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Ports & Terminals

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020

Port of Baltimore sets new record for most container moves from one ship

5,536 moves from Maersk Edinburgh seen as sign of economic vitality

Southwest spurs airline rally with ‘modest’ boost in demand

Bloomberg | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. sparked a rally in airline shares after saying improved leisure travel demand for August and September would help reduce its daily cash losses this quarter to about $20 million amid the coronavirus pandemic.

South Africa starts talks with potential buyers of state airline

Bloomberg | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

South Africa’s government has started talks with private entities interested in buying into the country’s insolvent national carrier, which needs at least 10 billion rand ($583 million) to resume operations.

New TMS study reveals insights amid the pandemic on logistics technology and market conditions

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Shipping Technology

Cleo’s CIC Cockpit Provides End-to-End Integration Visibility & Insights

Cleo | August 19, 2020 | Shipping Technology

Cleo Integration Cloud Cockpit shields integration complexity from operational and business teams by exposing mission-critical business process integrations

Port of Oakland’s new Maritime Director shares outlook

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

New record set in Heavy Lifting/Heavy Transport for Indian Metro Projects

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Project / Heavy Lift

Total Movements Pvt.Ltd, member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India informs

U.S. shipments of solar photovoltaic modules increase as prices continue to fall

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers

In 2019, U.S. shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, also referred to as solar panels, reached a record-high 16.4 million kilowatts (kW), 2.9 million kW more than the previous record of 13.5 million kW set in 2016.

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020

MSC’s new Santana service connects Asia and North America

The service will commence at the end of August in Yantian and will remain in place until further notice.

Rail Traffic for the Week Ending August 15, 2020

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail | By The Numbers

Rystad Energy’s opener comment from our Senior Oil Markets Analyst Paola Rodriguez Masiu

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

Qatar Airways rebuilds network to more than 550 weekly flights to over 85 destinations

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

The airline also recently announced the resumption of flights to Adelaide, Auckland, Houston, Kigali, London Gatwick, Nairobi, Philadelphia and Sialkot

DPL Telematics launches AssetView Max tracking system

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Shipping Technology

Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Derrick Battle to Service Center Manager in Pensacola, Florida

Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced Derrick Battle has been promoted to service center manager in Pensacola, Florida.

ZIM announces Q2 2020 results

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Synergy Group and Norden launch tanker joint venture

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Maritime | Bulk

Synergy Group and D.S. Norden have formed a new joint venture to handle the technical management of Norden’s owned tanker vessels effective as of today.

Mace brought in to project manage Brent Cross West Station project

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Odfjell SE appoints first Chief Sustainability Officer

As a part of its ambitious sustainability strategy for the coming years, Odfjell SE introduces a new executive position and appoints Øistein Jensen as the company’s first Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO).