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A trucker shortage is forcing restaurants to buy local

Bloomberg | August 28, 2018 | Intermodal | Trucking

Local ingredients are trendy among upscale restaurants. Now, with surging shipping costs, sandwich and salad shops are following along.

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | August 28, 2018

Trump-Mexico deal averts tariff doomsday

Judging from the jump in General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. shares, the market thinks President Donald Trump’s accord with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement will enable U.S. automakers to carry on business as usual.

Trump’s Mexico trade deal looks like a lemon

Bloomberg | August 28, 2018 | International Trade

Markets bet Canada will stay in NAFTA as Trump raises pressure

Bloomberg | August 28, 2018 | International Trade

Melting ice In the Arctic is opening a new energy trade route

India plans to fill gap left by US exports to China

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

Trump dents hopes for a China deal after agreement with Mexico

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

Mexican minister says trade deal in no way pays for border wall

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

US trade groups laud progress on NAFTA but want three-way deal

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

Here’s how the US-Mexico trade deal would differ from NAFTA

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

Trump’s Mexico deal reveals another deficit

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

Ports of Indiana wins top steel industry honor

AJOT | August 27, 2018 | Ports & Terminals

More than 30% of global maritime crude oil trade moves through the South China Sea

The South China Sea is a major trade route for crude oil, and in 2016, more than 30% of global maritime crude oil trade, or about 15 million barrels per day (b/d), passed through the South China Sea.

Americold Realty Trust announces grand opening of Middleborough, MA facility

AJOT | August 27, 2018 | Logistics

Americold Realty Trust , the world’s largest owner and operator of temperature-controlled warehouses, announced today that its brand new Middleborough, MA facility is now officially open.

China and Japan Slowly Learn to Cooperate in the Age of Trump

Bloomberg | August 27, 2018 | International Trade

BNSF Logistics moves heavy transformer

AJOT | August 27, 2018 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

BNSF Logistics, member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for the USA, handled the safe and demanding transportation of 3 transformers, each with a weight of 470,000 lbs (213,2 tons) and the size of 25’7 x 11’5 x 14’ (7,83m x 3,51m x 4,27m).