Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

Realterm Logistics acquires last mile distribution center in Tempe, AZ

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Logistics

Paramount Logistics partners with Trucker Tools for real-time shipment visibility, digital freight matching

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Logistics | Trucking

Full-service freight brokerage operation taps Trucker Tools to improve broker productivity, data accuracy and timeliness; enhance engagement, ease of doing business for truckload carrier-partners.

Daimler Trucks veteran Heino-Royer joins autonomous trucking company Plus

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

A. Duie Pyle’s Vice President of Fleet Maintenance honored as an HDT Truck Fleet Innovator

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Freight association remains lukewarm on freeports concept

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Logistics

CMA CGM rate announcement - From Turkey, the Middle East Gulf & Red Sea to Latin America

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Canada M&A triples to $184 billion as railroad bidding heats up

Bloomberg | April 20, 2021 | Intermodal | Rail

MAERSK ATHABASCA – COVID-19 indecent update

AJOT Newsroom | April 20, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

U.K. plans deeper carbon cuts to spur climate change fight

Bloomberg | April 20, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Global chip rush drives Taiwan’s export orders to record

Bloomberg | April 20, 2021 | International Trade

Global demand for semiconductors, fueled by 5G and high-performance computing, showed little sign of easing off as Taiwan’s searing pace of export orders continued for a fifth straight month.

Boeing raises retirement age for CEO, says finance chief to exit

Bloomberg | April 20, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Global reflation trade gains new momentum from China’s yuan

Bloomberg | April 20, 2021 | International Trade

China’s yuan is overvalued, and that could end up stoking global inflation.

Maritime

Stas Margaronis | April 20, 2021

Ocean carriers may fund $6 billion project to decarbonize marine engines by 2050

In June, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will be reviewing a plan to assess ocean carriers between U.S. $5-to-6 billion dollars to develop alternative fuels that will substantially decarbonize marine engines by 2050, according to John Butler, President of the World Shipping Council.