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AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending August 09, 2025

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Intermodal | Rail

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 9, 2025.

DoKaSch Temperature Solutions expands U.S. presence with new service station in Atlanta

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airports

DoKaSch Temperature Solutions, a specialist in active temperature-controlled containers for the global air cargo industry, announces the opening of its newest U.S. service station in Atlanta, Georgia. Operated in collaboration with SEKO Logistics, the station commenced operations in May 2025.

Intermodal

Reuters | August 13, 2025

Union Pacific train derails in Texas, no hazardous material leaks

A Union Pacific Railroad train derailed two miles east of Gordon, Texas, on Tuesday, the company said, and emergency responders said the derailed cars did not appear to be leaking their contents.

International Trade

Stas Margaronis | August 13, 2025

Footwear retailers’ Priest says Trump tariffs cast gloom on sales

Trump-era tariffs are reshaping the footwear industry, says FDRA’s Matt Priest, with higher prices, sourcing struggles, and nervous retailers bracing for the year’s second half.

RXO’s latest curve forecast shows measured truckload market recovery

RXO | August 13, 2025 | Trucking

• In Q2 2025, truckload spot rates continued to rise year-over-year, while the growth rate eased from Q1 2025 • Peak season will test market stability as market is now more susceptible to changes in demand

US selects 11 projects for program to fast-track small nuclear test reactors

Reuters | August 13, 2025 | Energy | Alternative

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has made an initial selection of 11 projects for a pilot program seeking to develop high-tech test nuclear reactors and get at least three of them to begin operating in less than a year.

Logistics Plus named to the Inc. 5000 Annual List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Logistics | Project / Heavy Lift

Logistics Plus appears on the list for the seventh time in the past eight years and is now a 10x Honoree.

Stonemont bolsters MOB portfolio with acquisition in Canton, Georgia

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Logistics

Alterra IOS acquires multi-acre industrial outdoor storage site in San Diego

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Logistics

Fraport traffic figures – July 2025: Most group airports grow faster than Frankfurt

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airports

6.1 million passengers at Frankfurt Airport / Increase of 1.6 percent / Total Group traffic rises by 4.6 percent to 22.9 million passengers

Dispatch ranks on Inc. 5000 List for fourth consecutive year

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Shipping Technology

Dispatch continues to scale last-mile logistics through strategic investments in AI, talent, and customer success.

Express Global Logistics transports massive blowdown tanks

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Project / Heavy Lift | Intermodal Project

Express Global Logistics (EXG), member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, recently completed a complex transportation project, moving eight critical blowdown tanks to the western part of India

Clarience Technologies honored with Wabash’s 2024 Platinum Supplier Award

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Trucking

Clarience Technologies was recently awarded the prestigious Platinum Supplier Award from Wabash for 2024 at their 2025 Annual Conference.

TRAC Intermodal introduces TRAC GeoFleet: Tech-enabled private chassis fleet solution

Glasgow Prestwick Airport e-commerce employment boost

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airports

Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire, MP, tours new e-commerce facility as further job growth predicted

Aurrigo International plc moves into the North East with global first at Teesside International Airport

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airports

One of the UK’s leading providers of integrated airside systems has signed its first deal in the North East with Tees Valley Combined Authority (TCVA).

Global markets face headwinds as US trade deals push for WTI purchases - Rystad

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Energy

Brent oil futures are hovering around $66–67 per barrel with mixed geopolitical signals, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has weakened relatively more.

Stonemont expands ISF portfolio with Dallas acquisition

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2025 | Logistics

Stonemont Financial Group, an Atlanta-based private real estate investment firm specializing in industrial development, acquisitions and net lease investments, today announced it closed on a fully leased, 224,060-square-foot industrial service facility (ISF) in Dallas, Texas.

Delta, Aeromexico request extension to wrap up antitrust agreement

Reuters | August 13, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Carriers Delta and Aeromexico on Tuesday argued against winding down their antitrust agreement, as proposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, while asking for an extension to do so if needed.

International Trade

Reuters | August 13, 2025

US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say

U.S. authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of illegal diversion to China, according to two people with direct knowledge of the previously unreported law enforcement tactic.

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