Qatar Air Condemns `Failed’ Blockade, Seeks Trump Intervention
Air Cargo
Bloomberg | Top Story | February 20, 2018

Qatar Air Condemns `Failed’ Blockade, Seeks Trump Intervention

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker used the handover of the Persian Gulf carrier’s newest plane to renew criticism of four other Arab states that have ostracized his country, saying the Saudi-led measures had “failed in every aspect.”
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rose 2% in January

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Intermodal | Trucking

Port Tampa Bay and Port Logistics Refrigerated Services welcome first shipment of perishables
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | February 20, 2018

Port Tampa Bay and Port Logistics Refrigerated Services welcome first shipment of perishables

Port Logistics Refrigerated Services (PLRS), Port Tampa Bay’s newest tenant and the operator of a new state-of-the-art cold storage facility, confirmed today that it received its first shipment of perishable products.
Airbus No. 2 Bregier Bails Out After Handing Over Latest Model

Bloomberg | February 20, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

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Truckload & Intermodal Cost Indexes - January 2018

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Intermodal

January marked the sixteenth consecutive month of increases, and pricing momentum continues to strengthen. Higher diesel prices are creating demand and pricing power for domestic intermodal.

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Thunderbolt with Movement of Industrial Press Component in the USA

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Project / Heavy Lift | Intermodal Project

Thunderbolt Global Logistics in the USA are pleased to share a video (click to view) of a 113tn industrial press component moved from the Port of Portsmouth in Virginia to Union in South Carolina.

Maersk Line Chinese New Year Network Changes (Far East Asia to North America)

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

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Swivel Software launches to empower digital logistics

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Logistics

A new breed of software supplier to the freight forwarding and global shipper community is born today. Swivel Software’s mission is to make it easier for freight forwarders and importers/exporters to work together through e-commerce and digitalization - shaking the dominance of established legacy supply chain management systems

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U.S. ethane consumption, exports to increase as new petrochemical plants come online

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Energy

Over the next two years, EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) projects growth in U.S. consumption of ethane in the petrochemical industry will exceed increases in consumption of all other petroleum and liquid products—such as motor gasoline, distillate, and jet fuel—combined. EIA also projects that ethane exports will continue increasing, as ethane is exported both by pipeline to Canada and by tankers to more distant destinations.

NATSO Board of Directors Adopts Infrastructure Funding Principles

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | International Trade

Pink barge “Big Hope 1” promotes cancer research on first visit to Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor
Ports & Terminals
AJOT | Top Story | February 20, 2018

Pink barge “Big Hope 1” promotes cancer research on first visit to Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

The barge's cargo - a large storage tank measuring 171 feet in length and 342,000 pounds bound for a refinery in the Midwest - is being unloaded by port stevedore Federal Marine Terminals (FMT).
Goltens teams up with Yara Marine on SOx scrubbers

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Maritime

UIA celebrate 25th year in the air carrier business

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

South Korea Targets U.S. Trade Remedies in New WTO Dispute
International Trade
Bloomberg | Top Story | February 20, 2018

South Korea Targets U.S. Trade Remedies in New WTO Dispute

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea launched a World Trade Organization dispute that argued a key provision of the U.S.’s anti-dumping and countervailing investigations violated international trade rules.
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SP Unveils CableSafe at NATE; Upgrades TIMH

AJOT | February 20, 2018 | Project / Heavy Lift

Straightpoint (SP) will launch CableSafe, designed for measuring synthetic rope tension, at the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) annual event, Unite, which takes place at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee on 19-22 February.

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