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US senators aim to fast-track Chinese vehicle ban this week as Xi visits

Reuters | September 23, 2026 | International Trade

Supporters of legislation to make permanent a ban on Chinese vehicles are aiming to win fast-track approval by the U.S. Senate this week as President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping.

Crowley names Schmidt CFO

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Maritime | People | Appointments

• Brea Schmidt has been appointed chief financial officer of Crowley. • Schmidt leads Crowley’s enterprise financial performance and strategy, including fiscal planning, capital allocation and governance. • Schmidt joined Crowley in 2025 as vice president of finance and previously served as chief financial officer of Alaska Communications.

New Triumph analysis suggests freight market is entering an era of “defensible capacity”

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Trucking

CMC expands collaboration with Lincoln Tech’s WorkforceLinc division

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Intermodal

New training site in Baltimore will help further develop CMC’s technician workforce

PrePass and Kodiak AI collaborate to advance safe, scalable driverless trucking nationwide

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Trucking

New initiative connects autonomous commercial vehicles with established state roadside enforcement infrastructure, creating a practical foundation for deployment across the U.S.

USA vs China: Rare earth magnet race risks global oversupply

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | International Trade | Commodity

Rare earth magnets (NdFeB and SmCo) are the strongest commercially available magnets in 2026.

Realterm acquires two-property IOS maintenance facility portfolio in Ayer and Devens, MA

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Logistics

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026

Great White Fleet Corp. scales global capacity with major cold chain expansion

Great White Fleet Corporation (GWF), a leading ocean carrier specializing in temperature- controlled logistics, today announced a major commercial expansion across its Pan-American and European trade networks.

Intermodal

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026

CN ships first grain unit train from expanded total grain marketing facility in IL

CN and Total Grain Marketing (TGM) announced that on September 16th, 2026, CN shipped the first unit train from TGM’s recently expanded grain elevator at Lis, Illinois.

Ørsted and Nuveen inaugurate Borkum Riffgrund 3, one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Energy | Alternative

The 913 MW offshore wind farm will provide large-scale, home-grown renewable electricity from the German North Sea, strengthening energy security, supporting industrial competitiveness, and advancing the decarbonisation of essential German industries and the digital economy.

Port of Corpus Christi completes permitting for proposed Harbor Island Desalination Facility

AJOT Newsroom | September 23, 2026 | Ports & Terminals

The Port of Corpus Christi received approval on September 23 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for its requested offshore discharge permit, thereby completing permitting for the proposed large-scale Harbor Island Desalination Facility.

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