Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo had a sobering message for US makers of chipmaking equipment this week: you’ll need to wait as long as nine months before Washington can reach an accord with US allies over strict new rules aimed at restricting China’s access to certain technologies.

Ethiopian Airlines renews agreement with Travelport International Operations Ltd.

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed a renewed agreement with Travelport International Operations Ltd

SEAWAY NOTICE NO. 22 - 2022: Closing of the 2022 Navigation Season

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | Maritime

C.H. Robinson: Successfully transports superload

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift | Intermodal Project

C.H. Robinson recently reported the successful delivery of compressor train components from Japan to the U.S. Two pieces were imported from Japan and shipped by the ocean on a part charter to the Port of Houston.

Port of Stockton awarded $9.6 million grant for rail upgrade

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $703 million in grant awards for the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), a greater amount than any year in the program’s history.

DHL Express announces annual Price adjustments in the US

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, today announced a 7.9% general average shipment price increase for U.S. account holders that will take effect on January 1, 2023.

U.S. electric-generating capacity for combined-cycle natural gas turbines is growing

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | Energy

Eight new natural gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants have come online or will come online in the United States this year.

South Africa’s Economic Hub plans to scrap loathed freeway tolls

Bloomberg | November 04, 2022 | Intermodal

Spanish flights grounded: Risk of Chinese rocket debris

Bloomberg | November 04, 2022 | Air Cargo

Several Spanish airports grounded flights Friday morning due to the risk of falling debris from a massive Chinese rocket booster that’s headed for an uncontrolled fall through the atmosphere.

Ports & Terminals

AJOT Administrator | November 04, 2022

Port of Oakland Terminals Reopen

The Port of Oakland’s three terminals, Oakland International Container Terminal, Everport and TraPac, which had been subject to a shutdown after International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) walked off the job on Wednesday (November 2, 2022) over an ongoing local contract dispute.

The cost of export freight from Valencia to the far east falls by 22.1% in October

AJOT Newsroom | November 04, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity | Trade Regulation

Singapore Air’s recovery continues with another quarterly profit

Bloomberg | November 04, 2022 | Air Cargo

Singapore Airlines Ltd. posted a second consecutive quarterly profit as it continues to rebuild from the Covid crisis, which saddled it with record losses in 2021.