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MSC SCS - Suez Canal Surcharge scope: USA & Puerto Rico to IPAK, Middle East & Red Sea

AJOT Newsroom | November 24, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Effective January 1st 2022, MSC will be implementing Suez Canal Surcharge.

MSC GRI scope: Asia to USA

AJOT Newsroom | November 24, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | November 24, 2021

Amazon’s $4 billion holiday fix: Half-empty trucks, $3,000 bonuses

Amid shipping snarls and record consumer spending, the company is prepared to sacrifice profit to get products to customers on time.

AAL Shipping China raises funds for rural education through Project Hope

AJOT Newsroom | November 24, 2021 | Maritime

[FBX Weekly] Ocean rates stable and first signs of progress in LA/LB

AJOT Newsroom | November 24, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Maritime

Bloomberg | November 23, 2021

West coast dockworkers reject contract extension, seek talks

The union representing about 15,000 dockworkers at the U.S.’s largest ports declined an offer by employers to extend existing labor contracts for a year, setting the stage for heated negotiations.

Maritime

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021

Naval Base Ventura County and Port of Hueneme join forces to help relieve US supply-chain congestion

Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) in partnership with the Oxnard Harbor District (OHD)/Port of Hueneme (POH) has activated a standing joint use agreement (JUA) to provide U.S. Navy resources onboard Port of Hueneme in direct support of decreasing port congestion in Los Angeles County and reducing the national supply-chain shortage, Nov. 22, 2021.

MSC PAD scope: USA, Puerto Rico to Ivory Coast (Abidjan & San Pedro)

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

WinGD sets development timeframe for methanol and ammonia engines

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021 | Maritime | Technology

Swiss engine designer WinGD has announced that its engines will be able to run on methanol and ammonia from 2024 and 2025 respectively.

Suspension of Le Havre and Puerto Angamos calls on CMA CGM EUROSAL service connecting North Europe with West Coast South America & the Caribbean

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM to omit Savannah on its LIBERTY BRIDGE service connecting North Europe with US East Coast

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Port Freeport announces completion of Reach 3 of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals

The Port Freeport has announced Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation has completed the first segment of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project. Port Freeport and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground on the segment in April 2021.

Oceangoing aquaculture vessel gains RINA approval

AJOT Newsroom | November 23, 2021 | Maritime | Technology

Ship classification society, RINA has announced the Approval in Principle (AiP) of a new-concept offshore fish-farming vessel.

US gasoline barges head to Western Canada after flood damage

U.S. barges carrying gasoline are headed to Canada’s west coast to deliver much-needed fuel to a region cut off from the rest of the country after last week’s rainstorms brought flooding and landslides that damaged transportation links.