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GEODIS to hire 5,000 seasonal workers for peak season

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2022 | Logistics

Leading global transport and logistics provider GEODIS plans to hire approximately 5,000 seasonal workers across its campuses in the U.S. and Canada for peak season. The company is increasing its workforce to strengthen its warehousing and distribution center capabilities to prepare for the holiday season.

Chinese airlines suffer billions in losses during Covid-19 pandemic

Bloomberg | August 30, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

LNG giant Cheniere eyes expansion of gas-export complex in Texas

Bloomberg | August 30, 2022 | Energy | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

Cheniere Energy Inc., the biggest US exporter of liquefied natural gas, wants to expand its complex on the Texas coast, according to a regulatory filing.

Exiger acquires Supply Dynamics to create first end-to-end supply chain visibility and supplier risk management solution

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2022 | Shipping Technology

Intermodal

Bloomberg | August 30, 2022

US freight railroads reach tentative deals with three unions

A group of large US freight railroads has reached tentative agreements with unions representing more than 15,000 workers, a step to avoid a widespread strike after years of failed labor talks.

DNV awards AiP for green ammonia floating production unit developed by H2 Carrier

An industrial scale concept for a floating production unit to produce green ammonia at sea has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, affirming the technical feasibility of the design.

Ports & Terminals

Bloomberg | August 30, 2022

The container ship backlog outside Los Angeles ports is almost cleared

The number of container ships headed for the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach -- a traffic jam that once symbolized American consumer vigor during the pandemic -- declined to the lowest level since the bottleneck started to build two years ago.

Intermodal

Bloomberg | August 30, 2022

With Abbott’s border crackdown, New Mexico looks to take Texas trade with new port

Twenty-five miles west of El Paso, in an unincorporated slice of the Chihuahuan desert where shipping containers outnumber humans, New Mexico is working to turn a quiet border crossing into an international port that rivals anything Texas has to offer.

Tompkins Solutions receives top integrator partner award from Wynright Corporation

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2022 | Logistics

Keller Trucking optimizes customer experience with Orange EV electric yard trucks

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Offering all-electric spotters allows Keller Trucking to further streamline customers’ back-end business while increasing sustainability and safety

First Solar spending $1.2 billion on US plants after climate law

Bloomberg | August 30, 2022 | Energy | Alternative

Volatus Aerospace with Integrated FlightOps OS awarded Canada’s first BVLOS certification

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2022 | Air Cargo | Technology

Using the FlightOps Ltd. multi-drone operating system (OS), Volatus Aerospace is the first company in Canada to receive a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC), which allows drone operations without a visual observer.

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