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Optimal Dynamics raises $4M seed round to transform logistics industry

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Logistics

IWLA names Michigan-based warehouse executive board chairman association officers also tapped

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Logistics

The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), the resource for warehouse logistics, recently named Leslie Ajlouny, chief marketing officer of Evans Distribution Systems, in Melvindale, Mich., as the association’s 2020-2021 chairman.

DHL opens first-of-its-kind mobile pop-up store

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Logistics

Fish on the menu as Brexit negotiators have private dinner

Bloomberg | July 07, 2020 | International Trade

McLane deploys zero-emission Class 8 trucks further reducing carbon footprint

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Orange EV and McLane Company, Inc., today announced the deployment of Orange EV T-Series pure-electric terminal trucks to the McLane Foodservice distribution center in Riverside, California. Deploying heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles furthers McLane’s Green Advantage initiatives to reduce the company’s environmental impact.

UP42 adds exactEarth ship tracking data to geospatial marketplace

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Maritime | Technology

UP42 today announced that global ship tracking data from exactEarth Ltd. is now offered on the UP42 developer platform and marketplace for Earth observation data and analytics. The exactEarth partnership enables UP42 users to build powerful maritime applications incorporating near real-time and historical vessel Automatic Identification System (AIS) track and position information.

Mangione promoted to National Markets Director for Transportation at WSP USA

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

With his promotion to national markets director for transportation, Michael Mangione will be expanding his leadership responsibilities at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy.

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AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020

Hyperloop language passes in House as part of Moving Forward Act

H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, passed the US House of Representatives, with multiple provisions moving the hyperloop industry forward at a rapid pace within the United States.

Quarantine for truck drivers causes fuel shortage in Botswana

Bloomberg | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

NERC report outlines how pandemic mitigation could affect electric reliability this summer

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Energy

Despite heightened uncertainty—stemming from efforts to slow the progression of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—in demand projections, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) recent 2020 Summer Reliability Assessment finds that enough resources are available to meet this summer's projected peak electricity demand in most areas of the country. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has the smallest anticipated reserve margin, but each of the remaining regions exceeds, or substantially exceeds, a 20% anticipated reserve margin.

Spot rates enter holiday weekend with a bang

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Activity on the DAT One load board network slowed last week on account of the Fourth of July holiday, but the freight that did move did so at a premium, pushing national average rates higher.

Fleet Advantage announced its innovative sale-leaseback program

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Delta, Southwest lay groundwork to take federal loans if needed

Bloomberg | July 07, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

GRI three-repeat with demand growth

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

High Level Freight Update

Matson christens ‘Matsonia’

AJOT Newsroom | July 07, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, and General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, christened the second of two Kanaloa Class vessels, the largest combination container / roll-on, roll-off ("con-ro") ships ever built in the United States, in a ceremony at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA on Thursday, July 2, 2020.

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