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Mexican truck exports plunge 80% in just days as US border blockade persists

Bloomberg | April 15, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

Mexican semi-truck exports to the U.S. have slumped 80% in a matter of days as a border blockade to protest Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s stepped-up vehicle inspections drags on.

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California selects high-tech collaborative for key investment

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

iHub² bolsters ongoing, evolutionary, and economic change for the region

ATA calls on Governor Abbott to rescind his redundant inspection initiative

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

EXIM Bank approves ‘Make More in America’ Initiative; financing opportunities available

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | International Trade | Project / Heavy Lift

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Coast Guard’s Lam directs drifting ship rescue and saving ships from Port of Benicia fire

Stas Margaronis | April 15, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

On April 7th, the U.S. Coast Guard coordinated a successful effort to prevent a 1,700 TEU container ship, which lost power, going aground on Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Damen delivers Multi Cat 2409 for maintenance of Port de Kamsar in Guinea

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | Ports & Terminals

Within the exceptional short delivery time of just 4.5 months, Damen Shipyards Group has been able to deliver a customized Multi Cat 2409 for port and fairway maintenance at the Guinean Port of Kamsar. Great cooperation of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) and Damen, overcoming covid restrictions in the process, has led to the outfitting of the vessel for a multitude of operations in the West-African port.

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index improved slightly in February ahead of a plunge in March

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | Intermodal | Trucking

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Airmar welcomes Hatherley as director of global operations

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | Logistics

Anita Hatherley's advanced logistics execution and supply chain expertise to bring synergy to Airmar operations

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New MSC Scan Baltic service makes first call to the Port of Philadelphia

AJOT | April 15, 2022 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Today PhilaPort welcomed the maiden call of a new ocean liner service to The Port of Philadelphia’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. The container ship M/V Cornelia is part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) brand new “Scan Baltic” service.

Coal miners in South Africa get railway’s force majeure notice

Bloomberg | April 15, 2022 | Intermodal | Rail

Russia April gas exports fall on spot price drop, warmer weather

Bloomberg | April 15, 2022 | Energy

Shanghai’s frozen meat, seafood imports stall on port congestion

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | April 15, 2022

Shanghai’s frozen meat, seafood imports stall on port congestion

AP Moller-Maersk A/S, one of the biggest shipping lines in the world, has stopped bookings to ship refrigerated containers into Shanghai as a strict Covid lockdown stalls the trucking of meat and seafood from the port into the city.

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Russian grain still flows to top customers despite war inflating costs

Seven weeks after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is still exporting grain to some of its biggest customers, even as shipping costs soar.

American Air union sues over plan for training new pilots

Bloomberg | April 15, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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LNG exports seen benefiting from US credit bank financing

Bloomberg | April 15, 2022 | Energy

The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a plan Thursday that could yield a flood of financing for U.S. energy ventures, including wind and solar projects, battery manufacturing and terminals to sell LNG overseas.