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PD Ports scoops top health and safety award for third consecutive year

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Ports & Terminals

PD Ports, one of the UK’s major port groups, has gained Gold Status from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its commitment to health and safety excellence for the third consecutive year.

GSBN signs MoU with SABIC, COSCO SHIPPING, Hutchison Ports and PSA to enable paperless trade

Five-way MoU signed at the ICC Future Trade Forum in Singapore set to further drive digitization through the adoption of electronic Bill of Lading

KPI OceanConnect’s innovative “get fueled” trainee program creates global pathway to maritime careers for young talent

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Energy | Alternative | Maritime

• KPI OceanConnect's innovative two-year trader trainee program is designed to cultivate and empower school and college graduates for a career in marine fuel trading. • This program supports the company's commitment to providing pioneering and sustainable solutions to the global shipping industry.

WARP names Nguyen as Chief Technology Officer

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Trucking

Malaysia’s Anwar urges China to reenergize Belt and Road plan

Bloomberg | March 30, 2023 | International Trade

XLP members, Red Wolf Global and Freight Traders transport Zephir 16-300 Lok Shunter

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

The two XLProjects members cooperate to ship heavy equipment from South Africa to New Zealand.

17 companies join action to make shipping more sustainable with biofuel

17 companies will together save 2023 tonnes of CO2 this year by providing several vessels owned by shipping company Samskip with biofuel.

JAS welcomes new global CIO to drive technology innovation

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Shipping Technology | People | Appointments

Airwayz facilitates Dutch Ministry visit to Israeli CAA

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

Dynamic UTM/USSP specialist, Airwayz, enjoyed its part in a visit over the last two days from the Dutch CAA and Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), the Dutch National police, the Dutch ANSP: LVNL, the Port of Rotterdam and NLR (Dutch Aerospace Centre) to the Ayalon Highways Control Centre in Haifa - the commercial arm of the ministry of transportation of Israel.

Lufthansa Cargo and cargo.one upgrade to strategic partnership

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

• Expansion of cooperation in the area of digital services adding bookability to a further 59 countries to now total 75 worldwide • cargo.one provides all live available offers for general cargo, passive pharma goods and perishables in at least two speeds • Customers benefit from efficient search, comparison and booking processes

Carl Marks Advisors facilitates successful refinancing for Florida Marine Transporters

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Maritime | Bulk

Ports & Terminals

SeaPort Manatee | March 30, 2023

Oceanus Line service links Florida’s SeaPort Manatee, Texas’ Port Freeport with key ports of Mexico, Colombia

A new direct liner service of Oceanus Line is now providing an efficient all-water link between key seaports of Mexico and Colombia and the dynamic U.S. ports of SeaPort Manatee on the Florida Gulf Coast and Port Freeport on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Commerce Park II – rail site receives CSX select site designation

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Intermodal | Rail

Drewry World Container Index - 30 Mar

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased by 2% to $1,716.85 per 40ft container this week.

Sunak sees Brexit boost as UK nears Indo-Pacific trade bloc deal

Bloomberg | March 30, 2023 | International Trade

In 2022, U.S. crude oil exports increased to a new record, 3.6 million barrels a day

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Energy

In 2022, U.S. crude oil exports averaged 3.6 million barrels per day (b/d), a record high according to export data that has been collected since 1920. U.S. crude oil exports in 2022 were 22% (640,000 b/d) higher than in 2021.

Gross Domestic Product, fourth quarter and year 2022 (third estimate), GDP by industry and corporate profits

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | International Trade

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 3.2 percent.

Global inflationary trends influence patterns of cargo crime

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Maritime | Ports & Terminals | Trucking

The latest Annual Cargo Theft Report for 2022 from partners TT Club, TAPA EMEA and BSI SCREEN Intelligence shows an overall decline in global incidents over the previous year but with increasing emphasis on basic goods, food and beverages, fuel and auto parts linked to the inflationary effect on the value of such items. Theft of high value electronics remains constant.

Antwerp Terminal Services (ATS) and CMB.TECH launch world’s first hydrogen dual fuel straddle carrier

Antwerp Terminal Services (ATS), a joint venture between MSC PSA Europe Terminal (MPET) and PSA Antwerp (PSAA), today officially launched the world’s first H2 dual fuel straddle carrier in the Port of Antwerp during a brief ceremony.

Leschaco to open 29,000 sqm chemical logistics center in Moerdijk, Netherlands

AJOT Newsroom | March 30, 2023 | Logistics | Maritime | Bulk

Following the opening of a new chemicals and dangerous goods warehouse in Malaysia last year, Leschaco has now signed a lease with industrial land developer DHG (David Hart Group) developing a new ADR warehouse facility in Moerdijk, Netherlands.

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