Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

U.S. will review Fiat-Peugeot deal over China ties, Kudlow says

Bloomberg | November 01, 2019 | International Trade

U.S. factory gauge shows third straight month of contraction

Bloomberg | November 01, 2019 | International Trade

Spain says U.S. hasn’t raised issue of sanctions over Venezuela

Bloomberg | November 01, 2019 | International Trade

Kenya Air says pooling state aviation assets will unlock funds

Bloomberg | November 01, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Northwest Crane Service uses Hydra-Slide system for transformer project

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

Oklahoma, U.S.-based Northwest Crane Service, L.L.C. utilized a 500-ton capacity Hydra-Slide HT500 heavy track hydraulic skidding system to install a 118,607-lb. transformer at a live power station in its home state in September.

Asia’s resilient export engines succumb to global slowdown

Bloomberg | November 01, 2019 | International Trade

Heerema’s crane vessels to switch from diesel generators to wind energy

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

Substantial improvement of air quality for residents of Rozenburg and Maassluis

New portal could bring Panama’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts together

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Fast delivery of Damen’s first customised Cutter Suction Dredger to Brazil

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The standard dredger was adapted to meet Brazilian Naval requirements and received additional options as per customer request.

MSC BRC updates effective December 1st

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

ACEC leaders to represent America’s engineers on official trade mission to Asia

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | International Trade

Port of Davisville breaks annual auto import record in October

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

For the 11th time in the past 12 years, the Port of Davisville has broken its annual auto import record, this time on October 18, the earliest date ever.

U.S. economy grows 1.9 percent in Q3

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | International Trade

JAX Global Cargo helps Spacebuzz program lift off

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift

India Threatens to Ground Jets Unless Engines Fixed, After Four Incidents

Bloomberg | November 01, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

India ordered IndiGo, the world’s biggest operator of Airbus SE A320neo jets, to fix all Pratt & Whitney engines that power those planes by Jan. 31 or they’ll be grounded. IndiGo shares fell.

ILTA board elects Clifford R. “Kip” Middendorf as Chairman

The board of directors of the International Liquid Terminals Association today elected Clifford R. “Kip” Middendorf for a one-year term as the chairman of the board, effective through October 2020. Middendorf is vice president and managing director of Wolf Lakes Terminals.

Thompson named Director of Project Delivery at WSP USA

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Project / Heavy Lift | People | Appointments

Industry veteran brings three decades of engineering expertise and leadership to new role managing transportation project delivery and risk management across the U.S.

AAPA urges more funding for port infrastructure development program

AJOT Newsroom | November 01, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

The American Association of Port Authorities is very concerned with the U.S. Senate’s approval today of a fiscal 2020 appropriations bill that cuts funding by more than two-thirds to a U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) program that provides critical grants for port infrastructure projects nationwide.