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CMA CGM GRR from Asia to West Africa

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo expand network between the U.K. and United States

Air Cargo

AJOT | Top Story | August 16, 2019

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo expand network between the U.K. and United States

Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are boosting flights between the U.K. and U.S. from next summer in a move which sees Delta join Virgin Atlantic at Gatwick Airport for the first time together and promises cargo customers their best-ever choice of trans-Atlantic capacity, routes and frequencies.

ATA secures significant victory in ongoing tariffs dispute

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Vietnam Airlines flies its first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing delivered the first of eight 787-10 Dreamliner airplanes to Vietnam Airlines today via lease from Air Lease Corporation [NYSE: AL]. The Vietnamese flag carrier plans to put the 787-10 – the most fuel-efficient twin-aisle airplane in the industry – on the busiest routes in its expanding network.

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Port of Long Beach releases Master Plan update

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Ports & Terminals | Ports

Plan will guide Port development, enhance competitiveness Total Terminals International at the Port of Long Beach.The Port of Long Beach has released a study examining the environmental impacts associated with a draft update to the Port Master Plan. The draft Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Port Master Plan Update is available at www.polb.com/ceqa. A public hearing on the draft PEIR will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Cesar Chavez Park Community Center, 401 Golden Ave., Long Beach 90802. The draft PEIR is being prepared concurrently with the Port’s Master Plan Update, which was released last month and is also under review. The PEIR focuses specifically on the environmental impacts of the update. The Port’s Master Plan was last comprehensively updated in 1990. The update is needed to incorporate previous amendments to the document and to reflect changes in the shipping industry, strategically manage resources and proactively prepare for future challenges to remain competitive in the rapidly changing global economy. As part of the process, the Port is legally required to study the potential environmental impacts of the update. Comments on the PEIR may be made at the public hearing or in writing through Thursday, Oct. 3. Submit them to Matthew Arms, Acting Director of Environmental Planning, Port of Long Beach, 415 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802, or to [email protected].

OOCL Trans-Pacific trade service update

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

AIT Worldwide Logistics opens newest location in Mexico City

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Logistics

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Klosterfrau subsidiary now picks with Picavi

AJOT | August 16, 2019 | Shipping Technology

Another business location operated by the Klosterfrau Healthcare Group is being equipped with the Pick-by-Vision solution from Picavi this summer.

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A hellish week for Cathay buffeted between China and Hong Kong

Air Freight News | August 16, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

For more than half a century, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has been Hong Kong’s gateway to the world, its British heritage and Asian high-altitude luxury fusing the city’s colonial past with its Chinese location. But it’s that unique cultural blend that has ensnared the carrier in an increasingly out-of-control political uprising sweeping through the streets.

OPEC sees ‘somewhat bearish’ oil outlook even as market tightens

Bloomberg | August 16, 2019 | Energy

Cathay CEO quits after airline caught in Hong Kong protests

Bloomberg | August 16, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Turkish military pension fund in talks to buy British Steel

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | August 16, 2019

Turkish military pension fund in talks to buy British Steel

A Turkish group managing military pensions entered exclusive talks to buy British Steel, the first step in a rescue that could save about 5,000 jobs in the U.K.’s manufacturing heartland.

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Taiwan set to top other Asian tigers with fastest growth in 2019

Bloomberg | August 16, 2019 | International Trade

Taiwan projects its economy to top all of the other three Asian tiger economies this year, with full-year growth seen at just under 2.5%, according to a government estimate published Friday.