Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

GreyOrange announces strategic partnership with Conveyer & Caster

AJOT Newsroom | June 07, 2021 | Shipping Technology

Partnership provides leading edge solutions to strengthen customer fulfillment capabilities

Redwood Logistics launches Redwood Parcel, a comprehensive integrated parcel solution

Redwood Logistics | June 07, 2021 | Shipping Technology

Redwood Logistics Combines Skipjack Supply Chain and Proactive Global Logistics to complete Redwood Parcel, the latest addition to Redwood’s LPaaS, providing control, optionality and increased profitability to shippers’ logistics and supply chain networks

Dupré Logistics hires new Executive VP of Business Development

Dupré Logistics | June 07, 2021 | Logistics | People | Appointments

Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Chad Swann to Service Center Manager in Jackson, Tennessee

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Chad Swann has been promoted to service center manager in Jackson, Tennessee.

Experienced Management Team Launch GL Terminal, An Innovative and Digitally Focused Inland Container Depot to Serve Jakarta and Surrounding Areas

GL Terminal | June 07, 2021 | Ports & Terminals | Terminals

In response to increasing demand in Indonesia for world-class Inland Container Depot (ICD) facilities, two Indonesian-based entrepreneurs launched PT. Good Logistics (GL) Terminal in late 2020. The facility is based in Jakarta, only 10km from Jakarta port, and has an annual throughput capacity of 180,000 TEUs. In addition to state-of-the-art material handling equipment (MHE), GL Terminal utilizes technology and digital innovation to make the user experience easier and more efficient, while ensuring greater visibility into the process and higher quality for all users.

Benefits of Open Car Shipping

AJOT Newsroom | June 07, 2021 | Logistics

Open car shipping is a form of automobile transportation, wherein your vehicle remains in the open during transport. This is currently the most common kind of vehicle transportation. Statistics suggest that about 90% of cars are transported by precisely these means. We will bring to your attention the benefits of open car shipping, so you will have a clearer understanding why this type of transport is so popular.

Crowley becomes first US ship operator to join the ship recycling transparency initiative

AJOT Newsroom | June 07, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Russian space chief says US sanctions keep satellites grounded

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | International Trade

KKR nears deal for Macquarie Infrastructure’s Atlantic

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Lufthansa in talks to help revive Sudan’s carrier, minister says

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Pakistan to reduce some import taxes in bid to boost growth

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | International Trade

China’s trade boom continues in May on strong global demand

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | International Trade

Covid crisis pushes IndiGo to even bigger quarterly loss

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

German factory orders drop after mounting supply shortages

Bloomberg | June 07, 2021 | International Trade

Unions protest Breeze Airways approval on age, diversity grounds

Bloomberg | June 05, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Nonbinary Alaska Air workers hurt by dress code, ACLU says

Bloomberg | June 04, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

International Trade

Manik Mehta | June 04, 2021

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides insights on China as the Australia-China trade war rages

China’s rise in the international arena has been meteoric: from a former obscure communist state that was once caught in the web of internal dissent and deep political turmoil, China has risen to become a global political, economic and military heavyweight whose actions and defiance of what is called “rule-based order” cause trepidations among much of the world.

Two Sovcomflot LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers time-chartered to the Sakhalin-2 project for 10 years

AJOT Newsroom | June 04, 2021 | Maritime | Bulk

On 4 June 2021, Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, signed long-term time-charter contracts for two existing LNG-fuelled tankers of SCF’s successful ‘Green Funnel’ series, Korolev Prospect and Vernadsky Prospect.