Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

CombiLift celebrates 25th anniversary with five new products, a milestone achievement… and dancing forklifts

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Logistics | Shipping Technology

On September 25th, 2023, Combilift, the Ireland based manufacturer of multidirectional forklifts, straddle carriers and other lifting devices, celebrated its 25th anniversary by introducing five new products and hitting a milestone of 80,000 vehicles.

Dachser streamlines ocean shipment booking with integration between Hapag-Lloyd spot rates and Descartes rate management solution

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Logistics | Maritime | Technology

Virgin Atlantic plans 100% SAF-fueled transatlantic flight – another step in the right direction

Kerry Logistics teams up with EC Healthcare to provide integrated medical logistics management services

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Logistics

Kerry Logistics Network Limited (‘Kerry Logistics Network’, ‘KLN’) has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with EC Healthcare, Hong Kong’s largest publicly listed non-hospital medical service provider, to provide a comprehensive suite of integrated medical logistics management services. The companies held an agreement signing ceremony in Hong Kong on 24 November 2023.

Drewry Port throughput indices for November 2023

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Ports & Terminals

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of calendar adjusted volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 340 ports worldwide, representing over 80% of global volumes.

Singapore’s Changi Airport tests AI security screening to cut time, ST reports

Bloomberg | November 27, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Evidence suggests synthetic EALs behind shaft seal failures

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Maritime

Seawater-lubricated bearings pioneer Thordon Bearings has welcomed the publication of Gard’s latest research into the potential hidden costs of synthetic Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs).

Transportation Market Outlook 2024

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Trucking

Lhyfe won the call for expressions of interest of Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port (France) for the development of a green hydrogen production site

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Energy | Alternative | Ports & Terminals

Rail Vision announces third quarter 2023 financial results

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Atlas Air Worldwide appoints Gonopolskiy Executive VP and CFO

Multimodal Movement from India for airside infrastructure project in South America

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Project / Heavy Lift | Intermodal Project

Total Movements, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, successfully executed a door-to-port movement of 8 pieces total 1200 freight tons of ODCs from the supplier's works in India to the designated discharge port.

Sustainable Fitch: Shipping sector’s net-zero transition held back by lack of mature alternative fuels

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Energy | Alternative | Green Shipping

Shipping companies’ decarbonisation transition pathways remain unclear amid alternative fuel uncertainty, Sustainable Fitch says in a new report.

12th Annual Port Freeport Golf Tournament aelivers all-time record proceeds

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Ports & Terminals

During the November 16th meeting, the Port Freeport Commission and staff presented a check in the amount of $84,000 from the proceeds of the 12th Annual Port Freeport Golf Tournament to Chris Moore, Director of Texas Port Ministry (TPM).

Ireland’s premier GSSA, IAM, joins ECS Group

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Qatar Airways Cargo and IATA successfully conclude One Record Hackathon in Qatar

AJOT Newsroom | November 27, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Qatar Airways Cargo and IATA proudly concluded the first ever One Record Hackathon in the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar on Sunday 26 November.

Trax appoints new CRO Strogis

Trax Technologies | November 27, 2023 | Shipping Technology | People | Appointments

-Trax Welcomes Sales Leader to Ignite Go-To-Market Strategy and Drive Business Growth-

VEDS: Voith technology powers first H2 truck to be serially produced in Germany

Since the beginning of 2023, the heavy duty version of the Voith Electrical Drive System (VEDS) has been an integral part of the first H2 truck (FCEV) to be built in Germany: the Paul Hydrogen Power Truck (PH2P).