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U.S. cargo and passenger airlines added 1,948 jobs in May 2023; employment remains 8.2% above pre-pandemic May 2019
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 798,850 workers in May 2023, 1,948 (0.24%) more workers than in April 2023 (796,902)…
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Little-known Russia wheat exporter jumps in ranking
A company created in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become one of its major wheat traders in the space of a year.
Singapore puts transport minister on leave amid graft probe
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he instructed Transport Minister S. Iswaran to go on leave as the city’s anti-graft agency started a probe.
Australia gives China extra month to decide on barley tariffs
Australia has agreed to China’s request for an extra month to decide whether to lift duties on Australian barley, extending the suspension of a World…
South Africa names new chair of Transnet board as it combats logistic snarls
South Africa revamped the board of the state-owned ports and rail operator, appointing a former mining executive as its new chairman as it seeks to…
Taiwan chip exports plunge 21% as device makers clear inventory
Taiwan’s exports of integrated circuit chips dropped for a sixth consecutive month in June on slowing global demand.
Ryanair quits UK aviation panel, citing no progress on key goals
Ryanair Holdings Plc. resigned from a UK effort to bolster the country’s aviation sector after five months, saying the industry-government panel had become a “talking…
Radioactive water worries Japan’s top seafood trade partners
Japan’s plan to release more than 1 million cubic meters — enough to fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools — of treated radioactive water into the…
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Port Everglades reaches new operational performance heights
CPPI Index boosts ranking significantly
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Singapore Strait leads world in maritime crime incidents in 2023
The Singapore Strait saw the world’s largest number of reported piracy and armed robbery attempts in the first half of the year, though most were…