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Dominion beats quarterly estimates on Virginia, South Carolina power demand

Reuters | May 01, 2025 | Energy

U.S. utility Dominion Energy reported first-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, helped by lower interest costs and strong demand from Virginia and South Carolina.

MSC scope announcements

AJOT Newsroom | May 01, 2025 | Maritime

MSC has made announcements regarding various scopes.

CSX announces ratification of labor deal with signalmen and boilermakers

AJOT Newsroom | May 01, 2025 | Intermodal | Rail

CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX), April 30, 2025, announced that it has secured the ratification of new five-year collective bargaining agreements with the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers & Helpers (IBB).

Oman: TotalEnergies and OQEP break ground at Marsa LNG

AJOT Newsroom | May 01, 2025 | Energy | Conventional

Under the patronage of His Excellency Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Minister of Energy & Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, and Ahmed Al Azkawi, OQ Exploration and Production CEO, celebrated the ground-breaking of the Marsa LNG plant, in the port of Sohar, northern Oman, one year after the Final Investment Decision.

Cold Chain Technologies expands its curbside recyclable parcel shipper portfolio

AJOT Newsroom | May 01, 2025 | Shipping Technology

Sustainable and convenient cold chain shipping just got easier thanks to the latest product launch from Cold Chain Technologies (CCT). The CCT TRUEtemp® Naturals shipper is a truly curbside recyclable, universal solution that combines robust thermal performance, operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness, all while reinforcing CCT’s commitment to sustainability and innovation in cold chain logistics.

CRE’S first-quarter pulse: Emerging trends in 2025

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | Logistics

US Senate to vote on bill to rein in Trump tariffs as economy contracts

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | International Trade

The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to vote on a resolution to block a host of President Donald Trump's tariffs, hours after the federal government reported that the nation's economy contracted for the first time in three years amid the chaos of the president's tariff policies.

JetBlue negotiates partnership with United Airlines, sources say

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airlines

JetBlue Airways and United Airlines have been negotiating a partnership, three industry sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Deutsche Bahn completes sale of logistics subsidiary DB Schenker to DSV

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | Logistics

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) today finalized the sale of DB Schenker, its logistics subsidiary, to the Danish transport and logistics group DSV for an enterprise value of EUR 14.3 billion.

Equinor says it could lose billions on Trump’s wind power clampdown

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | Energy | Alternative

Equinor stands to lose billions of dollars on its massive wind power project offshore the state of New York unless U.S. President Donald Trump's administration reverses a decision to halt the construction, the Norwegian group said on Wednesday.

CBRE promotes Pike to lead U.S. industrial & logistics capital markets, CBRE National Partners

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | Logistics | People | Appointments

Will Pike succeeds Chris Riley, who transitions to chairman role at Robinson Weeks Partners

Seafrigo expands multi-modal services into Chile to support global expansion

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

• Seafrigo opens two offices in Santiago to support growth • Growing range of exports by air demand specialist services from Seafrigo • Cool-chain expertise sees increased demand from Chilean growers to support international production demands

American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance submits comments urging strong action in Section 232 investigation to save 250,000 American jobs

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | International Trade | Commodity

World Shipping Council CEO on trade war, port fees & the future of container shipping

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

In this exclusive Freight Buyers’ Club interview, World Shipping Council CEO & President Joe Kramek unpacks the impact of the U.S. port fees on China-built vessels, why the policy may backfire on U.S. exporters and manufacturers, and how it blindsided vehicle carriers.

Soldier to CEO: Tembo’s Kevin O’Sullivan is first to appear on new project cargo podcast

AJOT Newsroom | April 30, 2025 | Project / Heavy Lift

A new podcast for the heavy lift sector, Project Cargo Professionals, launches, April 30, 2025, with the extraordinary story of Kevin O'Sullivan, managing director of Tembo in South Africa. A former soldier in the British Army, Kevin went on to lead a management buyout of the Southern Africa operation of Mammoet in 2024.

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | April 30, 2025

ILWU condemns Trump tariffs as “taxes” triggering job losses & urges resistance

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents U.S. West Coast longshore workers, issued a blistering condemnation of President Trump’s tariffs calling them “taxes” that will trigger job losses.

US economy contracts as tariffs unleash flood of imports

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | International Trade

The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter, swamped by a flood of imports as businesses raced to avoid higher costs from tariffs and underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald Trump's often chaotic trade policy.

Industry groups, business call on Britain and the EU to link carbon markets

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | Energy | Green Shipping

TotalEnergies CEO seeks to reassure investors after smaller profit, higher debt

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | Energy

Europe's willingness to buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. to plug a trade gap will boost business for TotalEnergies , said CEO Patrick Pouyanne on Wednesday, after the company posted first quarter earnings down across all business segments except its LNG unit.

Airbus beats first-quarter forecasts, maintains targets

Reuters | April 30, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Europe’s Airbus posted stronger-than-expected revenues and core profit for the first quarter and reaffirmed targets for the year, while stressing it was too early to quantify the impact of tariffs.

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