AJOT Insights features expert analysis and opinion on transportation, logistics, maritime, ports, air cargo, trucking, rail, intermodal and international trade.
“With six weeks to go, we are within reach of the 10 million container unit mark for the year,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said at a media briefing on November 18th.
The Port of Long Beach defied early 2025 trade fears, maintaining near-record cargo levels thanks to front-loaded shipments and strong logistics performance, though U.S. soybean exports and select consumer goods saw notable year-over-year drops.
U.S. harbor trucking faces deepening challenges as new 2025 tariffs, freight recession pressures, and California clean air mandates strain fleets and drivers, warns Harbor Trucking Association CEO Robert Loya.
The twists and turns in the Trump administration’s trade policy and the saga of tariffs on and tariffs off have created a climate of uncertainty in the global economy throughout 2025, exacerbating what was already a period of low growth, and in some cases, one of stagnation.
The CEOs of Lufthansa and Air France-KLM argue that the EU’s open skies policy gives Gulf and other non-European carriers an uneven advantage, undermining European airlines, employment, and long-term competitiveness.
By Jennifer Carpenter, President of the American Maritime Partnership
Carpenter urges Trump to uphold the Jones Act as the core of his America First agenda, supporting U.S. jobs, shipyards, and independence from foreign shipping.
At the International Propeller Club convention, Marseille Seaport President Christophe Castaner cautioned that the Trump administration’s renewed trade conflict with China is destabilizing global markets while highlighting Marseille’s commitment to sustainability, logistics, and digital transformation.