Industry updates and concise summaries with links to original sources.
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FESCO's fifth and final 2026 northern supply voyage left Vladivostok on 22 October carrying 422 TEU and 271 tonnes of general cargo for Anadyr and Egvekinot.
Read summary →Qatar Airways Cargo is adding dedicated Boeing 777 freighter services from Copenhagen, Warsaw to Chicago and New York JFK, and has recently introduced Dallas flights for the Winter 2026 season.
Read summary →Miami International Airport handled 3.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2025, with flowers, seafood, pharmaceuticals and e-commerce underpinning its regional trade role as it plans infrastructure expansion.
Read summary →The container shipping orderbook has grown to 16.2 million TEU, or 46.5% of the active fleet, the highest share since 2009, as Chinese yards booked a record 4.94 million TEU this year.
Read summary →CHNL data showed 104 ship crossings on Russia's Northern Sea Route by 30 September, more than in all of 2025, while Lloyd's List Intelligence reported 2.19m TEU of containership traffic through the Suez Canal last month, the highest since the Houthi campaign began.
Read summary →Kuehne+Nagel said market-share gains drove most of its third-quarter airfreight growth and expects to keep winning business through 2027 as a strong peak season gets under way.
Read summary →Braemar's charter index reached 325.8, up 21% year on year and its highest level since autumn 2022, even as fixture counts and fixed capacity declined.
Read summary →The analysis says service in DSV's European road network has been restored and that the recovery is moving from operations to sales, while bank forecasts differ on profit growth, especially for 2027.
Read summary →GlobeCross has opened a new headquarters at Frankfurt Airport, bringing its eCommerce logistics, customs clearance and import terminal teams under one roof after the merger of heyworld and CB Customs Broker.
Read summary →Hong Kong-based Cathay Cargo carried 154,041 tonnes of cargo in September 2026, up 14.2% year on year.
Read summary →Rio Tinto has approved a $1.9 billion investment in the Kangwinan bauxite expansion in Queensland, including an upgrade of export facilities to handle larger capesize bulk carriers.
Read summary →Reconstruction of the Bugristoe road border crossing in Chelyabinsk Oblast on the border with Kazakhstan is ongoing; current capacity is 2,000 vehicles and 7,000 people per day, with a planned increase to 4,000 vehicles per day after completion in 2028.
Read summary →The From Welfare to Risk report says fatigue, mental health and reluctance to report mistakes should be key considerations for marine insurers, banks and investors.
Read summary →Sierra Leone has inaugurated the Sierra Leone Ocean Shipping Company (SLOSCO), backed by China's Zhejiang Xiehai Group, targeting a fleet of 50 vessels and a larger share of the country's international cargo trade.
Read summary →The Trump administration has started allowing sanctioned oil tankers to be sold to approved investors who must refurbish the vessels before returning them to legitimate crude trades, as freight costs rise amid the Hormuz crisis.
Read summary →Air Canada Cargo is adding dedicated freighter routes from Toronto to Amsterdam, Monterrey and Panama City, including a twice-weekly Amsterdam service starting October 29.
Read summary →Shipbroking sources link Greek shipowner Panos Laskaridis’s Lavinia Bulkers to a roughly $312m order for four 212,000 dwt newcastlemax bulkers at Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard, with delivery scheduled for 2030.
Read summary →London-listed Taylor Maritime has agreed to sell its last owned bulk carrier for $15.1m, completing a three-year fleet disposal programme.
Read summary →HD Hyundai and Kiewit will form the HD Kiewit Shipbuilding joint venture to build a new US shipyard, targeting operations from 2029.
Read summary →Israel Aerospace Industries, Ascent Aviation Services and World Star Aviation announced the start of Boeing 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversions at Marana, Arizona, with the first World Star aircraft now at the site.
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