Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

China’s Slowdown Forces the Rest of Asia to Rethink

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

World-Beating Baht Adds to Thai Challenges as Exports Fall

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

China’s Economy Slows to the Weakest Pace Since 2009

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

Chinese Drone Giant DJI Unearths $150 Million Losses From Fraud

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

DJI has unearthed cases of fraud involving its own employees that may trigger losses of about 1 billion yuan ($150 million) for the world’s largest drone maker, marking one of the largest recent cases of graft among China’s technology giants.

U.S.-China Trade Talks Falling Short on Make-Or-Break IP Issues

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

Gears of WTO Could Soon Halt Amid U.S. Concerns, Canada Warns

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

The operation of the World Trade Organization may soon stall because of U.S. delays in appointing new judges, Canada’s trade minister said as he prepares to convene another round of reform talks in Davos.

China’s Plan to End Its U.S. Trade Surplus Is a Red Herring

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

Vietnam Won’t Devalue Currency to Boost Exports, PM Says

Bloomberg | January 20, 2019 | International Trade

FedEx Starts $575 Million Worker Buyout as Overseas Demand Cools

Bloomberg | January 18, 2019 | Logistics | Integrators

Soybeans in Louisiana Rotting in Fields as a Result of the Trade War

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | International Trade

Today, Tariffs Hurt the Heartland released a new video featuring a Lousiana soybean farmer who was forced to leave his crop rotting in the field as a result of the trade war.

Air Cargo

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019

UK Exit from the EU and its impact on the UK Aviation Industry

So the meaningful vote on the Government’s Brexit agreements has come and gone and we are no further forward.

WestJet enters global era with Dreamliner arrival

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airline's Boeing 787, named after founder Clive Beddoe, headed home

Port of Oakland hails shipping lines, terminal for clean air work

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Awards for plugging vessels into landside power grid, turning off diesel engines

EIA forecasts renewables will be fastest growing source of electricity generation

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | Energy | Alternative

Konecranes hybrid RTGs to South Carolina Ports Authority

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

The cranes will be delivered in Q1 2020 to the Wando Welch Terminal, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Tigers speeds up air cargo exports ahead of new security law roll-out in Australia

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | Logistics

Tigers Australia has invested in X-ray and detection technology for all air cargo exports, ahead of new security laws being introduced in March

B&H Worldwide establishes second 24/7 control tower in Singapore

AJOT Newsroom | January 18, 2019 | Logistics

B&H Worldwide, the award-winning aerospace logistics provider, has established a second Control Tower at its climate-controlled facility in Singapore.