Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

Virgin Galactic hires two new pilots into its pilot corps

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Transportation Institute appoints new executive director

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Logistics

ATA honors Wyoming’s Foertsch with President’s TAEC Award

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Research reveals robustness of business aviation sector

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters

North Carolina Ports continues to make history, welcomes largest container ship

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

The North Carolina State Ports Authority set a record Monday by welcoming the largest container ship to date to call the Port of Wilmington. The Yang Ming Warranty sailed into Wilmington with a carrying capacity of 14,220 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) and is the largest class vessel calling on the United States East Coast.

Maiden call in Malta by the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the largest container ship in the world powered by liquefied natural gas

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Today, Malta welcomed the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), as she makes her first call in Europe at the Malta Freeport terminal with the presence of Dr Ian Borg, Minister for Transport in Malta, Ms Julia Farrugia Portelli, Minister for Tourism in Malta and H.E. Ms Brigitte Curmi, French Ambassador to Malta. This represents a highly symbolic call for the CMA CGM Group’s flagship, just a few days after she set a new world record for the number of full containers loaded on a single journey.

New carrier pods monitored by Sensitech provide mobile cold storage solutions for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

New Carrier Pods™ monitored by Sensitech® combine leading refrigeration technology and cargo monitoring capabilities to help address the unique challenges of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Customers can expand their cold storage capacity along with added cargo visibility to help ensure the life of vaccines. Carrier and Sensitech are part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), a leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions.

Delta Cargo’s new high-tech cooler allows safer transportation of vaccines

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

The safe, reliable and efficient transportation of pharmaceutical products is a key focus for Delta Cargo. To support that goal, the airline has approved the DoKaSch Opticooler RAP container for use on Delta aircraft as part of its cold chain pharma program for the safe transportation of vaccines.

OOCL North Europe – Turkey (NET) service update

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

OOCL entered the North Europe - Turkey market in 2017 when its NET service was launched. Since inception, OOCL has continued to offer competitive and reliable connections to ensure customer supply chain requirements are met while providing it’s hallmark in quality service.

CMA CGM PSS - cargo from Pakistan to North Europe

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM PSS update - reefer cargo from Spain (West Coast) to Far East

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Q-Free announces LaneAware™ Airports, the first web-based lane closure management system for travel hubs

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

CBP automates cargo processing in the Virgin Islands

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | International Trade

ORBCOMM and Inmarsat to provide next-generation, global IOT service

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Logistics

CMA CGM FAK rates - from Asia to North Europe for November

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Waymo adds Daimler Trucks to roster of driverless partnerships

Bloomberg | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

CLI improves LTL operations with an augmented dock management board

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI), veteran providers of freight management software for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) fleets, today announced an enhanced Dock Management Board that improves freight visibility, worker productivity, and loading accuracy. The solution supports dynamic routing, photo capture, and is integrated with pallet dimensioning solutions.

August 2020 North American transborder freight up 11% from July 2020

AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail | Trucking

• Total Transborder freight: $93.4 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 2.7% compared to July 2020 and up 13.9% from June 2020. • Transborder freight value in August was down 11.1% compared to August 2019. • Most-used mode: Trucks moved $60.9 billion of freight, up 0.2% compared to July 2020, down 7.9% compared to August 2019. • Second most-used mode: Railways moved $13.8 billion of freight, up 7.2% compared to July 2020, down 14.3% compared to August 2019.