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AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020

Alaska Air Cargo begins testing passenger aircraft to fly critical cargo

Alaska Air Cargo announced it will fly passenger jets as cargo-only flights to carry essential goods like mail, medical equipment, e-commerce packages and food throughout its domestic network. Filling the passenger cabin with cargo will backfill the loss in capacity across the continental United States and Hawaii after passenger flights were reduced.

Ontario Airport plans to tap stimulus grant as airline schedules show 60% reduction in commercial flights

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Medical protective equipment arriving at Munich Airport

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Boeing and GE stare down an aerospace apocalypse

Bloomberg | April 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

ONE schedule Hong Kong, China import North America and Canada

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Export North America and Canada - Apr 29, 2020 NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA

Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Moore to service center manager in Sherman, TX

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Virgin Atlantic set to deliver over 43 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to the UK from China

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virgin Atlantic is set to deliver over 43 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) in to the UK onboard special cargo-only flights which have been chartered by the Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS throughout May, June and July.

Hamburg Süd NAWC – Australia/New Zealand service blank sailing plan COVID-19

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Chairman Khouri Comment on Demurrage & Detention Interpretive rule

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Venture Cafe teams up with Ahold Delhaize USA Services Company to host Second Supply Chain Immersion Program

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Logistics

Weekly rail traffic for the week ending April 25, 2020

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Intermodal | Rail

Saudi tanker armada set to join US congestion and strain oil storage with 43 million-barrel load

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Energy

With the Covid-19 pandemic reducing global oil demand by devastating numbers, oil storages are filling quickly in the US, forcing producers to start shutting output in the country and creating a big tanker congestion on its coasts. A Rystad Energy analysis reveals that 28 tankers with Saudi oil, including 14 VLCCs and carrying a total of 43 million barrels, will arrive on the US Gulf and West coasts between 24 April and 24 May.

NEXT Trucking mitigates COVID-19 challenges across supply chain

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020

Hamburg Süd USEC – South America service Port of New York terminal change

Hamburg Süd is changing terminals in New York for their U.S. East Coast to South America East Coast and U.S. East Coast to South America West Coast services.

Secretary of Commerce Ross on Q1 2020 GDP advance estimate

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | International Trade

DHL relocates Nashville operations to larger, state-of-the-art facility

AJOT Newsroom | April 29, 2020 | Intermodal | Trucking

DHL Express, the world’s leading provider of international express shipping services, has invested $5.3 million to relocate and expand its service center in Nashville, Tennessee. The move accommodates further anticipated e-commerce growth and the state’s thriving logistics and distribution industry.