Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

Indonesia dangles cheaper energy to lure billions in investment

Bloomberg | December 04, 2019 | Energy

Foreign direct investment into China jumps despite trade war

Bloomberg | December 04, 2019 | International Trade

US House passes Xinjiang bill, prompting threat from China

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

India still has long way to go on reforms, World Bank says

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019

Mexico weighs US plan to strip drugs provision from USMCA

Mexico is considering a U.S. proposal to remove protections for biologic drugs from a renegotiated Nafta trade deal, a plan that could help clear a hurdle to an agreement and deal a blow to brand-name pharmaceutical companies.

International Trade

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019

China stockpiles US chips as ‘silicon curtain’ descends

China is stockpiling U.S. computer chips, a sign that tech companies there are preparing for worsening trade relations that could lead to being cut off from American technology.

Solar may not get relief from Trump’s tariffs soon after all

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

Trump downplays China deal urgency as trade risks roar back

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

Here’s what Trump overlooks on Brazil and Argentina currencies

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

These CEOs were planning for Trump’s Dec. 15 tariffs all along

Bloomberg | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

North Carolina Ports Chief Commercial Officer retiring, replacement announced

North Carolina Ports is announcing the retirement of Chief Commercial Officer Greg Fennell. Fennell has led NC Ports’ business development since being appointed to the leadership position in January 2015. He will continue to serve as the CCO until January 2020.

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2019

CMA CGM’s Saadé initiates an international coalition for the energy of tomorrow

On the occasion of the French Maritime Economy Conference (Assises de l’Economie de la Mer), Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, recommended that French President Emmanuel Macron initiate an international coalition for the energy transition of the transportation sector whose priority will be to develop a more competitive and less carbon-intensive energy source.

Retailers say extending trade war past 2020 elections would be ‘bad deal’ for ‘every segment’ of US economy

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2019 | International Trade

Game changer for reefer transports: Hamburg Süd launches Remote Container Management (RCM)

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Now also global: time:matters offers the fastest possible transport of dangerous goods

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2019 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

After a successful start across ten markets in September 2019, time:matters, the expert in global Special Speed Logistics, is now offering the urgent transport of dangerous goods worldwide. This covers time-critical goods in hazard classes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9.

Global oil stocks will balloon if OPEC fails to agree on deeper production cuts

AJOT Newsroom | December 03, 2019 | Energy

Barring additional oil production cuts by OPEC in 2020, Rystad Energy forecasts a substantial build of global crude stocks and a corresponding drop in oil prices.