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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Please note that Hurricane Florence is developing into what forecasters believe to be a catastrophic weather event for the US East Coast later this week.\u00a0Hurricane Florence, currently a Category 3 hurricane, is forecasted to evolve into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane prior to US landfall.\u00a0Category 4 hurricanes are both rare and deadly.\u00a0 The last Category 4 hurricane to hit the US East Coast was Hurricane Hugo (over $9.7 billion in damage) in 1989. \u00a0At the time, Hugo was the most expensive storm to ever hit the US. \u00a0The storm is currently expected to make landfall on or around Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Please note that all shipping concerns and ports that are determined to be in harm\u2019s way will be slowing operations and most likely closing as soon as tomorrow.\u00a0Any ocean shipments moving in or out of US East Coast ports will likely be impacted by this storm.\u00a0 In addition, inland operations in North Carolina, Virginia and other potential states in the path of this storm will also likely be impacted with major flooding and severe power outages.\u00a0 Hurricanes are not completely predictable, but the consensus storm tracking guidance appears to be consistent across most computer models, showing landfall somewhere between Norfolk, VA to the North and Charleston, SC to the South (see below from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). RIM\u2019s Corporate logistics center in Chicago, along with our offices in Atlanta and New York, will be working aggressively to move cargo and assets out of the storm\u2019s primary impact zone. In addition, RIM\u2019s Ocean Import and Export operational teams will continue to communicate with our customers to provide the most up-to-date information available.<\/p>\n
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