Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

New flight from ATRAN Airlines guarantees stable connection between Xi’an and Cologne

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

ATRAN Airlines, the all-cargo carrier with the fleet of Boeing 737 freighters within Volga-Dnepr Group, introduced a freighter call to connect Xi’an (China) and Cologne (Germany).

Wabash National enhances new capacity with increased supply certainty

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Intermodal

Eurotransit orders Konecranes RMGs for new intermodal terminal in Kazakhstan

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

Eurotransit Group of Companies (Eurotransit) in Kazakhstan has ordered two Konecranes Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for its new intermodal terminal under construction in Dostyk, near the border with China. The order was booked in August 2021 and the cranes will be delivered in Q4 2022.

SC&RA announces 2021 Hauling Job of the Year winners

Retail imports near record pace despite port congestion as holiday season begins

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Transportation Institute appoints Scherer as Vice President of Pacific Coast operations

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Pioneer Landscape Centers improves distribution ops via Descartes

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Shipping Technology

China’s coal imports double after power shortage boosted demand

Bloomberg | November 08, 2021 | Energy | International Trade | Commodity

Pinnacle Logistics Solutions motivated to develop new opportunities in Northern Canada with Nuqsana joint venture

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Logistics

Further establishing its commitment to the Indigenous peoples within Canada, Canadian transportation and logistics leader, Pinnacle Logistics Solutions (Pinnacle), has confirmed a joint venture with Nuqsana Inc. (Nuqsana) – a 100 percent Nunavut-owned company based in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada.

Viasat to buy Inmarsat for $4 billion in satellite deal boom

Bloomberg | November 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Intermodal

Bloomberg | November 08, 2021

House passes historic infrastructure bill in win for Biden

The House on Friday passed the biggest U.S. infrastructure package in decades, marking a victory for President Joe Biden and unleashing $550 billion of fresh spending on roads, bridges, public transit and other projects in coming years.

Maritime

Stas Margaronis | November 08, 2021

Propeller Club’s Patti warns that supply chain crisis is a wake-up call to increase US ships in international and domestic trades

International Propeller Club President, James Patti, warned that the current supply chain crisis, has exposed the United States’ dependence on foreign flag shipping and argued that the United States needs to:

Qatar orders six gas ships from South Korea to boost exports

Bloomberg | November 08, 2021 | Energy | Maritime

US transportation sector unemployment rate falls to 5.1% in October 2021, remains above pre-pandemic October 2019’s 2.7%

AJOT Newsroom | November 08, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 5.1 percent (not seasonally adjusted) in October 2021 according to recently updated Bureau of Labor Statistics data on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard.

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