Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

No-Frills Southwest May Have to Start Charging for Some Frills

Bloomberg | February 08, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southeastern Receives Home Depot’s 2019 LTL Carpet Carrier of the Year Award

Southeastern Freight Lines | February 08, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Southeastern Freight Lines, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, has received Home Depot’s 2019 LTL Carpet Carrier of the Year Award.

Air France-KLM is said to weigh changing Dutch head for new era

Bloomberg | February 08, 2019 | Air Cargo

A US-China trade deal may disappoint investors

Bloomberg | February 08, 2019 | International Trade

International Trade

Bloomberg | February 08, 2019

US warns EU tariff threat will return unless Juncker delivers

The U.S.-European trade truce struck last summer that’s helped keep punitive tariffs at bay is at risk of unraveling, with America’s top diplomat to the European Union citing a lack of good will and progress in negotiations.

International Trade

Bloomberg | February 07, 2019

Trump sees no Xi summit by tariff date, stoking trade worry

President Donald Trump said he won’t meet Chinese President Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline to avert higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, intensifying fears the two won’t strike a deal before the end of a 90-day truce.

Bombardier taps Pratt veteran for troubled rail unit in shake-up

Bloomberg | February 07, 2019 | Intermodal

Trump’s focus on cars ignores a large slice of Japan’s economy

Bloomberg | February 07, 2019 | International Trade

Delta, Virgin Atlantic Cargo celebrate five years of partnership

AJOT Newsroom | February 07, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are promising customers more choice and reach, as well as the service benefits of greater automation as their trans-Atlantic joint venture partnership celebrates its fifth anniversary.

idem telematics ensures rental vehicles have a long service life

AJOT Newsroom | February 07, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

Wage theft aboard a BlueScope chartered foreign-flagged ship in Port Kembla has been exposed after intervention from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).