AJOT Insights features expert analysis and opinion on transportation, logistics, maritime, ports, air cargo, trucking, rail, intermodal and international trade.
Record-low Rhine water levels are disrupting European freight flows as reduced barge capacity, rising surcharges, tight rail availability, and limited trucking options pressure shippers moving cargo through Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges, and Germany’s inland corridors.
A new Curtin Maritime and Arc hybrid-electric tug fleet could reshape U.S. port operations by reducing diesel consumption, emissions, and maintenance costs while supporting California’s push for cleaner maritime equipment.
The BlueGreen Alliance warns that clean energy rollbacks, offshore wind cancellations, and maritime emissions policy attacks could threaten U.S. manufacturing, shipbuilding, port investment, and more than one million jobs.
The Port of Tacoma’s new Hyundai Samho crane project highlights growing Korea-U.S. port infrastructure cooperation as American terminals seek non-Chinese equipment, higher efficiency, and stronger maritime security.
As cyber threats intensify across global trade, the Port of Rotterdam and other Dutch seaports are expanding FERM into a national cybersecurity platform to improve resilience, incident coordination, and supply chain protection.
The Jones Act waiver is drawing fresh criticism as maritime leaders warn it has delivered little fuel-price relief while allowing foreign-flag vessels, including Chinese operators, to move U.S. domestic cargo...
Europe’s summer heatwave is putting supply chains under pressure, with falling Rhine water levels, wildfire-related rail and road closures, and limited modal alternatives creating new risks for shippers across the continent.
With GAO warning that much of the U.S. air traffic control system is unsustainable, aviation experts say Canada’s self-funded NAV CANADA model could offer a faster path to safer, more reliable ATC modernization.