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MSC BRC - scope: Import ISC/ME - Indian Subcontinent/Middle East to USA

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Effective March 1, 2025, the MSC BRC quantum for the month of March 2025 to be considered for the Indian Subcontinent and Middle East will be as follows.

MSC PSS - scope: Turkey to USA and San Juan Puerto Rico

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Effective January 29, 2025, MSC informs of the PSS - Peak Season Surcharge decreased quantum and effective date.

ARTBA CEO Bauer’s statement as Senate confirms Duffy to lead U.S. DOT

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Trucking

Davies Turner Group gains health and safety certification

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Logistics

The occupational health and safety systems in place at four of the Davies Turner Group’s regional distribution centres in the UK has been certified to the ISO45001:2018 standard by the market-leading provider of ISO compliance certification and risk management training solutions, ISOQAR.

JT Logistics: CPG supply chain success in 2025 requires resilience, tariff strategies and tailored warehousing

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Logistics

In 2025, CPG brands should remain disruption-ready, remaining agile in case of supply chain capacity and inventory fluctuations

Salvors needed to put Red Sea’s long-term environmental impact first amid Sounion disaster, says Ambipar Response

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Green Shipping | Maritime | Bulk

The long-term environmental impact of the Sounion vessel disaster, both of the vessel and the Red Sea, were at the forefront of the critical salvage operation, noted Ambipar Response, the emergency response division of Ambipar Group, who led the spill response and pollution prevention effort for the stricken 164,000 dwt tanker (IMO: 9312145) in August 2024.

Port of Tilbury invests in LHM 550 mobile harbor crane to facilitate its operational expansion

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Ports & Terminals

• The Port of Tilbury, a part of Forth Ports group, is situated on the UK’s most renowned river for the import and export of goods and services: the River Thames. Each year, the Port has a throughput of 16 million tons, making it the largest Port on the river • The LHM 550 mobile harbour crane has been equipped with Liebherr’s latest technical innovations to enhance the Port’s logistical operations • Leading the way for sustainability, the crane incorporates green technology to help the Port achieve its goal of being net zero by 2042

Trucking

AJOT | Top Story | January 29, 2025

Duffy sworn in as Secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation

Yesterday, Sean Duffy was officially sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).

Boeing’s $3.9B Q4 losses highlight struggles with cost overruns and strike impact

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airlines

STV to spearhead design for VPRA’s Long Bridge South Package, linking Virginia and Washington, D.C.

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Intermodal | Rail | Project / Heavy Lift

TO Group expands cooperation with Polaris Autoliners

AJOT | January 29, 2025 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

The Transport Overseas Group (TO Group) and Polaris Autoliners are intensifying their collaboration.

UK backs third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport

Reuters | January 29, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airports

Britain's Labour government will back the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport to boost trade and economic growth, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday.

Plane crashes in South Sudan, killing 20, official says

Reuters | January 29, 2025 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Logistics

AJOT | Top Story | January 29, 2025

Vertical Cold Storage acquires Savannah facility, rounding out Southeast US network

Vertical Cold Storage, a developer and operator of temperature-controlled distribution centers sponsored by real estate investment firm Platform Ventures, purchased a frozen distribution center near the Port of Savannah in Pooler, GA. Terms were not disclosed.

Air Cargo

AJOT | Top Story | January 29, 2025

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s commercial airports record busiest year ever for second consecutive year

• Total 2024 passenger count of 145.9 million surpasses 2023 as busiest year ever at John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty International, and New York Stewart International Airports • International travel demand continues to grow, exceeding pre-pandemic levels • Record-breaking 2024 capped by record-breaking December and holiday travel • Unprecedented demand met by Port Authority’s transformation of all three major airports with larger, award-winning state-of-the-art terminals

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