Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

First at Lufthansa Cargo: Rapid rate response provides dynamic spot prices in real time now

AJOT Newsroom | December 17, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

North Carolina ports receives top honors for Port productivity

AJOT Newsroom | December 17, 2019 | Ports & Terminals

Southwest joins American crossing one-year mark without 737 Max

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

New Argentine government urges dollar and export taxes in crisis

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | International Trade

Argentina’s new government is proposing higher export levies and a tax on the purchase of foreign currency as part of a plan to boost social spending and fix its debt problem.

As Boeing Halts Max Output, Airbus Can’t Build Jets Fast Enough

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

As Boeing Co. halts production of its beleaguered 737 Max, global rival Airbus SE is grappling with a very different problem: speeding output of its rival narrow-body.

FTR reports 2020 trailer orders fell off significantly in November

AJOT Newsroom | December 17, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

FIS Air Freight Report December 16, 2019

AJOT Newsroom | December 17, 2019 | Air Cargo | General

China to Europe drops off of its previous highs, down a further 6 cents, however China to USA remains flat with no price changes (balancing the fortunes of several China to USA OD pairs).

Southwest removes Boeing 737 Max from schedule until mid-April

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | Air Cargo

International Trade

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019

China to grant regular tariff waivers for US farm imports

China will provide retaliatory tariff waivers to buyers of U.S. farm products on a more regular basis after the countries reached a phase one trade deal, according to people familiar with the situation.

China plans to buy ethanol, count Hong Kong trade in US pledge

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | International Trade

China’s oil imports are most world’s ever seen and still growing

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | Energy | International Trade

US-China deal will be a short-term truce

Bloomberg | December 17, 2019 | International Trade

Seven Hong Kong Airlines planes seized after missed payments

Boeing’s halt on Max likely to cause temporary dent in US GDP

Bloomberg | December 16, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

Gebrüder Weiss on steady growth path

Gebrüder Weiss | December 16, 2019 | Logistics

Gebrüder Weiss, an international transport and logistics company, that established new key market locations in the United States in 2017, closes out 2019 with an impressive 60 percent increase in employment growth at its US locations.

US eases Mexico concerns about trade-deal labor rules

Bloomberg | December 16, 2019 | International Trade

US wants to start on UK trade deal ‘very soon,’ Kudlow says

Bloomberg | December 16, 2019 | International Trade

The U.S. wants to soon start work on a trade deal with the U.K. after recently closing agreements with Mexico and Canada and with China, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, said Monday.