** Special Alert - Illinois River ** 2025 Illinois River 55-Day Closure of Lockport Lock (14 Jan 2025 through 11 March 2025, mile 291) Contact The Mercury Group for integrated rail / transload / truck freight alternatives to reach areas where barge freight wont be available during the closure! Per Navigation Notice #206022 from the US Army Corps of Engineers, the complete and total closure of the Lockport Lock at mile 291 will begin January 14 and remain closed until March 11. Marine operations on the Illinois River will be severely impacted by this closure. This closure directly affects all ports in the “Chicagoland” area: Chicago, Lemont, Romeoville, Willow Springs, Alsip, Blue Island, Lake Calumet, Whiting, Gary, Argo, etc. #illinoisriver #barge #railfreight #railroads #supplychain #logistics #metals #steel #commodities #energy #agriculture #trade #commerce #mississippiriver #transportation #maritime #freight #chicago #illinois #indiana #neworleans CSX Norfolk Southern Union Pacific Railroad CPKC BNSF Railway Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Port of New Orleans New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) CN
About us
The Mercury Group is a supply chain management & consulting firm specializing in global commodity supply chain, collateral / finance management, along with physical inspection, survey and audit services. Mercury's team has extensive experience in many commodity sectors and provides bespoke services for producers, mining companies, trading companies, banks and funds involved in commodity trade.
- Industry
- Truck Transportation
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- Consulting, Commodity Trade, Supply Chain Management, Maritime , Logistics, Trucking, Ocean Freight, Barge Freight, and Rail Freight
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U.S. Importers Are Pulling in Goods Early as Possible Port Strike Draws Closer Retailers and manufacturers are rushing in merchandise and pushing shipments to other gateways as walkouts on the East and Gulf Coasts grow more likely The Wall Street Journal Paul Berger U.S. importers are rushing in millions of dollars’ worth of electronics, holiday goods and industrial materials to get ahead of a possible strike by dockworkers in less than two weeks that threatens to lock down major ports and hammer the American economy. The drive has gained urgency as a walkout by 45,000 dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas has grown more likely, swamping West Coast ports with big cargo volumes as companies redraw their supply chains to get away from the looming labor turmoil. #ports #labor #longshoremen #maritime #shipping #trade #logistics #supplychain #transportation #strike
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The HC Commodities Podcast | Ep 217 | Coffee with Charlie Stephens 🔊 Listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/drYQn-XT A commodity close to many of our hearts, but how does it end up in our mugs? Where is it grown, how is it processed and who trades it? How do the derivative contracts work and what might the future hold as climate, geopolitics and consumer tastes evolve? Discussing these issues with Paul Chapman is Charlie Stephens, President of Amarella café, an independent speciality coffee trader in the Americas. Still in his twenties, Charlie also shares his story of how he launched his own trading company. 🎙Apple: https://lnkd.in/dVunjW5H 🎙Spotify: https://lnkd.in/de5BvPpz #Commodities #CommodityTrading #CoffeeTrader #Coffee #HCCommoditiesPodcast HC Group is a global search firm dedicated to the energy and commodities markets. Learn more about our Agriculture & Nutrition Talent Practice: https://lnkd.in/esvEnGXs
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Rubio leads call to reimpose Trump steel tariffs on Mexico The Hill Rafael Bernal A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Biden to reinstate duties on Mexican steel to guard against Chinese backdoor access to the U.S. market. In a letter led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the lawmakers ask Biden to set a 25 percent tariff on all Mexican steel imports, following a 2019 agreement that slashed those tariffs but left the option open to reimpose them if one country’s production surged. #steel #metals #tariffs #government #politics #trade #globaltrade #china #markets #commodities
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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 the nickel market took fright about the potential for sanctions on Norilsk Nickel, a big supplier of Class I refined metal to the Western market. The resulting monster rally culminated in the meltdown of the London nickel contract. Fast forward two years and Russian president Vladimir Putin's suggestion that Russia could cap exports has been greeted with a collective shrug. That tells you how dramatically the nickel landscape has changed in the interim period. Nickel market no longer afraid of losing Russian supply: https://lnkd.in/eyrb3XCm
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US efforts to become a leader in the global energy transition are being undermined by record exports of thermal coal: US ships record volumes of thermal coal to Africa - https://lnkd.in/gVnHbWC7
US ships record volumes of thermal coal to Africa
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