American Journal of Transportation, AJOT

01/28/2025

AJOT Insight by Stas Margaronis

Drewry says California wildfires will drive demand for building materials

The aftermath of the recent wildfires in Los Angeles is expected: “To drive up import demand for and commodities in the U.S. … Rebuilding the region will aid the need for construction materials, generating demand for bulk and multi-purpose shipping,” according to a Drewry Maritime Research analysis. | | | |

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-drewry-says-california-wildfires-will-drive-demand-for-building-materials

01/23/2025

Statement by IMO Secretary-General on the release of the crew of the Galaxy Leader

Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Mr. Arsenio Dominguez has welcomed the release of the crew of the MV Galaxy Leader, after more than a year in captivity. | |

https://www.ajot.com/news/statement-by-imo-secretary-general-on-the-release-of-the-crew-of-the-galaxy-leader

01/17/2025

AJOT Insight Article by Stas Margaronis
Port of Long Beach’s Cordero hails ‘Green Port’ achievements

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero heralded the twentieth anniversary of the Port’s Green Port program which has resulted in major reductions in truck, cargo-handling equipment, and ship emissions that were achieved at the same time as record container volume growth.

Speaking to an audience of over 900 people at the Long Beach Convention Center, Cordero said: “Our state of our Port is getting greener serving as a model for the maritime industry. This is the true narrative for the stakeholders to have collaborated with us in the San Peter Bay Complex. Our policies and our programs are transforming this great love of maritime trade environmentally and operationally. Our operations are more efficient and more sustainable even while our terminal operators and our dock workers are handling record cargo volumes.”

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https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-port-of-long-beachs-cordero-hails-green-port-achievements

01/10/2025

AJOT Premium Article by Debra Phillips, AJOT
Digital Edition #772 page 4

Trucking industry readying for 2025

For the trucking industry, 2024 was a challenging year. Freight demand and rates decreased, while operating expenses increased by 25% for trucking companies, according to the American Trucking Association (ATA). At the same time, the industry was navigating regulatory issues and the need for tort reform to address “nuclear verdicts,” a term referring to jury awards of more than $10 million in damages for trucking accidents, even if the carrier was not totally at fault. | |

https://www.ajot.com/premium/ajot-trucking-industry-readying-for-2025

01/09/2025

AJOT Premium Article by Debra Phillips
Digital Edition #772 page 2

The rail industry to focus on customer service and digital transformation in 2025 | |

Unlike the trucking industry, which faced consistent challenges during 2024, the freight railroad industry has experienced growth in 2024 over 2023 for certain weeks and commodities.
https://www.ajot.com/premium/ajot-the-rail-industry-to-focus-on-customer-service-and-digital-transformation-in-2025

01/07/2025

AJOT Insight by Stuart Todd, AJOT

The prospect of a significant increase in tariffs on goods imported into the U.S from China could have the effect of boosting air cargo, according to a senior industry executive.

Speaking at a recent webinar that focused on trends shaping the air freight market in 2025, organized in collaboration with market analytics platform, Xeneta, TIACA’s Director-General, Glyn Hughes, said it was interesting to note first of all that the Biden administration had added to the tariffs which Trump had imposed during his initial term of office. Trump's tariff hike on imports from China could boost air cargo. | |

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-trump-tariff-hike-on-imports-from-china-could-boost-air-cargo

01/07/2025

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01/06/2025

AJOT Insight by Stuart Todd

Mega-projects increasingly have come under criticism. But are they the disaster the critics deem or a key to the future

Transport infrastructure mega-projects invariably capture the headlines, given their monumental size, scale and cost and more so when they are announced as being ultra-innovative, even revolutionary in design and make full use of emerging and disruptive technologies, such as AI and robotics.

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-mega-projects-increasingly-have-come-under-intense-criticism-but-are-they-the-disaster-the-critics-deem-or-a-key-to-the-future | | | |

01/06/2025

AJOT Insight Article by Stas Margaronis

Winston & Strawn’s Papavizas says proposed Ships Act could create U.S. shipbuilding boom - If Congress acts

The recently proposed Bi-Partisan Ships for America Act or Ships Act could lead to a major new shipbuilding mobilization in the United States, if Congress moves expeditiously to enact the measure and ensures sufficient funding, according to Charles Papavizas, a maritime attorney with the firm of Winston and Strawn based in Washington, D.C.

The recently proposed Bi-Partisan Ships for America Act or Ships Act could lead to a major new shipbuilding mobilization in the United States, if Congress moves expeditiously to enact the measure and ensures sufficient funding, according to Charles Papavizas, a maritime attorney with the firm of Win...

01/02/2025

A.P. Moller - Maersk asks customers to remove before potential at | |

https://ajot.com/news/maersk-asks-customers-to-remove-cargo-before-potential-strike-at-us-ports

01/01/2025

AJOT Insight by Phillip M. Perry, AJOT

Forecast 2025: A welcome economic rebound

Clearing skies with a chance of showers. Businesses can look forward to a gradually improving operating environment in 2025, thanks to lower interest rates, moderating inflation, and steady if unspectacular growth in the nation’s overall economic activity. | |

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-forecast-2025-a-welcome-economic-rebound

12/31/2024

AJOT Insight by Andrew Meadows, AJOT

Avocados will continue a strong surge in 2025 and beyond

Over the past two decades, avocado fervor has washed over the globe like a massive dark green wave. There could be some challenges in 2025, but leading agricultural economists don’t forecast the surge to dissipate next year or shortly. | | |

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-avocados-will-continue-strong-surge-in-2025-and-beyond

12/31/2024

AJOT Premium Article by Stas Margaronis
Digital Edition #772 page 20

The “Jones Act” legislation [Merchant Marine Act, 1921 requires that ships calling between U.S. ports be U.S. owned, built, and manned] has long been a target of groups like the Heritage Foundation. With the Trump Administration soon to take office, will 2025 be the final year of the Jones Act? | |

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12/30/2024

AJOT Insight by Stuart Todd

Cross-border e-commerce has become air cargo’s golden egg in recent years. It is no exaggeration to suggest that it is fast becoming the sector’s leading commodity, surpassing general .

Its ascendancy has squeezed the capacity available to other verticals, driving up rates across the sector. | |

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-e-commerce-is-air-cargo-golden-egg-but-theres-a-downside

12/30/2024

The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.

Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew on board, was trying to land shortly after 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea's transport ministry said. | |

https://www.ajot.com/news/fiery-plane-crash-kills-179-in-worst-airline-disaster-in-south-korea

12/27/2024

AJOT Insight: by Stuart Todd

The take-off of French cargo airship startup Flying Whales is proving neither smooth nor simple despite being vaunted as a prime example of the low-carbon transport of the future. | | |

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-take-off-of-french-cargo-airship-startup-flying-whales-neither-smooth-nor-simple-but-investors-keep-faith

12/23/2024

AJOT Premium Article: by George Lauriat, AJOT
Published in Issue #772 on page 8

A conversation with Trade Tech’s Bryn Heimbeck on the challenges and solutions for the “digital transformation” of the logistics sector.

Bryn Heimbeck, president and co-founder of Trade-Tech, a global logistics platform, is a digital devotee — his vision is to deploy ‘digitalization’ to break down the information silos constricting the logistics industry. And for a proponent like Heimbeck, this ‘digital transformation’ is the logical next step for an industry that has been slow in adopting tech that other industry sectors have readily embraced. As Heimbeck exclaims, “Fintech is flying in an airplane and the rest of us are riding a horse.” |

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12/23/2024

AJOT's Stas Margaronis exclusive Interview with AWO’s Jennifer Carpenter
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https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-exclusive-interview-with-awos-jennifer-carpenter