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AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024

MSC rotation change USA to SAEC String 1 service

MSC is planning to adjust the port rotation of its USA to SAEC String I service.

Construction associations back state challenge to federal rule that diverts infrastructure resources from vital projects

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Trucking

FTR reports U.S. trailer net orders began 2024 by dropping 34% to 15,518 units

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Trucking

Green shipping: New supply system for methanol improves safety and saves energy

The Danish company Eltronic FuelTech is now the first in the industry to offer equipment for supplying fuel from tanks to engines on methanol-powered ships. This can save shipping companies both money as well as energy while enhancing safety.

KR verifies HMM’s greenhouse gas reduction calculation methodology

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Green Shipping | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Bulk transportation provider replaces legacy TMS with the BeyondTrucks unified platform

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Shipping Technology | Trucking

Modern Transportation chooses BeyondTrucks for cloud-based TMS transformation

Tompkins Solutions names Leavengood Senior VP of Sales

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Logistics | People | Appointments

Tompkins Solutions, a leading supply chain consulting and material handling integration firm, today announced that Steven Leavengood has joined the company as senior vice president of sales.

Inspectorio launches supply chain management platform powered by AI

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Shipping Technology

Ecotape increases exports by 30% using Descartes’ global trade intelligence solution

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Shipping Technology

California Ports advocate for continued partnership with State policymakers as competition from Eastern and Gulf Coast ports rises

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Ports & Terminals

Logistics

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024

CenterPoint closes on portfolio in LA’s South Bay submarket

CenterPoint Properties has completed a four-building portfolio acquisition in the country’s preeminent port-proximate industrial submarket, South Bay, near the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

Sulmara transforming leading high-spec offshore vessel to suit renewables market after agreeing multi-year charter

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Green Shipping | Maritime | Technology

Subsea specialist Sulmara has made its biggest commitment yet to the renewable energy industry after signing a three-year deal with Atlantic Offshore to charter the 67m DPII multi-purpose support vessel Ocean Marlin.

Rail traffic for the week ending February 21, 2024

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Intermodal | Rail

Vienna Airport and Korean Air lift their partnership to a new level

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Air Cargo | Airports

Expanded collaboration to increase air cargo traffic

Mozambique port critical to chrome exports gets upgraded railway link

Bloomberg | February 21, 2024 | Intermodal | Rail | Ports & Terminals

The biggest port in Mozambique that’s become a key hub for global chrome exports will upgrade a railway link, bolstering a planned $2-billion capacity expansion.

Scotland’s fuel binge offers glimpse of future without refinery

Bloomberg | February 21, 2024 | Energy | Logistics

XLP members excel in complex shipment from Germany to Honduras

AJOT Newsroom | February 21, 2024 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

Industrial Projects Department from Intermodal Forwarding, Spain, is working on the construction of a ThermoElectric Plant in Honduras, shipping cargo from several origins worldwide among which there are plenty Heavy/project cargo pieces.