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World’s 2nd largest ship registry prepares for continued success in 2018

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | Maritime

International Registries, Inc. (IRI), which provides administrative and technical support to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime and Corporate Registries, kicked off the new year with its Maritime Services Group strategy meeting, which took place at its headquarters in Reston, Virginia.

`Bad Joke’ Aside, Wall Street May Be Baking in Trump Nafta Exit

Bloomberg | January 18, 2018 | Intermodal | Rail

Drewry World Container Index - 18 Jan 2018

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia, is up by 2.4% to $1440.99/40ft container [updated Thurs, 18 Jan 18].

EIA expects total U.S. fossil fuel production to reach record levels in 2018 and 2019

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | Energy

In its January 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts that total fossil fuels production in the United States will average almost 73 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2018, the highest level of production on record. EIA expects total fossil fuel production to then set another record in 2019, with production forecast to rise to 75 quadrillion Btu.

BDP International opens new offices in Kenya

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | Logistics

Port of Morehead City on 2 hour weather delay

AJOT | January 18, 2018

US DoC targets “Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon” from China

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | International Trade

Ports & Terminals

AJOT | Top Story | January 18, 2018

U.S. dredging industry invests in American workers

New state-of-the-art technology to deliver four new vessels for critical infrastructure projects

Second Vroon W2W vessel completes modifications and outfitting at Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | Maritime

This follows a similar project successfully completed in July this year at Oranjewerf, involving sister ship VOS Start.

Davies Turner takes the plaudits for for supply chain solutions

AJOT | January 18, 2018 | Logistics

Davies Turner, the UK's leading independent freight forwarder and logistics service provider, has been named as a winner in the Outsystems 2017 Innovation awards.