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US trade war could raise prices, economists say
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau managed to separately negotiate a monthlong pause on Monday with U.S. President Donald J. Trump on a trade war that was scheduled to begin on midnight Tuesday. However, as of late Monday afternoon, the Trump administration was still prepared to impose a 10% tariff on […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Xavier Beale
Beale was promoted to his current position, overseeing the state’s largest industrial employer’s HR and trades department, in 2022. He is a second-generation shipbuilder and joined HII as a pipefitter in 1991, before working in other industries. In 2004, he returned to the shipyard and is vice chair of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development. […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Jeremy Bridges
In 2023, Bridges joined the HRSA, which represents shipping companies in negotiations with International Longshoremen’s Association leaders in Hampton Roads. He previously was vice president of labor relations at CMA-CGM America and worked for the Pacific Maritime Association on the West Coast. A James Madison University alum, he earned certification from the International Association of [&h[...]
Va. Ocean Plan taking shape for 2025
As coastal populations grow and traditional and novel maritime industries increase their use of the Atlantic Ocean, the state government is developing a comprehensive plan to support the coexistence of different uses of the ocean. A group of more than 100 stakeholders — including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Army Corps of Engineers, […]
Mind the gap
Margaret Abrams was studying engineering at Liberty University when she came across an online job advertisement from Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries. HII, Virginia’s largest industrial employer, was offering a $2,500 signing bonus to job candidates who successfully completed a 16-week computer numerical control training at the Navy’s Advanced Training in Defense Manufa[...]
Virginia 500: The 2024-25 Power List
Who are Virginia’s most powerful and influential leaders in business, government, politics and education this year? Find out in the fifth annual edition of the Virginia 500: The 2024-25 Power List. Read more about how we assembled the Virginia 500 from our editor. Executives are listed in alphabetical order by industry. Below you will find links […]
2024 Virginia 500: Transportation
DEVON C. ANDERS PRESIDENT, INTERCHANGE GROUP, MOUNT CRAWFORD MONICA BACKMON CEO, NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, FAIRFAX COUNTY RYAN BANAS ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND HRBT EXPANSION PROJECT DIRECTOR, HNTB, NORFOLK JUDY BARRETT PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TOWNEBANK, NORFOLK P. DALE BENNETT PR[...]
ODU names inaugural director of supply chain/logistics school
Old Dominion University has named Kuntal Bhattacharyya as inaugural director of its new School of Supply Chain, Logistics and Maritime Operations (SSCLMO), the university announced Tuesday. Previously, Bhattacharyya worked as project director of Indiana State University’s Logistics 4.0 Innovation Hub, where students study artificial intelligence, machine learning and the management of logi[...]
Rock and a hard place
The global shipping industry is currently juggling crises taking place more than 7,000 miles apart: Houthi rebels’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea, and a drought that has slashed ship crossings in the Panama Canal. And those came before the East Coast was hit with additional supply chain stresses following the collapse of Baltimore’s […]
Commentary: Navigating risk
After the chaos of the pandemic years, 2023 brought a sense of normalcy and familiar market dynamics. By December, however, the industry was reminded of the fragility of global trade. Low water levels constrained transits at the Panama Canal, and the Suez Canal became virtually impassible by global container carriers due to terrorist attacks. As […]
Watercourse of study
Starting this fall, Old Dominion University students will have a new interdisciplinary school dedicated to maritime work, logistics and supply chain management — an upgrade from an earlier program offered through the Strome College of Business. In September 2023, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved ODU‘s School of Supply Chain, Logistics, […]
Submarine sandwich
Hiring and retaining workers remains a challenge everywhere, but it’s particularly urgent in the submarine-building industry. The Navy is aiming to transform its submarine fleet, with the first nuclear-powered Columbia-class sub primed to arrive in 2028, along with production of more Virginia-class vessels. That’s bringing plenty of work to Newport News Shipbuilding — which is [&hell[...]
