance and economic development. This timely web briefing will be held on March 8th at 2PM EST and the topic will be: Update at the 50 Day Mark - A Legislative and Budget Outlook for US Seaports.

By |2019-06-14T11:04:05-07:00January 23rd, 2017|Blog, Uncategorized|

GLDPartners Visits Sheridan Wyoming

Early in December GLDPartners visited Sheridan Wyoming to collaborate with the economic development entity Forward Sheridan and its community partners to assess the Sheridan economic development investment attraction opportunity, particularly in terms of tech-related manufacturing.

By |2017-01-06T14:09:13-07:00January 6th, 2017|Blog, Uncategorized|

ANC: Holiday Global Air Cargo Hub – USA Today

This is a very important place in the global air cargo system and one that we feel will become more important over the next decade. Recognizing some quite important supply chain advantages as a result of shifts in markets, sourcing patterns, regulatory issues, GLDPartners is working at ANC with the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation and the Airport (which is owned by the State of Alaska) to develop the Airport area to be a strategic supply chain/value-add manufacturing center. Called the Alaska AeroNexus, we are projecting that ANC's connectivity to major Asian and North America markets is creating a natural supply chain point for bidirectional shipping in sectors like pharma, electronics, and automotive components especially the burgeoning autotech sector. We are working with corporate supply chain leaders in these areas now about an Alaska presence. We are also in serious discussions with various 3PLs about the specific business offer for Alaska as a specialized product for their customers.

By |2019-06-14T11:04:05-07:00December 11th, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|

GLDPartners Announces Brendan Dugan Joins Firm As Maritime Projects Associate

GLDPartners is enthused to announce that Brendan Dugan has joined the firm as Associate for Maritime Projects. Brendan has had a highly distinguished career in senior positions in the seaports and terminal management businesses. For the firm, Brendan will manage a variety of projects, including seaport strategy, inland port development and revenue development and will be involved in infrastructure project financing,

By |2019-06-14T11:04:06-07:00November 21st, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|

Post-Election Review on US Transportation and Economic Development

Yesterday, GLDPartners held a national webinar entitled Post-Election Federal Briefing on Transportation and Economic Development GLDPartners Webinar: Post-Election Briefing on Transportation and Economic Development. This was the first in a series of programs that the firm will produce for our clients and friends to monitor direction of the incoming US Administration as related to our project focus - which is the intersection of infrastructure, transportation and economic development. The next webinar on this subject will be held on February 15, 2017 where we'll review the new Administration's evolution in both policy and budget that will impact infrastructure and economic development projects related to freight, airports, seaports, railroads and multimodal freight movements.

By |2019-06-14T11:04:07-07:00November 16th, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|

Nissan to make new car models in UK as economy defies Brexit fears

We've been following Brexit on behalf of our clients quite closely as the posture and actions of the UK government over the next months will shape a new playing field for many businesses. It's true that UK economic growth this last quarter held fairly strong but we must also note that figures were down from the previous quarter. The fact of the matter is that there will be some very fundamental decisions made in the remainder of 2016 and in 2017, first in political terms within the UK and then in negotiation with the EU - that will clearly be quite consequential to a wide range of businesses who trade within Europe.

By |2019-06-14T11:04:08-07:00October 30th, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|

Evolving Automotive Supply Chain Requirements: New Logistics Solutions & Opportunities

The article below details how Kia has refined its parts supply systems  to its manufacturing facilities in Georgia and Alabama.  Essentially they are using rail to move containers from the Port of Savannah, to a mid-point rail terminal, holding product there until needed into its sequencing centers that directly feed production lines as they require. [...]

By |2019-06-14T11:04:08-07:00October 27th, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|

Aerospace Consolidation Continues

The WSJ is reporting that Rockwell Collins Inc. has entered into an agreement to buy B/E Aerospace Inc. for 6.4 billion. This acquisition will unite two of the global aerospace industry’s largest suppliers. Today, aerospace is a highly concentrated industry, dominated by a small number of large firms that are supported by a large number of smaller contractors. Consolidation is now the norm for aerospace providers. The sector is a capital intensive and high-value added industry. Profitability depends a great deal on technical expertise, innovation and the ability to accurately price long-term contracts for programs that may take years to design, develop and build.

By |2019-06-14T11:04:09-07:00October 24th, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|

Getting It Right: Autonomous Vehicle Tech & Regulation in a Critical Period

Real world field testing and development is vitally important to the evolution of the automotive sector which represents an enormous component of the global economy and fundamentally there needs to be a common framework for carmakers and their technology partners. If North America, Europe and Asia can get their individual acts together in terms of the underlying regulatory structure for next-generation ground mobility the largest supply chain in the world would be unleashed to create vast new levels of economic activity.

By |2019-06-14T11:04:09-07:00October 24th, 2016|Blog, Uncategorized|
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