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Maritime Cook Islands promotes careers in maritime on Day of the Seafarer

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Maritime

MOL to launch 2018 Annual Vessel Safety Campaign

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that its annual safety campaign will begin on July 1, targeting all MOL Group-operated and owned vessels.

DHL Global Trade Barometer continues to rise

The DHL Global Trade Barometer (GTB) predicts that global trade growth will continue to accelerate over the next three months.

Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes to handle fruit in Italy

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | Equipment and Tech

In the first quarter of 2018, Konecranes won another order from Italy for mobile harbor cranes. Two cranes were recently commissioned at Port of Civitavecchia, Rome.

Greenbrier reports Third Quarter results

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Logistics

Air cargo industry talks: BARIG counts on take-off and joint spirit

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Hapag-Lloyd: Manual Booking Fee for Finland

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment highlights seasonal electric reliability issues

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Energy

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) recent 2018 Summer Reliability Assessment finds that there are enough resources to meet this summer's projected peak electricity demand in in all areas of the country except the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Metro Pool - Baltimore chassis availability

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Intermodal | Trucking

Metro Pool chassis may continue to be picked up from these terminals until bare chassis inventories are depleted - see below for current inventory levels.

Ports & Terminals

AJOT | Top Story | June 29, 2018

New super-sized cranes coming to Port Everglades

Broward County’s Port Everglades is progressing with manufacturing the first three new Super Post-Panamax container-handling gantry cranes being built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Inc. of China.

Logistics

Paul Scott Abbott | Top Story | June 29, 2018

Returns, blockchain lead opportunities, according to presenters at SMC3 event

Logistics providers have hundreds of billions of dollars of opportunities related to returns of purchases and blockchain implementation, according to presentations at SMC3’s Connections 2018 collaborative supply chain intelligence conference.

Hart’s new route 275lx launches July 1

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Jack C. Jensen Jr. appointed to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Ports & Terminals | People | Appointments

Gov. John Bel Edwards appointed Jack C. Jensen Jr. to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans as one of two Jefferson Parish representatives on the seven-member regional board. Jensen was sworn in during the June Board meeting and will serve a five-year term succeeding Robert R. Barkerding Jr.

Shell’s Lori Ryerkerk to accept Port Bureau’s 2018 Maritime Company of the Year award

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Energy | Ports & Terminals

Lori Ryerkerk, executive vice president of Shell Global Manufacturing, will accept the 2018 Maritime Company of the Year award on behalf of Shell Oil Company at the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s Annual Maritime Dinner on August 18, 2018.

CBRE promotes Thomas Monahan to Vice Chairman

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | International Trade | People | Appointments

CBRE announced that Thomas Monahan has joined the exclusive ranks of CBRE’s top producers, earning the title of Vice Chairman, the highest rank for CBRE professionals.

Schneider receives National Safety Council’s Green Cross for Safety Excellence Award

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | Intermodal | Trucking

Automotive Communications Council announces new leadership and board appointments

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | International Trade

Baltimore CBP Reports Nation’s First Encounter of a Wood-Boring Wasp Species in Aluminum Coils from Greece

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | International Trade | Commodity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed today that a live wood-boring wasp that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists recently intercepted in Baltimore is the first time this specimen has been reported in the United States.

Philadelphia CBP Seizes Nearly $10 Million in Counterfeit Luxury Watches

AJOT | June 29, 2018 | International Trade

If authentic, the 699 luxury brand watches that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized Thursday in Philadelphia would hold a manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP) of nearly $10 million. Instead, they’re headed to destruction.