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DHL Supply Chain Türkiye and Biogen Türkiye have expanded their agreement to cover 2–8°C storage, warehouse management, distribution and value-added services for temperature-sensitive treatments.
Read summary →Singapore-listed offshore vessel owner and shipyard group Marco Polo Marine has set up a joint venture in South Korea with local partner NSEL, creating Baramgil Offshore.
Read summary →Kuehne+Nagel reported that third-quarter 2026 EBIT for its Air Logistics unit increased 84% year on year to CHF 169 million, with net turnover up 38% to CHF 2.4 billion.
Read summary →Global Ports reported consolidated marine container throughput of 280,000 TEU in Q3 2026, up 2.6% year on year, while 9M throughput fell 4.9% to 795,000 TEU.
Read summary →Kales Iceland, a joint venture of TVG-Zimsen and Kales Group, has been appointed Air China’s cargo GSSA in Iceland as the airline prepares a three-times-weekly Beijing–Keflavík service via Copenhagen from 26 October 2026.
Read summary →Boeing has delivered its 200th 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter, a programme launched in 2016.
Read summary →Maersk reports continued week-on-week declines in waiting times at east China ports, but Typhoon Champi could disrupt vessel movements and undermine the recovery.
Read summary →In January–September 2026, the FESCO China Direct Line service carried 259,000 TEU between Chinese ports and Vladivostok, up 31% from the same period a year earlier.
Read summary →Korean Air has opened its fully integrated Smart Terminal at Incheon International Airport after a modernisation project that ran from June 2025 to September 2026, with cargo handling continuing without interruption.
Read summary →Australian infrastructure fund IFM Investors is set to acquire 68% of ABP, the UK’s largest port owner and operator, with CPPIB and OMERS agreeing to sell their stakes.
Read summary →A meeting of an interdepartmental working group in Dagestan addressed power supply for the Makhachkala sea checkpoint and the reconstruction of port infrastructure.
Read summary →The US Air Force has awarded Natilus $3.5 million in research and demonstration funding to advance its KONA regional cargo aircraft toward flight testing and a military logistics demonstration.
Read summary →Davies Turner has acquired a 130,000-square-foot logistics facility near Heathrow Airport to expand its air freight operations; it will become the headquarters of Davies Turner Air Cargo.
Read summary →DSV's third-quarter air and sea freight volumes fell, while group revenue rose 10.5% to DKr71.9bn and EBIT before special items increased 19.5% to DKr5.4bn; the forwarder says it will root out low-margin business.
Read summary →Warehouse transactions in class A and B space in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region totalled 353,000 sq m in the first nine months of 2026, exceeding the full-year figures of both 2024 and 2025, according to NF GROUP.
Read summary →About 63% of ocean capacity deployed between the Far East and Europe has returned to the Red Sea route after three years of detours, Alphaliner data shows, while some operators keep Cape of Good Hope services as a hedge.
Read summary →African air cargo has seen a boom as disruption to ocean freight in the Middle East makes airfreight an alternative for some shipments, while forwarders doubt lasting structural benefits.
Read summary →The volume of warehouse real estate transactions in Russia fell 22% year on year to 2.23 million sq m in January–September 2026, according to Bright Rich | CORFAC International.
Read summary →Nearly six in ten UK transport and storage businesses are very concerned about record diesel prices, and the sector is calling for government support.
Read summary →According to the group’s analytics, demand for express delivery in the first nine months of 2026 was 9% higher than in the same period a year earlier.
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