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How an inland port in Utah could help with the shipping crisis; warehouses and e-commerce with ShipHero; Nikola vs. Tesla lawsuit and more

Dozens of shipping containers stuck at the Port of Long Beach could soon be headed to Utah by train. Its part of a solution put forward by the Inland Port Authority and Union Pacific to relieve the cargo ship bottleneck that has disrupted the countrys supply chain.\n

The Port of Long Beach is trying to innovate its way out of container gridlock. The latest move is regular shuttle trains to Utah to reduce less efficient truck moves.

Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts, inhibiting the real-time tracking of trade flows.

KUER A Utah Senate committee passed a bill Monday to distribute funds for the state’s inland port project. The main port will be located on the northwest side of Salt Lake County, but the port authority plans to create “satellite ports” throughout the state. For the past three years, the Utah Legislature has made tweaks to the state’s inland port project. This year’s bill, which passed a Senate committee Monday morning, creates a "bank" to distribute $75 million in loans for inland p...

SALT LAKE CITY — Its full steam ahead for another Utah Inland Port Authority bill filed late in the Utah Legislatures general session, this year to create a funding mechanism for low-interest loans for rural port projects. Even though dozens of public speakers lined up both online and in person on Utahs Capitol Hill Monday — filling the Senate committee rooms limited capacity due to COVID-19 and multiple overflow rooms — the committees chairman, Sen. Daniel Thatcher, allowed less than 15 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — With just one week of the state Legislatures 2021 session to go, lawmakers dropped a big bill that could have major implications for the Utah Inland Port Authority. House lawmakers, while putting final touches on the state budget, announced Friday a big chunk of cash — $75 million — would be set aside in a newly created state "bank" that could be used to fund loans for the port authority. SB243 creates what House Majority Leader Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, called "infrast...