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Maersk logistics chief sees bumpy West Coast labor process ahead

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Contract-renewal talks for about 15,000 workers at the U.S.’s busiest ports on the West Coast are going to be a “bumpy process” amid the protracted congestion affecting those operations, according to the head logistics at A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container liner.

Russia oil-shipping woes stretch to sixth day on wary owners

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | Energy | Maritime | Bulk

Russia’s challenges getting its oil exported stretched into a sixth day as tanker companies continue to fret that their ships could get ensnared if Moscow were to be hit with fresh sanctions following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Urgent special coated pipes from India to Thailand

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

Total Movements, member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India reported about a project with a big challenge for their experts right from the start. The customer, a global EPC company, had to get a shipload of concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes from India to Thailand in a time-bound manner and within a specific budget. 

Xeneta container rates alert: long-term ocean freight rates on the rise again, as demand, congestion and geopolitical uncertainty squeeze shippers

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

GTT, Alwena Shipping and CHI Zhoushan receive Approval in Principle from Bureau Veritas for a new retrofit concept combining LNG fuel conversion and vessel jumboization

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Energy | Maritime | Liner Shipping

During a ceremony at Bureau Veritas (BV) headquarters based in Paris La Défense, GTT, a technological expert in membrane containment systems, Alwena Shipping, a naval consultancy and engineering firm, and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd (CHI Zhoushan) shipyard, have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for a new concept, combining LNG retrofit and jumboization, applied to large container ships.

IBA outlines Ukraine impact on aviation sector

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Steerprop Care online monitoring to enhance the reliability of three platform supply vessels

Industrial News Service | March 01, 2022 | Maritime

Steerprop has signed a five-year contract with Siem Offshore regarding the propulsion monitoring service Steerprop Care Premium for three of the Norway-based offshore vessel company’s platform supply ships.

China spy think tank advising Xi predicts Russia sanctions will backfire

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity

Russian vodka boycott goes global to punish Putin for war

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | International Trade

An international boycott of Russian vodka is building from the U.S. to Australia as politicians and corporations signal their opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine by targeting one of his country’s most iconic products.

New York Harbor welcomes new pilot boat; Sandy Hook Pilots open a new era of safe navigation

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

This month, the Sandy Hook Pilots Association welcomed its new Pilot Station Boat NEW YORK, a converted Oil Spill Response Vessel (OSRV), which, at 208 feet long, is the largest in the Sandy Hook Pilots fleet.

In cooperation with Air Europa: time:matters expands sameday air service offering

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

DB Schenker is driving warehouse automation in Sweden

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Logistics | Shipping Technology

• DB Schenker has implemented AutoStore in order to optimize logistics solutions for e-commerce customers • Logistics center in Gothenburg offers unique flexibility for sustainable omnichannel solutions

Shunned Russian oil may be grabbed by hungry Chinese buyers

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | Energy

Combi Lift expands business and sets up new hub in Houston

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Ports & Terminals | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

German heavy lift and project logistics expert Combi Lift extends its presence in the Americas, opening a new office in Houston, Texas. Combi Lift Americas LLC is led by Grant Wattman.

SEA-LNG widens skill base as Newport Shipping joins coalition

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Energy | Maritime | Bulk

SEA-LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s beneﬁts as a viable marine fuel, today announces the membership of Newport Shipping UK LLP, the specialist providers of comprehensive dry-docking, retrofit, repair and conversions services.

United still flying over Russia after US peers shift routes

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

TAROM signs for Traxon cargoHUB and renews to for Cargospot suite

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Air Cargo | Technology

Dimerco expands to Phoenix, AZ, USA with completion of joint venture agreement with Phoenix-based BC Logistics

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Logistics

Dimerco, a world-leading logistics and freight transportation company, has expanded its US freight forwarding network to Phoenix with the completion of its investment in Phoenix-based BC Logistics.

Maritime

Bloomberg | March 01, 2022

Russia gets cut off from world trade as shippers halt cargoes

Almost half of the world’s container ships will no longer go to and from Russia, roiling trade in everything from food and metals to clothes and electronic goods.

Mace, Comtech and SYSTRA awarded delivery partner contract for largest transit infrastructure program in Canadian history

AJOT Newsroom | March 01, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Mace, Comtech and SYSTRA, working as the MCS consortium, have announced it has been awarded the contract of Program Delivery Partner to support Metrolinx’s GO Expansion program. MCS will establish a program level management regime to integrate all aspects of the GO Expansion program through the development, implementation and continuous improvement of program-wide systems, processes and procedures in order to support ‘Best for Program’ decision making, subject to Metrolinx’s governance, policies and procedures.

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