The Loadstar

By Gavin van Marle 18 September 2026 Container spot freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe continued on their completely divergent directions for the seventh straight week, with Asia-US east …

By Lawrence Lim 18 September 2026 The divide: FedEx has reshaped itself through a freight spin-off, a unified delivery network and a hard pivot towards yield over lower-quality volume. The …

By Alison Koo 18 September 2026 Newbuilding deliveries are picking up after a summer lull, with the Far East-South America east coast route continuing to receive capacity. Over the past …

By Adam Clermont 18 September 2026 The announcement Hong Kong’s government unveiled its First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development on Wednesday, September 16, pairing it with the 2026 …

By Alex Lennane 18 September 2026 The shortage of large freighters – and continued uncertainty over the arrival of Boeing’s 777-8F – has prompted US regulators to allow the manufacturer …

By Charlotte Goldstone 18 September 2026 The expected post-peak easing in ocean freight rates has failed to materialise, with resilient US import demand, weather disruption and carrier capacity cuts keeping …

By Alex Lennane 18 September 2026 Abu Dhabi sovereign investor L’Imad Holding’s reported interest in taking a stake in Atlas Air Worldwide could offer the US freighter operator’s owners something …

By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 18 September 2026 Container lines are pouring more capacity into India-Africa trades that industry sources say is expanding at a strong pace as global supply …

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By Alex Lennane 17 September 2026 Soaring oil prices are sending a further wave of fuel increases through global logistics, leaving shippers exposed not only to higher transport costs, but …

By Charlotte Goldstone 17 September 2026 Ocean freight risk is expected to remain elevated across the major Asia-North America and Asia-Europe trades over the next four weeks, with deteriorating schedule …

By Alison Koo 17 September 2026 South Korea’s shipping industry is entering a more competitive phase in the intra-Asia market as HMM, the country’s flagship container carrier, expands into this …

By Adam Clermont 17 September 2026 In case you missed it: a contamination report that class-action attorneys never shared with their own clients collides with a transcontinental merger application, three …

By Gavin van Marle 17 September 2026 Maersk has announced that it is to suspend its standalone transpacific TPX extra loader service shortly before the beginning of China’s Golden Week …

By Gavin van Marle 17 September 2026 The prospect of a widespread indefinite strike across Germany’s port network grew this week after member of the United Services Union (ver.di) voted …

By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 17 September 2026 Turkish carriers Turkon Line and Arkas Line, relative newcomers to the Indian trade landscape, are rapidly cementing their operations in the emerging …

By Alessandro Pasetti & The Stath 17 September 2026 There are times when the conversations inside a company become more interesting than its official announcements. Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) may …

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By Gavin van Marle 16 September 2026 Rumours are gaining ground in shipbroking circles that Maersk is on the verge of making a series of huge new orders for vessels, …

By Alex Lennane 16 September 2026 Shippers are demanding far more from their logistics providers as disruption and supply chain complexity increase – but that does not necessarily mean they …

By Charlotte Goldstone 16 September 2026 Maersk has overtaken Cosco to become the largest container shipping line in the intra-Asia market by deployed capacity, according to the latest analysis by …

By Gavin van Marle 16 September 2026 CMA CGM yesterday declared General Average on the 8,000 teu CMA CGM Petra, which suffered a fire in one of its containers on …

By Stuart Todd 16 September 2026 Following Poland’s accession to EU membership in 2004, its road haulage sector underwent a meteoric rise to the top. Business tripled and its truckers …

By Alison Koo 16 September 2026 South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) is struggling to attract local shipping companies to build ice-class container ships, despite dangling $8m of …

By Adam Clermont 16 September 2026 So what? The winners aren’t spending the most on technology. They’re the ones who rebuilt how decisions get made. The rest are just collecting …

By The Stath 16 September 2026 After writing about Europe’s succession problem in forwarding, and then about who might end up buying all these companies, the conversation inevitably arrives at …

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By Gavin van Marle 15 September 2026 The collapse of Omani-led talks to resolve the Straits of Hormuz passage, which were due to take place in Salalah yesterday, will deal …

By Adam Clermont 15 September 2026 Key takeaway: American freight railroads are in the middle of their strongest sustained run since before the pandemic. The industry is too busy fighting …

By Alex Lennane 15 September 2026 Airlines are reshaping freighter networks as uneven demand and a shortage of available aircraft make the deployment of existing capacity increasingly important. Airports, too, …

By Adam Clermont 15 September 2026 Key takeaway: A new federal initiative to run transmission infrastructure along rail corridors promises revenue for railroads and faster grid buildout for the country. …

By Gavin van Marle 15 September 2026 More than one in 10 containers inspected by authorities over the course of 2025 were shown to have safety deficiencies, according to new …

By Ian Putzger Americas correspondent 15 September 2026 Four months after its initial announcement, DHL Express has formally introduced its international express service for shipments up to 3,000 kilos in …

By Alessandro Pasetti 15 September 2026 Oh, dear. Almost forgot about some of the latest changes in forwarding at C-suite level for shipping lines MSC and CMA CGM. Now. There’s …

By Alison Koo 15 September 2026 Beibu Gulf Port Group has executed a test river-sea trip through the Pinglu Canal, prior to the waterway’s official opening tomorrow. Two domestic container-and-bulk …

By Lawrence Lim 15 September 2026 Container shipping is entering autumn with more underlying support than many expected in the bear camp. How so? Global teu-mile demand has grown 6.1% …

By Charlotte Goldstone 15 September 2026 Chicago Rockford International Airport is looking to replicate the success of Liège Airport as it seeks to establish itself as a major alternative cargo …

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By Alex Lennane 14 September 2026 Amazon is reshuffling its air cargo network after suspending operations with 21 Air, removing seven 767 freighters from its contracted fleet just weeks before …

By Charlotte Goldstone 14 September 2026 Liège Airport has seen a significant impact from the EU’s €3 charge on small parcels, but the way the levy is collected across member …

By Gavin van Marle 14 September 2026 The Gemini Cooperation partners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd today announced that four more Asia-Europe services are returning to Suez transits on their headhaul westbound …

By Gavin van Marle 14 September 2026 Hapag-Lloyd has signed a deal with DP World to secure long-term access to terminal capacity at three of the port operator’s current African …

By Ruben Huber 14 September 2026 As Klaus Michael Kuehne was laid to rest last week, another legend passed: C.H. Tung. Hong Kong’s first post-colonial Chief Executive and a public …

By Ian Putzger Americas correspondent 14 September 2026 Mexico’s chief gateways on the Pacific coast have chalked up double-digit growth this year and have to expand to keep up. Port …

By Alison Koo 14 September 2026 Existing operators on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) are consolidating their interest in the sea lane as more new players prepare to enter the …

By Alessandro Pasetti 14 September 2026 “Unlike Rumpelstiltskin, plaintiff Michael Carrabes cannot spin straw into gold. In this employment litigation, Plaintiff roots all of his claims (…) in the same …

By Alessandro Pasetti 14 September 2026 You may recall our ’M&A rumblings’ coverage from the end of February. Back then, market talk was that AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) had approached Belgium’s …

By Charlotte Goldstone 13 September 2026 This week on News in Brief, we look at Hapag-Lloyd’s latest proposals in its bid for ZIM, the impact of renewed tensions around the …

By Gavin van Marle 11 September 2026 Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades continued in much the same vein as they have since the beginning of August …