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Yadea partners with Spiro to accelerate electric mobility across Africa

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Energy | Alternative

Spiro has signed a partnership with Yadea to scale accessible and sustainable electric transport across Africa.

Express Global Logistics (EXG) manages heavy lift load-out and offshore installation for a major liquid cargo berth extension

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

Express Global Logistics (EXG), members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, together with its group company Megaload, successfully executed a comprehensive heavy-lift load-out and offshore installation campaign involving multiple critical marine structures.

Clean Arctic Alliance reacts to ships sailing from Asia to Europe via Arctic route

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Green Shipping | Maritime

Responding to reports that the Liberian-flagged container vessel Dubai Tower has departed the UK ports of Teesport and Felixstowe and is due in the German port of Hamburg today, having sailed through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) from Ningbo China, and news that South Korea’s PanStar Acro has arrived in the Dutch port of Rotterdam Waalhaven, having visited Felixstowe en route from the NSR, Dr Sian Prior, Lead Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance said: 

YoungShip puts focus on attracting and developing shipping’s next generation

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Maritime

Shipping needs to attract a new generation of talent, help young professionals navigate an industry being reshaped by technology, regulation and geopolitics, and give them reasons to build long-term maritime careers.

Turn Services completes the acquisition of St. John Fleeting

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

Kardex expands AutoStore business to Canada, providing efficient, scalable, reliable storage and fulfillment

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Logistics

Automated storage solutions and intralogistics specialist Kardex is expanding its AutoStore operations to Canada.

Intermodal

Reuters | September 14, 2026

US rail fuel surcharges on grain hit record highs, squeezing farmers in harvest season

Railroad fuel surcharges on U.S. grain shipments have more than doubled over the past year, rippling through the farm belt and raising transportation costs as many farmers also struggle with higher production costs.

Dinneen joins OnTrac as strategic advisor

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Logistics | People | Appointments

Industry veteran rejoins the company he helped build to explore new growth segments and customer value creation.

EDRAY names Devereaux to lead commercial development

EDRAY | September 14, 2026 | Logistics

EDRAY welcomes Monica Devereaux as Vice President, Head of Account Management. She will lead commercial development.

Air China Cargo launches new weekly service from Ürümqi Tianshan to Glasgow Prestwick

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Air Cargo | General

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) has announced a new direct cargo route to Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport (URC).

Send 2290 launches free iOS and Android apps to e-File IRS Form 2290 (HVUT) and get the stamped schedule 1 in minutes

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Trucking

While the industry’s main Form 2290 deadline passed on August 31, HVUT filing continues year-round: a truck first used on public highways in any later month owes a prorated return by the last day of the following month. A vehicle put into service in September, for example, must be filed by October 31; one first used in February is due March 31. Form 2290 due dates follow each truck individually — a rhythm that catches new owner-operators who buy mid-season, because the deadline is set by the truck’s first month on the road, not by the calendar everyone else filed on.

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

Reuters | September 14, 2026 | Maritime

The European Union should take on a more strategic and proactive role in the European Arctic, 12 member states including Germany, France and the Netherlands said in a joint statement on Monday.

Naledi Mining Services Chief Executive Officer (CEO) joins African Mining Week (AMW) 2026

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Logistics | Supply Chain

International Trade

Reuters | September 14, 2026

Companies left China to dodge tariffs. Now some are heading back

A year after shifting production and sourcing out of China to avoid higher U.S. tariffs, some companies are learning that replicating the country's factory ecosystem is not so easy and are bringing manufacturing back.

Dominion, NextEra propose $1 billion-a-year Virginia supplier program

Reuters | September 14, 2026 | Energy

Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy on Monday said they would establish a Virginia supplier program worth up to $1 billion annually for five years if their proposed merger is approved.

OnTrac announces Dynamic Savings program

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Logistics

OnTrac announced OnTrac's Dynamic Savings program.

Carney, locked in US trade war, pitches Canada to global investment titans

Reuters | September 14, 2026 | International Trade

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes dozens of global investors to Toronto this week, hoping to lure investments for more than 160 projects that he says are key to steering Canada's economy through a trade war with the United States.

Energy

Reuters | September 14, 2026

Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply

Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said. A further decline in Saudi flows will worsen the global supply crunch, which has already pushed global fuel prices to record highs, spurred inflation around the world and sent U.S. bond yields to the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis.

African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 gears up for five days of deals, dialogue and energy leadership

AJOT Newsroom | September 14, 2026 | Energy

Trump tells Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to stop hitting Russian diesel

Reuters | September 14, 2026 | Energy

President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were causing a shortage of the fuel that is "hurting the world".

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