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Hyundai debuts air taxi ahead of test flights later this year

Bloomberg | January 10, 2024 | Air Cargo | Technology

Hyundai Motor Group aims to begin initial test flights of its electric air taxi by the end of the year as the world’s third-largest carmaker joins the race to develop the next generation of transport.

Russia’s oil drilling boom proves Moscow’s resilience to Western sanctions

Bloomberg | January 10, 2024 | Energy | International Trade

Russia was on pace for a second year of record oil drilling in 2023, further evidence of the nation’s resilience to Western sanctions.

Statement on the Department of Labor’s final rule to force reclassification of independent drivers

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Trucking

Deutsche Bahn loses court bid to stop train-drivers’ strike

Bloomberg | January 09, 2024 | Intermodal | Rail

Boeing CEO Calhoun to press safety message at all-hands meeting

Bloomberg | January 09, 2024 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun will call on Boeing Co. workers to focus on safety as the top priority at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday, as senior leaders stress the need for staff to work to a high standard following last week’s fuselage blowout on a 737 Max 9 aircraft.

Flyers on Mexico’s new airline have some planes all to themselves

Bloomberg | January 09, 2024 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Ports of Indiana completing $1.2 million in infrastructure projects at Mount Vernon port

Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon is nearing completion of $1.2 million in infrastructure improvement projects launched in 2023.

US trade deficit unexpectedly narrows as services surplus rises

Bloomberg | January 09, 2024 | International Trade

The US trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in November, driven by a pickup in services exports and a slight decline in imports of merchandise.

Heller Industrial Parks retains JLL to lease recently completed 670K-SF logistics facility in New Jersey’s regional distribution corridor

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Logistics

30 Sigle Lane is the only immediately available industrial property of its size in the NJ Turnpike Exit 8A submarket

Alpargatas fills and distributes 1,500 orders a day with Mecalux storage solutions

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Logistics

• Mecalux equips two Alpargatas logistics facilities — one dedicated to the production lines and the other to distribution — with semi-automated and conventional storage solutions. • The warehouses, in Santa Rita and Campina Grande, Brazil, satisfy market needs, shipping 1,500 daily orders domestically and abroad.

LNG export projects at risk as Biden mulls climate impacts

Bloomberg | January 09, 2024 | Energy

The Biden administration is reevaluating the climate criteria it uses when approving new liquefied natural gas export facilities in a move that has the potential to stall pending projects as the 2024 election nears.

Tompkins Solutions names Teeling account executive

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Logistics | People | Appointments

Tompkins Solutions, a leading supply chain consulting and material handling integration firm, today announced that Quinntin Teeling has joined the company as account executive.

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services adds Casablanca as its 35th freighter destination in Africa

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Exwayz unveils Exwayz 3D Mapping, the first city-scale mapping software to allow robot navigation in limitless environments

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Shipping Technology | Trucking

Exwayz 3D Mapping (3DM) can process the raw data of any LiDAR sensor and fuse it with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data for creating centimeter-accurate 3D maps of wide environments such as cities or industrial areas. It’s the only pathfinder autonomous robots need to become truly autonomous, wherever they are!

Seamless movement of 168 windmill blades in India by EXG

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

Express Global Logistics (EXG), a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, achieved yet another milestone through flawlessly execution of 168 windmill blades.

ZIM announces agreement with Hoopo Systems to deploy Hoopo’s Tracking Devices on ZIM’s dry-van container fleet

AJOT Newsroom | January 09, 2024 | Maritime | Technology

• The deployment of hoopoSense Solar cutting-edge, robust, and cost-efficient trackers on a large scale puts ZIM at the forefront of technological innovation in this field. • ZIM’s Smart Container powered by Hoopo is designed to improve supply chain management with highly durable, safe, and power-efficient tracking solution.

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