Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

XPO Logistics announces plan to spin off logistics segment to Its shareholders

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2020 | Logistics

Pilots mishandle mid-air crash warnings, European report finds

Bloomberg | December 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Redwood Logistics research reveals the impacts of COVID-19 on automotive shipping

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2020 | Shipping Technology

Logisticus Group partners with Georgia tech team for the afterlife of wind turbine blades

Logisticus Group | December 03, 2020 | Energy | Alternative

LocatorX names Retired Marine Col. John Coleman to Advisory Board

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2020 | Logistics | People | Appointments

LocatorX, an innovative tracking technology provider, today announced that Retired Marine Col. John Coleman, former chief of staff of the 1st Marines Expeditionary Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom, has joined its Advisory Board. Coleman brings over four decades of combined experience in military and business operations from service in both the US Government and the private sector.

Precisely enhances confident decision-making with Dynamic Weather context

Precisely | December 03, 2020 | Shipping Technology

Steerprop azimuth propulsion to propel shallow-draught icebreaking walk-to-work vessel

Industrial News Service – INS Oy/Ab | December 03, 2020 | Maritime

/ins The world’s first double acting, shallow-draught ice-breaking vessel, built by the Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander for the Russian companies Mercury Sakhalin and Pola, will be fitted with Finnish Steerprop’s azimuth units as its main propulsion and steering system.

Anticipate and adapt to critical peaks in demand with the Ontruck platform

Ontruck | December 03, 2020 | Shipping Technology

Ontruck’s new predictive tool is capable of forecasting market behavior with an average margin of error of 10% in demand and 16% in load capacity by vehicle type. For the Christmas season, the company predicts an increase in demand of between 25% and 35% compared to last October.