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Gebrüder Weiss uses electric truck to transport HP products in Central and Eastern Europe

AJOT Newsroom | July 30, 2021 | Logistics

CO2 emissions reduced by approx. 50 metric tons a year / Long-standing partnership between major industry players goes greener / Alternative drive technologies integral to the Gebrüder Weiss sustainability strategy

ECU Worldwide and Nordicon announce joint venture

AJOT Newsroom | July 30, 2021 | Logistics

USPS prepares for the Holiday with higher package processing capabilities

AJOT Newsroom | July 30, 2021 | Logistics

MSC PSS from Middle East to USA effective September 1st, 2021

AJOT Newsroom | July 30, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Port Saint John welcomes the HMCS Oriole tall ship for New Brunswick Day

AJOT Newsroom | July 30, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The ship is arriving at 10:00 am on August 2nd and departing at 10:00 am August 4th.

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | July 30, 2021

British Airways still in covid fog as summer comes to Air France

British Airways parent IAG SA is stuck on the starting blocks amid lingering coronavirus curbs as one of its biggest European competitors reaps the benefits of a late-summer travel rebound.

Intermodal continues surge in second quarter

AJOT Newsroom | July 30, 2021 | Intermodal

Total intermodal volumes rose 20.4 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Quarterly report.

Didi sinks as China vows to root out ride-hailing ‘illegalities’

Bloomberg | July 30, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

GDP Update: Europe rebounds with a bang but Germany disappoints

Bloomberg | July 30, 2021 | International Trade

British Airways owner downbeat as rivals see summer rebound

Bloomberg | July 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

British Airways parent IAG SA issued a cautious assessment of its prospects for the rest of the summer as travel curbs hold back demand while rival Air France-KLM predicts a return to profit this quarter.

Air France-KLM sees return to profitability as travel picks up

Bloomberg | July 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Intermodal

Bloomberg | July 29, 2021

CP Rail appeals to K.C. Southern holders to reject CN deal

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. called on Kansas City Southern shareholders to vote against a $30 billion merger agreement with Canadian National Railway Co., citing regulatory risks in its larger rival’s proposal.

US heat is so bad farmers see a ‘half crop’ for spring wheat

Bloomberg | July 29, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

Sun-baked U.S. spring wheat fields have been so badly hurt by drought this year that some farmers are expecting to harvest what they’re dubbing a “half a crop.”

Ports & Terminals

AJOT Newsroom | July 29, 2021

Konecranes wins first customer for EPA-approved new diesel-to-hybrid conversion technology

Konecranes has won a contract with South Carolina Ports to supply 12 Rubber Tire Gantry (RTG) retrofit hybrid power packs, a milestone contract for new technology that offers significant carbon emission reductions and lower operating costs – without compromising performance.

Intermodal

AJOT Newsroom | July 29, 2021

Arbitrator affirms rail union must negotiate over train crew size

The National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) announced today that an arbitrator has issued a final and binding decision providing for the resumption of negotiations over train crew size and staffing with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Union – Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the union that represents conductors in the freight rail industry. Rejecting the union’s arguments, the arbitrator found that standard moratorium language in decades-old labor agreements does not bar negotiations over crew size on freight trains.

China keeping ‘open mind’ on G-7 talks aimed at trade abuses

Bloomberg | July 29, 2021 | International Trade

Call to action for hydrogen: UK is uniquely positioned to lead in critical hydrogen cleantech

AJOT Newsroom | July 29, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Pioneering cleantech engineers, Viritech, publish a call to action for hydrogen highlighting the urgency for the UK to take a strong leadership position in next-gen fuel technology

Water crisis threatens grain, iron transport on key Brazil river

Drought is making one of Brazil’s most important river systems unnavigable, making it more challenging and costly for the commodities powerhouse to get grains and iron ore out to global markets.

Drewry’s composite World Container index increased 4% or $344 to $9,330.28 per 40ft container

AJOT Newsroom | July 29, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Detailed assessment for Thursday, 29 July 2021

Industry and governments urged to boost vaccination drive as seafarer happiness drops to an all time low since the beginning of COVID-19

AJOT Newsroom | July 29, 2021 | Maritime

The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report for the second quarter of 2021, painting a grim picture of seafarer welfare with overall happiness dropping to an all-time low since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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