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MSC PCE from WCSA to USA

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Global OCTG demand to decline by 15% in 2020 and prices set to fall; US to take the biggest hit

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Energy | Conventional | By The Numbers

The energy metals sector is bracing for a major backlash, as the Covid-19 pandemic and low oil prices are taking a heavy toll on global demand for OCTG (oil country tubular goods).

CMA CGM end of PSS for East Med & Black Sea to Indian Subcontinent

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Virgin Atlantic resumes Shanghai cargo services

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has become the first British airline to resume scheduled services to China, operating three flights a week from Heathrow Airport to Shanghai.

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rose 1.2% in March

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.2% in March after increasing 1.8% in February. In March, the index equaled 120.4 (2015=100) compared with 119 in February.

Airlift for medical protective equipment

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Logistics

Six weekly flights from China to Germany • Volume of up to 50 passenger aircraft in total • First shipments have arrived in Baden-Württemberg and Saxony • Millions of protective items like masks, goggles and suits

US DOT: February 2020 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking | By The Numbers

Delta Air Targets 50% Cut in Daily Cash Burn by End of June

Bloomberg | April 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Delta Air Lines Inc. vowed to cut its daily cash burn in half by the end of June as the carrier rushes to scale back operations amid a collapse in travel demand.

FIS Air Freight Report April 21, 2020

AJOT Newsroom | April 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | General

Shanghai continues its monumental price surges, with Shanghai to US gaining 67 cents (up 9.68%) and into to Europe up a softer 14 cents to a monumental high of $8.79. Continuing its reversal, Hong Kong slackens, with the US trade-lane down 21 cents last week.

EU’s Next Move in Airbus-Boeing Feud Clouded by Pandemic

Bloomberg | April 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

Cash-Strapped Airlines Ignore India’s Order to Not Sell Tickets

Bloomberg | April 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Langoustine ’n Chips? Import Reliance Tests U.K. Craving for Cod

Bloomberg | April 22, 2020 | International Trade

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United Raises $1 Billion Via First U.S. Airline Share Sale

Bloomberg | April 21, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

United Airlines Holdings Inc. raised $1 billion by selling new shares, stepping up efforts to increase capital to survive a collapse in travel demand.

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | April 21, 2020

Denied a Bailout, Virgin Australia a Warning for Other Airlines

The collapse of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. after the briefest of fights indicates the world’s weakest airlines have little time to secure funds before they succumb to the coronavirus.

America’s Green Fuel Is Likely to Escape Negative Prices

Bloomberg | April 21, 2020 | Energy | Alternative

The American ethanol industry has been absolutely pummeled in the last year, forcing a wave of production shutdowns across the Midwest. It turns out the idle plants could end up saving the greener fuel from the fate of negative prices that were seen in oil.

Gebrüder Weiss Expands Warehouse Facilities in Los Angeles

Gebrüder Weiss | April 21, 2020 | Logistics

The Gebrüder Weiss new Inland Empire warehouse doubles capacity and employment for the Global Freight Forwarder's Los Angeles Hub.

Dachser Americas Expands its LCL Business for the U.S. and Latin America Markets

AJOT Newsroom | April 21, 2020 | Logistics

CSafe Global Parcels Protect Valuable United States Antarctic Program Research

AJOT Newsroom | April 21, 2020 | Logistics

CSafe Global, the leader in temperature-controlled container solutions, has gone to the ends of the Earth to ensure the samples gathered by the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) are protected on their journey from Antarctica to the United States.

Wind and natural gas-fired generators led U.S. power sector capacity additions in 2019

AJOT Newsroom | April 21, 2020 | Energy | Alternative

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Monthly Electric Generator Inventory Report, the electric power sector installed nearly 23,000 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in 2019.

Air Cargo

AJOT Newsroom | April 21, 2020

Virgin Atlantic delivers 3.5 million items of PPE and medical supplies to the UK from China

In partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS, Virgin Atlantic has so far operated five cargo-only flights from Shanghai to London Heathrow, bringing 80 tonnes of medical equipment, supplies and PPE, transported in 8,000 boxes, carrying over 3.5 million individual items

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