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OCIMF replacing SIRE tanker inspection program with new regime from 2022

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Energy

Rail traffic for the week ending July 10, 2021

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

Ports & Terminals

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021

Panama Canal transits rise as world trade recovers from pandemic

The Panama Canal Authority says vessel transits are rebounding as global trade picks up after the Covid-19 pandemic.

EU kicks off biggest push yet on climate and braces for a fight

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | International Trade

SMEs opening up to Embrace Transportation Management Systems, reveals Fact.MR

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Shipping Technology

Bit late for bitcoin: How China’s crackdown is reducing more emissions than whole countries emit

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies consumes vast amounts of energy. Increasing scrutiny over the environmental impact of this activity recently led the Chinese government to order a crackdown on projects around the country, and now most of them are reportedly already halted. A Rystad Energy analysis shows that until recently, China’s bitcoin production used to emit as much CO2 as the whole country of Portugal, a whopping 57 million tonnes (Mt) annually.

Descartes MacroPoint™ now available on SAP® Store

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Shipping Technology

Energy

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021

Airlines and automakers brace for EU’s momentous CO2 clampdown

Europe’s airlines are pushing back against the European Union’s upgraded climate plan, saying a planned tax on jet fuel is counterproductive as the region’s transportation sector braces for measures that will make the region the first carbon-neutral continent.

Crowley will build and operate the first fully electric US tugboat

Pioneers of innovative, high-powered ship assist tugboats, Crowley Maritime Corporation will lead the next generation of industry sustainability by building and operating eWolf, the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat that can complete a job without expending a drop of fuel.

American leads airlines higher as travel outlook brightens

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Energy

Stas Margaronis | July 14, 2021

New England Aqua Ventus will launch first US floating offshore wind turbine In 2023/24

New England Aqua Ventus expects to launch the first U.S. floating wind turbine into the Gulf of Maine in 2023/24, according to Dr. Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC).

In 2020, US coal production fell to its lowest level since 1965

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Energy

U.S. coal production totaled 535 million short tons (MMst) in 2020, a 24% decrease from the 706 MMst mined in 2019 and the lowest level of coal production in the United States in any year since 1965.

The seven elements of the EU green deal you should care about

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

World’s top carbon market to get bigger with EU climate plan

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Delta sees second-half profit as business travel picks up

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

EU’s bold climate plan targets cars, planes and trade

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | International Trade

SC Ports achieves highest fiscal year on record for containers handled

AJOT Newsroom | July 14, 2021 | Ports & Terminals

Port of Charleston handles 2.55 million containers in FY21

Uganda moves to end monopoly on Kenyan route for oil shipments

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | Energy

Biden’s sharp-elbows China policy hints at more Trump-style pain

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | International Trade

Six months into his presidency, Joe Biden is revealing a hard-edged China policy that suggests relations between the world’s two biggest economies are only going to get worse.

Delta to pick up used Boeing, Airbus aircraft to replenish fleet

Bloomberg | July 14, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to purchase 29 used Boeing Co. 737-900ERs and to lease seven used Airbus SE A350-900s to help replenish its fleet after retiring about 200 aircraft as the coronavirus pandemic scuttled travel demand.

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