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GE wins wind turbine fight at US agency against Siemens Gamesa

Bloomberg | January 18, 2022 | Energy | Alternative | International Trade

General Electric Co. won a partial victory its bid to use a U.S. trade agency to hobble Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA’s wind business in the U.S. for the next year.

Metrans takes over logistics company CL Europort in Malaszewicze: Railway network grows to the east

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

KBR awarded engineering contract for Woodside’s H2OK Project

Rise in differing cargo theft types driven by conditions at congested US ports

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Third quarter cargo theft data in the US shows storage facilities targeted in 45% of reported cases; up from 20% of recorded cases in the same quarter in 2020. Fall in hijacking and robbery of vehicles from 67% to just 25% this year coincidental with rise in theft of cargo units in unsecured storage areas. Congestion throughout the supply chain but particularly in and around ports is a significant contributory factor to this diversification of theft types.

Trucker Tools integrates with AirIQ to expand real-time shipment visibility

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

AirIQ is the latest provider of electronic logging device (ELD) solutions to join Trucker Tools Smart Capacity® platform, expanding access to real-time tracking data from ELDs

Trucker vaccine rule is making freight and fruit pricier

Bloomberg | January 18, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

New rules requiring truckers to show proof of vaccination when crossing the Canada-U.S. border are cutting into shipping capacity and boosting the cost of hauling everything from broccoli to tomatoes.

New renewable power plants are reducing US electricity generation from natural gas

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers

In our January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. The forecast share of generation for U.S. non-hydropower renewable sources, including solar and wind, grows from 13% in 2021 to 17% in 2023. We forecast that the share of generation from natural gas will fall from 37% in 2021 to 34% by 2023 and the coal share will decline from 23% to 22%.

ZIM announces new chartering agreement for three 7,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessels

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Bok Seng Logistics PTE LTD Singapore takes delivery of two Goldhofer MPA 8 semitrailers

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

For the first time in the company’s history, Bok Seng recently decided to invest in a transport solution from Goldhofer, and the two 8-axle »MPA« semitrailers have now been delivered. Bok Seng specifically chose the »MPA« version because of the advantages of the low-maintenance axle technology in combination with a high axle load and the extremely low loading height.

van der Walt joins Nexshore’s Advisory Board

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Air Cargo | Technology

Nexshore, which powers the ‘OneRecord’ air cargo logistics data-sharing platform, has appointed Lionel van der Walt, Global Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of PayCargo, LLC to its Advisory Board.

TransImpact acquires forecasting and demand planning software company

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Shipping Technology

The Crown Estate welcomes ScotWind announcement

Realterm acquires highly functional final mile warehouse in Austin

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Logistics

US, U.K. poised for talks to resolve dispute on metals tariffs

Bloomberg | January 18, 2022 | International Trade | Commodity

CenterPoint acquires $1.7B in ’21, vows to remain aggressive

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2022 | Logistics

Executives at CenterPoint Properties are bullish on their prospects to sustain the company’s record-setting investment clip after notching 30 new investments in 2021. One of the nation’s most ambitious industrial real estate firms invested more than $1.7 billion to acquire 35 properties in six of its target markets coast-to-coast: Southern California, New York/New Jersey, Oakland, Miami, Texas, and Savannah. CenterPoint added more than 5.5 million square feet and almost 400 acres to a portfolio that now stands at 66.4 million square feet and 312 buildings nationwide.

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