By Alexander Whiteman 19/06/2026 Deal or no deal, logistics operators are expanding their Gulf land bridge offerings with DHL, GWC, and Oman Air Cargo all pumping further capacity into the …
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By Gavin van Marle 19/06/2026 A series of container freight spot rate hikes and general rate increases implemented on 15 June prompted another week of double-digit price rises on the …
By Alessandro Pasetti 19/06/2026 The forward-looking view on Danish forwarder DSV is always fascinating. That’s simply explained. The company – often promising to be better and more profitable than at …
By Charlotte Goldstone 19/06/2026 The gradual regionalisation of global supply chains is becoming one of the most important trends shaping container shipping, according to Braemar, as new trade agreements and …
By Alex Lennane 19/06/2026 As global freight markets begin to show signs of stabilisation after months of disruption, the industry’s largest forwarders have shown that recovering markets are not automatically …
By Bangladesh correspondent 19/06/2026 In a move designed to tackle chronic congestion and delays in airfreight exports, Bangladesh will permit private cargo operator stations to be established near its international …
By Alison Koo 19/06/2026 Feeder ships continue to dominate the boxship construction scene, including Chinese owners choosing to convert bulk carriers to container ships to beat the long wait for …
By Starboard 19/06/2026 Freight forwarding has plenty of AI demos. The harder test is whether the technology can handle the daily mess of the quote desk: emails, PDFs, spreadsheets, carrier …
By Charlotte Goldstone 18/06/2026 Container lines are increasingly deploying larger vessels on intra-Europe routes, with the number of ships above 8,000 teu operating in the Mediterranean rising by 78% year …
By Alexander Whiteman 18/06/2026 Forwarders may be short of confidence following confirmation that the US and Iran have signed a deal to end the war, but there have been green …
By Alison Koo 18/06/2026 Intra-Asia rates continue to rise year-on-year, as major ports are congested amid the early peak season, and there is a slow return of empty containers. On …
By Adam Clermont 18/06/2026 Key takeaway: The Postal Service’s push to bring operations in-house has cost more than 3,000 jobs across its contractor base in six months, and the companies …
By Alex Lennane 18/06/2026 WiseTech Global has attributed Tuesday’s CargoWise outage to a faulty data update, but the incident has reopened the wider debate among customers over software quality, support …
By Ian Putzger Americas correspondent 18/06/2026 Vacancy rates in the cold storage sector are at historically high rates. The development pipeline for new facilities is at a record low, which …
By Alessandro Pasetti 18/06/2026 Another event organised by a prominent sell-side house, another opportunity for Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena to make very clear how, in his personal view, the …
By SCS Australia 18/06/2026 When economists want to take the temperature of global trade, they increasingly look not at GDP revisions or purchasing manager indices, but at a number that …
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By Alexander Whiteman 17/06/2026 Opportunities are in the offing for forwarders and logistics operators, as the EU and the UK appear to be in sync when it comes to signing …
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By Gavin van Marle 17/06/2026 DP World looks set to finally break into the US market after entering into an “exclusive negotiation agreement” for a long-term lease to develop and …
By Alex Lennane 17/06/2026 CargoWise customers around the world reported being unable to access the platform for around two hours today, with users describing widespread login failure and disruption to …
By Alexander Whiteman 17/06/2026 Zanzibar appears to be eyeing the container transhipment game with plans to develop an integrated seaport and free zone at Mangapwani, hoping to restore the maritime …
By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 17/06/2026 An upcoming Indian tender for the development of a second container terminal at Ennore Port, near Chennai, has caught the eye of major global …
By Charlotte Goldstone 17/06/2026 General cargo imports have emerged as the main driver of air freight demand on the transpacific, replacing the ecommerce boom that had dominated the market for …
By Alessandro Pasetti 17/06/2026 The plot thickens. Talent poaching After months during which a slew of Ceva Logistics managers have left the building – the vast majority of them poached …
LBC: From Canada to Southampton – ‘record £139m cannabis found crammed into two shipping containers’
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By Gavin van Marle 16/06/2026 Should the whole concept of a peak season be discarded as global container supply chains find themselves roiled by a series of geopolitical and economic …
By Bangladesh correspondent 16/06/2026 Bangladesh has scrapped the long-standing cap on foreign ownership of inland container depots (ICDs) and off-dock facilities, in a move aimed at attracting greater foreign direct …
By Charlotte Goldstone 16/06/2026 Ocean carriers have continued their flurry of surcharge and rate increase announcements, which “continue to be the scourge of shippers’ lives”, according to James Hookham, director …
By Alison Koo 16/06/2026 Chinese containerised exports to the US have outperformed those of other Asian origins after tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were lifted, enabling …
By Alex Lennane 16/06/2026 Challenge Group is expanding its presence in India and China with new freighter services from Liège to Mumbai and Shanghai, joining a growing list of cargo …
By Gavin van Marle 16/06/2026 German freight forwarder Rhenus has appointed Scott Dudley (above) as managing director of Air & Ocean operations in the UK. Mr Dudley brings almost 20 …
By Adam Clermont 16/06/2026 There are roughly 600 short-line railroads in the United States. These small businesses operate nearly 50,000 miles of track, about 30% of the national freight rail …
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By Gavin van Marle 15/06/2026 A pair of US class-action lawsuits has pulled back the curtain on what could become one of the most consequential antitrust cases ever to hit …
By The Loadstar team 15/06/2026 If – and in this context, “if” is the biggest word in the English language – the fragile peace outlined between Iran and the US …
By Alexander Whiteman 15/06/2026 War in the Persian Gulf decimated what was looking like a bright spot for container trades at the start of 2026, but with a deal between …
By Charlotte Goldstone 15/06/2026 The sharp rise in transpacific spot rates could prompt a fresh influx of non-alliance container services on the Asia-US west coast trade, according to new analysis …
By Ian Putzger Americas correspondent 15/06/2026 Amazon raised questions in the US less-than-truckload (LTL) sector last week with the unveiling of its expanded LTL offering, declaring it was responding to …
By Angelo Mathais India correspondent 15/06/2026 MSC is rebooting its hub operations for the ocean trades in and out of South Asia, industry updates suggest. The world’s largest container line …
By Ruben Huber 15/06/2026 Great trip to Marrakech last week, catching up with airfreight friends at Neutral Air Partner for its 10-year anniversary (Happy Birthday!), meeting industry players and having …
By Alex Lennane 15/06/2026 Air cargo shippers are increasingly delaying tender decisions and extending existing contracts, rather than locking themselves into fresh agreements at today’s elevated rates, according to market …
By Adam Clermont 15/06/2026 There is a photograph of CH Robinson CEO Dave Bozeman sitting in his office at the Eden Prairie headquarters, taken in January 2025. By the time …
By Charlotte Goldstone 14/06/2026 In this episode, host Charlotte Goldstone is joined by two leading industry voices to unpack the biggest stories shaping global supply chains. First, Charlotte speaks with …
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By Alex Lennane 12/06/2026 Air freight rates remain stubbornly high, despite a steady recovery in capacity as airlines, forwarders, and shippers adapt to a market reshaped by the Iran conflict, …
By Gavin van Marle 12/06/2026 Container spot freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades rose for the sixth consecutive week, although the sharp increases seen last week have tapered …
By Charlotte Goldstone 12/06/2026 Despite another turbulent contract season, most major US shippers continue to favour annual ocean freight agreements over shorter-term or index-linked alternatives, according to industry executives. Stephanie …
By Alex Lennane 12/06/2026 The legal battle between Flexport and freight-tech start-up Freightmate is increasingly becoming a test case for a question facing logistics tech companies: in the age of …
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