Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

E2open study quantifies supply chain performance drop during the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining rise in shortages and revealing value realized from technology

AJOT Newsroom | September 29, 2021 | Shipping Technology

Oil markets and the winter energy crisis

AJOT Newsroom | September 29, 2021 | Energy

USDA funds $1.5 billion to combat school meal supply-chain problems

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | Logistics

LATAM obtains up to US$750 million for Tranche B of the DIP improving its financing conditions

AJOT Newsroom | September 29, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Linnworks announces majority investment from Marlin Equity Partners

AJOT Newsroom | September 29, 2021 | Shipping Technology

SmartLynx Airlines: Around the world in 7 days

AJOT Newsroom | September 29, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

7 days – this is how long it takes for SmartLynx Airlines Malta, EU-based specialists in full-service ACMI aircraft leasing solutions and air cargo charters, to transport your freight shipment around the world.

SC Ports welcomes 2021-2022 Port Ambassadors

AJOT Newsroom | September 29, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

South Carolina Ports welcomes its 2021-2022 Port Ambassadors class, which consists of 26 delegates from around the state who will gain a deep understanding of how SC Ports and commerce are connected in South Carolina.

Australia will need to wean itself off iron ore export reliance

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

Energy

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021

U.K. sees fuel crisis still days from resolving as lines persist

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urged Britons to stop panic-buying gas as the Petrol Retailers Association warned that a U.K. supply crisis that has led to pumps running dry is still days away from being sorted.

EU unites behind narrower trade objectives for US meeting

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | International Trade

European Union countries agreed on a joint statement for its pivotal trade meeting with the U.S. scheduled for later Wednesday, with France successfully watering down aspects of it, including on semiconductors.

Energy

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021

Electric vans roll off line that once made gas-guzzling Hummers

The Indiana factory is producing a fully electric, light-duty delivery vehicle.

France says U.K. fishing license refusals breach Brexit deal

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021 | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021

US soybean meal export hub damage may take months to fix

Shipments from a U.S. West Coast terminal that handles almost 20% of the nation’s soybean meal exports have been curbed while damage from a crane collapse earlier this month is repaired, marking the latest setback to global trade flows.