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Georgia Ports celebrates seven years of YES+

AJOT Newsroom | April 09, 2025 | Ports & Terminals

Program provides mentoring, career opportunities for recent high school graduates

Averitt promotes Gantt to Regional VP

AJOT Newsroom | April 09, 2025 | Trucking | People | Appointments

Averitt has announced the promotion of Stuart Gantt to regional vice president for the company’s Florida operations.

GCCA releases 2025 “Global Top 25 List” of refrigerated warehouse and logistics providers

AJOT Newsroom | April 09, 2025 | Logistics

Angola exported more liquefied natural gas to Europe and less to Asia in 2022 and 2023

AJOT Newsroom | April 09, 2025 | Energy

Angola exported more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe and less to Asia in 2022 and 2023, according to estimates from the Statistical Review of World Energy, when Europe increased LNG imports to offset reduced natural gas imports by pipeline from Russia following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Activist Ancora drops U.S. Steel campaign after Trump orders review of Nippon Steel bid

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade | Commodity

Activist investor Ancora said on Wednesday it is withdrawing its nominations for director candidates on the board of U.S. Steel after President Donald Trump ordered a fresh review of Japan's Nippon Steel's bid for the domestic steelmaker.

China calls US trade surplus ‘inevitable’, warns it’s ready for trade war

Reuters | April 09, 2025

Trump tariffs kick in, China and Europe hit back

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

Largest US egg producer cooperating in Justice Department price probe

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

The largest U.S. egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, is cooperating with a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into high egg prices and whether producers have conspired to raise them, the company said on Tuesday.

China adds US companies to lists for export control, unreliable entities

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

Poland’s Nitro-Chem signs $310 million deal to supply TNT for US military

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

Polish explosives maker Nitro-Chem signed a deal on Wednesday to supply explosives worth 1.2 billion zlotys ($310 million) to a U.S. firm, intended for the U.S. military, the deputy defence minister said.

China expresses ‘grave concern’ at WTO about ‘reckless’ Trump tariffs

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

China told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday that the United States' decision to impose what it has called reciprocal tariffs on Beijing threatens to further destabilise global trade.

India weighs export support measures amid U.S. tariff hike, say government sources

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

India is considering measures such as extending interest subsidies on bank loans and offering incentives to help exporters to diversify amid rising global uncertainty after the U.S. tariff hikes, two government sources said.

China trade escalation unfortunate, loss for them, US Treasury secretary says

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | International Trade

China's move to impose 84% retaliatory tariffs against the United States is unfortunate and a losing proposition for Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.

Delta pulls financial forecast as Trump tariffs stall travel demand

Reuters | April 09, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

Delta Air Lines pulled its financial forecast for 2025 and projected current-quarter profit below expectations on Wednesday, saying travel demand has "largely stalled" as sweeping U.S. tariffs fuel economic uncertainty.

Southeastern Freight Lines celebrates 75 years of service at its Columbia and Atlanta service centers

Southeastern Freight Lines | April 09, 2025 | Trucking

Warp launches “FlowSkip” – unifying B2B + D2C freight to boost retail efficiency, speed, and profitability

Warp | April 09, 2025 | Logistics | Shipping Technology

New Philippines freighter operator picks Hactl as its handler

AJOT Newsroom | April 08, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airports

Recently-launched Skyway Airlines of the Philippines has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent handler – as handling agent for its new freighter services to Hong Kong, which are targeted at the e-commerce sector.

WorldACD Weekly Air Cargo Trends (week 13)

AJOT Newsroom | April 08, 2025 | Air Cargo | Freighters

First quarter 2025 up +3%, ahead of new US tariffs

International Trade

Reuters | April 08, 2025

Volkswagen’s Audi holding cars in U.S. ports due to autos tariff

Volkswagen's Audi is holding its cars which arrived after April 2, when Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on autos imports, in U.S. ports, it said on Monday, as companies scramble to work out how they will be affected by the duties.

Trump hails probability of a ‘great deal’ with South Korea after call

Reuters | April 08, 2025 | International Trade

President Donald Trump said he discussed tariffs, shipbuilding and potential energy deals in a "great call" with South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo on Tuesday, a day before a 25% tariff on the Asian ally is scheduled to kick in.

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