AJOT Insights features expert analysis and opinion on transportation, logistics, maritime, ports, air cargo, trucking, rail, intermodal and international trade.
In 2025, three major Northern California ports report forward momentum: Redwood City has achieved record revenue amid cargo declines, Richmond has improved safety and infrastructure, and San Francisco’s cruise business is recovering strongly.
Appearing before a French parliamentary commission recently, Rodolphe Saadé, head of one of the world’s leading ocean shipping lines, France’s CMA CGM, told MPs that the control of the world’s port terminals had become a major concern with geopolitics omnipresent.
The Port of Hueneme is advancing plans for a dedicated container terminal to support surging refrigerated cargo imports from Central and South America.
Global trade experts warn that U.S. tariff instability is pushing international companies and governments to diversify away from the American market while boosting China’s role
Greenville-Spartanburg Airport (GSP) strengthens its global air cargo role with a new partnership with Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, expanding beyond automotive into aerospace, perishables, e-commerce, and more.
Reacting to Union Pacific’s merger plans with Norfolk Southern, the ACC argues the consolidation would diminish rail competition and raise shipping costs for manufacturers, farmers, and energy producers. The ACC is calling on regulators to reject the merger unless it demonstrably enhances competition and service reliability.
Anthropic revealed that its Claude Code was exploited to launch large-scale data extortion campaigns impacting 17 organizations across healthcare, government, and emergency services.
The impact of the Trump administration tariffs could be generating a loss of $125 billion per month to the US economy, according to John McCown, publisher of the McCown Report.