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Stronger NATO Reaction to Russian Actions in Georgia, Crimea Would Have Prevented Ukraine Invasion, Says Latvian President

Latvian Armed Forces soldiers take part in multinational training during Saber Strike 22 at Camp Adazi, Latvia, March 7, 2022. US Army Photo

The president of Latvia argued today that if NATO had reacted more strongly in 2008 to Russian aggression against neighboring Georgia and the Kremlin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, Moscow wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine.

Speaking at an online Washington Post forum Friday, Egils Levits said appeasement tactics “are not fruitful.” He compared those situations in...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/25/stronger-nato-reaction-to-russian-actions-in-georgia-crimea-would-have-prevented-ukraine-invasion-says-latvian-president

Lithuanian PM: Putin Underestimated Ukraine’s Willingness To Fight Off Russian Invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin

A frontline prime minister in the Ukraine crisis said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin underestimated Ukraine’s willingness to fight off a Russian invasion.

Putin also underestimated the Western democracies and their Pacific partners’ united response to the invasion, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said Monday at an online Washington Post forum. Simonyte noted this isn’t the first time Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons to settle a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/28/lithuanian-pm-putin-underestimated-ukraines-willingness-to-fight-off-russian-invasion

Haul lands $10M in funding, plans expansion of on-demand driver platform

For an industry that seems to be in desperate need of truck drivers to meet peak volume demands, Haul has arrived at the right time.

The on-demand truck driver platform announced Wednesday that it has closed a $10 million funding round led by B Capital Group. Haul’s new funding adds to a $3 million seed round announced in February 2021.

This latest round of financing includes some of the top leaders in the supply chain and marketplace technology space, including previous funders Hack VC, Next...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/haul-lands-10m-in-funding-plans-expansion-of-on-demand-driver-platform

USS Savannah Commissioned in Georgia

The future Savannah (LCS-28) is floated down the Mobile River on Sept. 2, 2020, just days after it was christened at the Austal USA shipyard. Austal USA photo.

The Navy commissioned USS Savannah (LCS-28) on Saturday in Brunswick, Ga., the sea service announced.

The ship is the 14th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to enter the fleet, according to a news release from the Navy. It is the sixth ship to bear the name Savannah.

The ship was delivered to the Navy by Austal USA in June 2021....

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/05/uss-savannah-commissioned-in-georgia

Port of Savannah overcomes ‘serious headwinds’ to land cargo record

The Port of Savannah handled record volumes in 2021, moving 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units and sending volumes up 20% year-over-year.

The sizable increase comes as the port experienced 12 consecutive months of record container growth, the Georgia Ports Authority said. 

East Coast ports, including Savannah, have served as an alternative to the congested Southern California ports, although some East Coast ports experienced congestion of their own in 2021.

Volumes at the Colonel’s Island...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-overcomes-serious-headwinds-to-land-cargo-record

Panel: West Must be Prepared to Send More Military Aid to Ukraine to Deter Russia

A solider with the Ukrainian Mechanized Company, 92nd Mechanized Brigade drills during the Combined Resolve XVI (CBR XVI) exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 10, 2021. US Army Photo

The West must be ready to send air defense systems and anti-ship missiles to Kyiv while preparing to slap harsher sanctions on Moscow to deter the Kremlin’s bullying of Ukraine, five experts in European security said this week.

Alexander Vershbow, a former NATO...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/24/panel-west-must-be-prepared-to-send-more-military-aid-to-ukraine-to-deter-russia

Port of Savannah achieves 16th consecutive month of record growth

The Port of Savannah has set a new monthly record in November by handling 495,750 TEU, which translates to a 6.7% increase over the previous year for the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA).

“Our employees along with Savannah’s stevedores, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) members, truckers, river captains and many other transportation professionals have pulled together to handle record cargo volumes for an incredible 16 consecutive months,” commented GPA’s executive director, Griff Lynch.

https://container-news.com/port-of-savannah-achieves-16th-consecutive-month-of-record-growth/

Canada’s XTL acquires Georgia freight brokerage CBT

Tractor-trailers of XTL at a company load facility.

Cross-border trucking and logistics firm XTL Group has acquired Georgia-based freight brokerage CBT, creating the Canadian firm’s first U.S.-based operation. 

The acquisition, announced Monday, gives Toronto-based XTL a brokerage focused on serving the food service industry, and poultry and egg processors. The deal complements XTL’s trucking and freight brokerage businesses, which serve some of the same sectors within Canada and in cross-border operations with the U.S.

“They’ve never sold...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadas-xtl-acquires-georgia-freight-brokerage-cbt

FreightWaves Classics: I-24 travels through four states; ends in the heart of “Freight Alley”

Sign points the way to I-24 West from I-75 South. (Photo: interstate-guide.com)

Interstate 24 (I-24) runs for just over 317 miles through parts of the Midwest and Southeast. It begins at its junction with I-57, 10 miles south of Marion, Illinois. It then runs through parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and then ends back in Tennessee at its junction with I-75 in Chattanooga. 

Like other even-numbered interstates in the United States, I-24 is signed as a west-east route, although its actual route follows a more northwest to southeast routing. I-24 is designated a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-i-24-travels-through-four-states-ends-in-the-heart-of-freight-alley

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