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Allen Lund Company announces corporate promotions

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Logistics

Allen Lund Company has announced the promotion to vice president of three current office managers. These promotions include Bob Rose, manager ALC San Francisco promoted to vice president produce sales, who will report to ALC President, Eddie Lund; Tracey Lewin, manager ALC Los Angeles now vice president brokerage operations and Lenny Sciarappa, manager ALC Boston also promoted to vice president brokerage operations. Lewin and Sciarappa will both report to Executive Vice President, Jim McGuire.

Concerns remain for global marine underwriting, says IUMI

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Maritime

CMA CGM AFEX to call at Vung Tau, Vietnam during the cashew nuts season

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM is to upgrade the quality of its AFEX service connecting West Africa to Asia for the export of cashew nuts from Benin and Ghana.

UES Chassis GmbH: greater service and efficiency for container chassis hirers with IoT and CargoTracer

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Intermodal | Trucking

An unloaded container chassis is up to ten metres long and weighs up to 5,500 kilos. And yet despite their size, these chassis still frequently disappear without a trace. The Hamburg-based chassis leasing company UES is now using the ‘Internet of Transport’ to track them down and to assist hirers and drivers more effectively in the event of a breakdown – made possible by an affordable tracking system from BPW Innovation Lab.

Saudi Arabia and allies can replace lost Iranian oil

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Energy

The US said on Monday that it won’t extend the sanctions waivers for eight countries importing crude oil from Iran. The move could remove around 1.1 million barrels per day from the market.

UPS falls most in four years as investors shun comeback plan

Bloomberg | April 25, 2019 | Intermodal | Logistics | Integrators

US reiterates call for China to strengthen IP safeguards

Bloomberg | April 25, 2019 | International Trade

Alarm sounds for world growth as bellwether economy contracts

Bloomberg | April 25, 2019 | International Trade

Bombardier tumbles after cutting forecast on new rail-unit woes

Bloomberg | April 25, 2019 | Intermodal | Rail

FIS Air Freight Report April 23, 2019

AJOT | April 25, 2019 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

The Freight Investor Services air cargo market report combines data from The Air Cargo (TAC) Index and perspectives from our wide array of clients to provide an view on the historical, present and future air cargo market.

Taking down drones is turning into a big business

Bloomberg | April 25, 2019 | Air Cargo | Technology

Just shoot them down?

Norwegian Air uses 737 crisis to wring new deal from Boeing

Bloomberg | April 25, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Intermodal

Bloomberg | Top Story | April 25, 2019

Trump seeks speedy project reviews – except for Hudson Tunnel

Promising “gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways,’’ President Donald Trump ordered faster U.S. decisions on major public-works plans. That hasn’t happened with a New York City-area rail tunnel that boosters call the nation’s most-needed infrastructure project.