Transportation News, Logistics, Ports and Trade

UIPA, SLC partnership to add officers serving west-side industrial area

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Intermodal | Ports & Terminals

A public safety investment approved earlier this year by the Utah Inland Port Authority and Salt Lake City will help fund 12 additional Salt Lake City police officers dedicated to serving the city’s west-side industrial and warehousing area.

Brownley, Garamendi, Schiff and Padilla announce more than $22 million for infrastructure upgrades at ports of Hueneme and Richmond

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Ports & Terminals

FedEx, UPS vow to return tariff refunds to customers

Parcel delivery giants FedEx and UPS said on Tuesday they would return any tariff refunds to customers as the U.S. government begins to return the illegally collected levies.

AAL Shipping strengthens industry-leading credentials with ISO 27001 certification

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

AAL Shipping (AAL) has further strengthened its position as a trusted global heavy‑lift and project cargo carrier with the successful certification of ISO 27001

House Democrats urge Trump to keep US ban on Chinese cars in place

Reuters | April 28, 2026 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News

More than 70 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump not to permit Chinese automakers to build or sell cars in the United States.

Airbus misses core profit estimates as deliveries slow

Reuters | April 28, 2026 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Europe's Airbus posted a sharp drop in first-quarter core profit on Tuesday, falling well below market expectations as the world's largest planemaker delivered fewer aircraft and was hurt by a weaker U.S. dollar.

Russian ‘shadow fleet’ undeterred by Starmer’s threat as nearly 100 ships cross UK waters

Reuters | April 28, 2026 | Maritime | Bulk

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision last month to let the British military board ships of Russia’s so‑called "shadow fleet" has had no clear impact on the number passing through UK waters, a Reuters analysis shows.

Q-Free marks 50-million transponders delivered as it launches next-generation OBU1010

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Trucking

Ports & Terminals

Steve Burns, Media Relations staff, Port Authority NY NJ | April 28, 2026

Shipping containerization, born at Port Newark, marks 70 years

70 years ago this month, the invention that would come to reshape both the world’s economy and our region’s landscape was put into motion on the shores of Port Newark.

4SIGHT Connect bridges the last gap in warehouse automation with the launch of “Auto Dock™”

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Logistics

4SIGHT Connect, a pioneer in loading dock technology, today announced the launch of Auto Dock. This solution integrates the loading dock into the modern facility’s digital ecosystem, forging a path to eliminate one of the last remaining manual hurdles in the global supply chain.

United Airlines launches new summer flights to Split, Bari, Glasgow and Santiago De Compostela

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Air Cargo | Airlines

• Airline launches first-ever nonstop service from Newark/New York to Split, Croatia; Santiago de Compostela, Spain, as well as the industry's only nonstop flights from Newark/New York to Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland • United offers customers more ways to explore destinations across the Atlantic this summer with the largest schedule including nearly 770 weekly transatlantic roundtrips in summer 2026 • In 2026, United will offer flights from the U.S. to 36 destinations in Europe including Greenland – 14 of which no other U.S. carrier serves • Destinations added in summer 2025 begin again including Ulaanbaatar, Faro, Madeira Island, Palermo, Bilbao and Nuuk

Avery Dennison announces strategic $75 million investment in Wiliot to scale physical AI

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Shipping Technology

Expanding joint go-to-market efforts, preferred inlay design and manufacturing partnership to accelerate adoption of physical AI to meet growing industry demand

The Mission to Seafarers launches Shorebased Happiness Index

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Maritime

Aurrigo International appoints aviation expert as Director of Global Airport Operations

Aurrigo International has made the high-profile appointment of Mark Gower as Director of Global Airport Operations.

Ascend Airways to surrender UK Air Operator Certificate

AJOT Newsroom | April 28, 2026 | Air Cargo | General

Ascend Airways has announced a strategic decision to surrender its UK Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and return its fleet of six Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to lessors.